fire departments; electronic
reporting
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Committee on Environment |
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Caucus and COW |
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As Passed the House |
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HB 2622 relates to emergency planning and community right-to-know. It requires facilities submitting hazardous material plans/statements to report via electronic format.
HB 2622 passed the Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee with a strike everything amendment applying to facilities located in cities and towns with a population in excess of 75,000 persons: requires filing pursuant to local requirements; sets a date for mandatory electronic reporting to begin (1/1/05), specifies elements that hazardous materials inventory statements and management plans must contain and requires facilities to file revised forms within 30 days after any significant changes.
Under current law a substance is subject to the requirements of this article if it is an extremely hazardous substance as listed and published by the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency. Facilities are subject to emergency planning requirements if a hazardous substance is present at the facility in amounts at or in excess of the threshold planning quantity for that substance. Current law does not require statements/plans to be submitted in electronic formats. At present time, businesses that are required to file a hazardous material statement, or plan, report in paper form to the fire department that has jurisdiction over the area in which they conduct their business. These paper forms are often difficult to find in times of emergency.
A Strike-Everything Amendment will be offered in the House Environment
Committee with the following provisions:
· A local fire department or fire district may require electronic filing of hazardous materials management plans and hazardous materials inventory statements.