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MAR 1 19 S. DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS BOOK 76 rtaf'E 376 On October 17, 1986, the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) was enacted into law. One part of the new SARA .legislation is Title III; "The Emergency Planning and Community Right -To -Know Act." The law establishes requirements for federal, state, and local governments as well as industry regarding emergency planning and reporting on hazardous/toxic chemicals. The federal legislation was passed into law without any funding to state or local governments for implementation. Pursuant to the law, the State of Florida appointed a State Emergency Response Commission who in turn appointed members of the District 10 Local Emergency Planning Committee. The State Emergency Response Commission deter- mined that the LEPC's should follow the boundaries of the respective Regional Planning Council in each area of the State. In that vein, Indian River, Martin, St. Lucie, and Palm Beach Counties are within District 10. The State Emergency Reponse Commission also recommended the needed legislation for funding to the State Legislature who in turn passed the landmark state law known as the Florida Hazardous Materials Emer- gency Response and Community Right -To Know Act of 1988. The legisla- tion provides for fees to be assessed and collected from the chemical industry doing business in the State of Florida to fund the efforts of Emergency Management staff in each county to prepare and complete the Hazardous Materials Response Plan as an additional component of the Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (CEMP). On October 4, 1988, the Indian River County Board of County Com- missioners approved an Agreement with the Department of Community Affairs wherein the Indian River County Department of Emergency Manage- ment Services would develop an Emergency Plan for Hazardous Material for the County. The Agreement provided for an allocation of $8,064.00 to the above referenced Department to develop the plan. The plan has been completed and is before the Board of County Com- missioners for approval. ALTERNATIVES AND ANALYSIS The Emergency Plan for Hazardous Materials includes information on each known site in Indian River County that maintains threshold levels of chemicals identified in the legislation. Each site has been visited by staff from the Department of Emergency Management Services for completion and determination of an analysis related to hazards and vulnerability including information that could adversely affect the surrounding area or an emergency responder at the respective site. Evacuation routes have also been determined for each site as well as calculations to provide information related to the extent of the area that could potentially be affected should a spill or release occur based on known substances at the site. Preparation of the plan has taken a maximum effort on the part of the staff of the Department of Emergency Management Services. The plan will be distributed to the various emergency responders in the County. It is felt it will be a very useful and important document to emergency personnel in that some knowledge of the chemicals at the site will be available prior to arriving at the known location. 28