Okla. Stat. tit. 27A, § 27A-4-2-103: Local emergency planning committees - Membership -

Officers - Rules - Request for public information -

Responsibilities.

A. Each local emergency planning committee shall include, at a

minimum, representation from each of the following groups or

organizations:

1. Elected state and local officials;

2. Law enforcement;

3. Civil defense;

4. Fire fighting;

5. First aid;

6. Health;

7. Environmental;

8. Hospital;

9. Transportation personnel;

10. Broadcast and print media;

11. Community groups; and

l2. Owners and operators of facilities which manufacture,

store, or use in any manner those substances specified as extremely

hazardous by the administrator of the federal Environmental

Protection Agency.

B. The groups and organizations specified in subsection A of

this section or any other person or group or organization may

nominate an individual residing within the designated emergency

planning district to serve on the local emergency planning

committee. The names of such individuals shall be submitted to the

Oklahoma Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Commission. From

among the names of the individuals so submitted, the Oklahoma

Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Commission shall appoint the

membership of the local emergency planning committee.

C. The Oklahoma Hazardous Materials Emergency Response

Commission may revise its designations and appointments under this

subsection as it deems appropriate. In addition, interested

persons, groups or organizations may petition the Oklahoma Hazardous

Materials Emergency Response Commission to modify the membership of

a local emergency planning committee.

D. The members of the local emergency planning committee shall

meet to elect a chairman who shall hold office according to rules

adopted by the committee. The committee shall establish rules by

which it shall function. Such rules shall include provisions for

public notification of committee activities, public meetings to

discuss the emergency plan, public comments, response to such

comments by the committee, and distribution of the emergency plan.

The local emergency planning committee shall establish procedures

for receiving and processing requests from the public for

information. Such procedures shall include the designation of an

official to serve as coordinator for information.

E. Each local emergency planning committee shall:

1. Complete preparation of an emergency plan in accordance with

the federal Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act. After

completion of an emergency plan under this paragraph for an

emergency planning district, the local emergency planning committee

shall submit a copy of the plan to the Oklahoma Hazardous Materials

Emergency Response Commission. The Commission shall review the plan

and make recommendations to the committee on revisions of the plan

that may be necessary to ensure coordination of such plan with

emergency response plans of other emergency planning districts. To

the maximum extent practicable, such review shall not delay

implementation of such plan. The committee shall review such plan

once a year, or more frequently as changed circumstances in the

community or at any facility may require;

2. Evaluate the need for resources necessary to develop,

implement, and exercise the emergency plan, and shall make

recommendations with respect to additional resources that may be

required and the means for providing such additional resources;

3. Comply with the Oklahoma Open Meeting Law; and

4. Take such other action as may be required by the Oklahoma

Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Commission or as otherwise

deemed necessary to implement the provisions of this act or the

federal Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act.