{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-166a-22","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-22","heading":"Hazardous materials emergency response program.","body":"(a)\tThe Secretary shall adopt rules establishing a regional response program for hazardous materials emergencies and terrorist incidents, to be administered by the Division of Emergency Management. To the extent possible, the regional response program shall be coordinated with other emergency planning activities of the State. The regional response program shall include at least seven hazmat teams located strategically across the State that are available to provide regional response to hazardous materials or terrorist incidents requiring technician-level entry capability and 24-hour dispatch and communications capability at the Division of Emergency Management Operations Center. The rules for the program shall include:\n(1)\tStandards, including training, equipment, and personnel standards required to operate a regional response team with technician-level entry capability.\n(2)\tGuidelines for the dispatch of a regional response team to a hazardous materials or terrorist incident.\n(3)\tGuidelines for the on-site operations of a regional response team.\n(4)\tStandards for administration of a regional response team, including procedures for reimbursement of response costs.\n(5)\tRefresher and specialist training for members of regional response teams.\n(6)\tProcedures for recovering the costs of a response to a hazardous materials or terrorist incident from persons determined to be responsible for the emergency.\n(7)\tProcedures for bidding and contracting for the provision of a hazmat team for the regional response program.\n(8)\tCriteria for evaluating bids for the provision of a hazmat team for regional response.\n(9)\tDelineation of the roles of the regional response team, local fire department and local public safety personnel, the Division of Emergency Management's area coordinator, and other State agency personnel responding to the scene of a hazardous materials or terrorist incident.\n(b)\tIn developing the program and adopting rules, the Secretary shall consult with the Regional Response Team Advisory Committee established pursuant to G.S. 166A-24. (1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 769, s. 22.4(b); 2002-179, s. 21(c); 2014-100, s. 16B.3(d).)","path":["Chapter 166A. North Carolina Emergency Management Act.","Article 2. Hazardous Materials Emergency Response."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_166A/GS_166A-22.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:26:47Z","sha256":"6fa35643af6b1f9bd9c18eddbc6a4eadee9e42bec1a1f088beea936f176d96fc","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-166a-21","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-166a-23"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}