ESTABLISHING A
STATE-LEVEL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM AND A GOVERNOR'S
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ADVISORY BOARD
This
administration recognizes that the manufacture, use, and transportation
of hazardous materials pose a continuing risk to life, property, and the
environment of Washington State. State, local, and Federal government agencies
and the private sector must cooperate fully in efforts to achieve and maintain a readiness to respond to
hazardous materials incidents.
While local governments bear the primary responsibility
for emergency response
to hazardous materials incidents, there is a need for a comprehensive emergency
preparedness program to ensure an integrated and coordinated response
capability among all levels of government.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, John Spellman, Governor of the state
of Washington, by virtue of the authority vested in me, do hereby order and
direct that:
A. A
comprehensive capability to respond to incidents involving hazardous materials
be established at the state level for the purpose of supporting responses by
local government to emergencies involving hazardous
materials;
B. The
Department of Emergency Services secure from the relevant state
agencies an Interagency Memorandum of Agreement; the Agreement shall describe
the emergency preparedness program and shall be utilized for implementation
purposes;
C. The Department of Emergency Services shall coordinate the activities necessary
to develop and maintain a comprehensive emergency preparedness program
and a contingency plan for coordinating the management of the emergency aspects
of an incident;
D. The Department of Emergency
Services shall also include, as a part of its emergency planning and
preparedness program, a state-wide one-number telephone notification system for
the reporting of hazardous materials incidents;
E. Each
state agency shall maintain such plans, policies, and procedures
necessary to deal with a hazardous materials incident.
F. A
Governor's Hazardous Materials Advisory Board be established by gubernatorial
appointment. The Board shall be composed of representatives of state agencies,
the private sector, concerned local government associations, and appropriate
Federal response agencies. The Director, Department of Emergency Services shall
serve as Chair. The function of the Advisory Board shall be to:
1. Provide a
multi-organizational forum for the exchange of ideas and perspectives of state
and local governments and the private sector regarding hazardous materials
incident mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.
2. Review local,
state, and Federal laws and regulations and recommend reforms which will reduce
unnecessary burdens on commerce without endangering the public or the
environment;
3. Review the findings
and recommendations of the Puget Sound Council of Governments’ Hazardous
Materials Transportation Study for feasibility and implementation;
4. Determine the feasibility of conducting
an integrated hazardous materials incidents training program which would
include all levels of government and the private sector;
5. Propose necessary
legislation to the Governor which would mitigate hazardous materials incidents
risks to the public and enhance a state-wide hazardous materials incident
preparedness, response and recovery program;
6. Provide other
guidance necessary toward the development of a comprehensive hazardous
materials preparedness program.
Executive
Order 80-10 is hereby rescinded.
IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, I
have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the State
of Washington to be affixed at Olympia
this 30th day of June A.D., Nineteen hundred and
eighty-three.
JOHN SPELLMAN
Governor of Washington
BY THE
GOVERNOR:
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Secretary of State
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