§11005 Emergency Training and Review of Emergency Systems

Summary

Federal officials must run special emergency training for federal, state, and local workers in things like hazard mitigation, emergency planning, fire control, disaster response and recovery, national security, and both technological and natural hazards. These training programs must especially focus on hazardous chemicals. The Federal Emergency Management Agency may get up to $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1987, 1988, 1989, and 1990 to make grants to states, local governments, and university programs to improve planning, preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery, with emphasis on chemical emergencies. Grants can cover up to 80% of a project’s cost; the other 20% must come from non‑Federal sources. This does not change funding available for other FEMA programs. The Administrator must begin, within 30 days after October 17, 1986, a review of systems that monitor, detect, and try to prevent releases of extremely hazardous substances at representative U.S. facilities that make, use, or store them. The Administrator may pick substances from the list in section 11002(a). An interim report to Congress is due no later than seven months after October 17, 1986, and a final report no later than 18 months after that date, done with input from States and other Federal agencies. The report must say how well current technology can detect releases quickly, measure their size and direction, identify the chemicals and their makeup, and find concentrations; assess public alert systems for releases into air, surface water, or groundwater; and evaluate whether perimeter alert systems around facilities are technically and economically feasible. The report must also recommend steps to develop better detection/prevention technologies and to improve public warning systems. Definitions: Administrator — the official who must carry out the review. Extremely hazardous substances — chemicals listed under section 11002(a).