42 U.S.C. § 11003 — Comprehensive Emergency Response Plans
Represent statutory emergency-plan preparation, review, content, facility cooperation, and intergovernmental coordination requirements under EPCRA § 303.
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Status and scope: Independent draft prepared October 15, 2026. This rendition covers the main text of 42 U.S.C. § 11003. It is a reusable statutory requirements template, not an adopted performance plan, a legal opinion, or a finding of compliance. No specific state, district, facility, incident, or execution cycle is selected.Source and currency: Official Office of the Law Revision Counsel section page, https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-120/t42/s11003/, retrieved October 15, 2026. The page states currency through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026). Source excerpts are retained with whitespace normalized. Historical source provisions and dates are distinguished from ongoing requirements; editorial notes are not additional duties.Inferred statements: Vision, Mission, Values, goal groupings, noun Names, active-verb summaries, actor-class descriptions, measurement dimensions, value-chain stages, and verb-based target descriptors were inferred with ChatGPT assistance. They are not official adopted statements. Fidelity expresses a principle of the rendition process. These interpretations create no additional legal obligations.Responsibility and applicability: The United States of America is the logical jurisdiction. Generic actor classes identify responsible offices, committees, and covered facility owners or operators without assuming applicability to every facility or naming current incumbents. Applicability, definitions, exemptions, and cross-references must be resolved before operational use. Organizations and regulatory authorities are not interchangeable with the regulated entities whose actions they oversee.Measurement: A target descriptor is a completion form of the relevant action verb, not an observed result. Qualitative UnitOfMeasurement uses ... as a display convention. No incident data, actual performance, baseline, invented elapsed-time limit, unsupported quantitative target, or noncompliance conclusion is supplied. Missing evidence is not zero or failure. Compliance with a planning or notice requirement does not by itself establish emergency preparedness or reduced harm.Dates and validation: PublicationDate is omitted pending review and publication. No current reporting cycle is fabricated. The XML is validated against the designated Part 2 v2.2.10 schema in the user’s Prompting Guide, including its unchanged legacy root version attribute. Structural validation does not establish legal fidelity, completeness of regulatory coverage, applicability, or actual achievement.Historical deadlines: Subsection (a) sets initial completion no later than two years after October 17, 1986. Subsection (d)(1) uses the earlier of 30 days after committee establishment and 11 months after October 17, 1986. Subsection (f) sets guidance publication no later than five months after October 17, 1986. These provisions are preserved without resetting their clocks or asserting current default. In particular, the paired deadline in (d)(1) is not rewritten as a general 30-day requirement after every newly formed committee.Plan content versus operational performance: Subsection (c) requires nine categories of plan content and is not an exclusive list. Inclusion of evacuation plans, training schedules, or exercise methods is not evidence that evacuation, training, or exercises have occurred or proved effective. Measures of actual readiness or harm reduction would be separate proposed measures requiring evidence.Cross-references: Coverage depends on § 11002 and the other applicable subchapter provisions; national and regional teams are identified through the National Contingency Plan and § 9605. Section 11049 definitions also apply. These sources are not comprehensively converted in this document. Notification procedures must be consistent with § 11004, represented separately in USC42-11004.xml. No publication URL for that companion is assumed.Timing and discretion: Promptly and more frequently as circumstances require remain contextual standards, not invented numbers. State review should not delay implementation to the maximum extent practicable; regional review shall not delay implementation. Regional teams may review upon a committee’s request; neither a request nor a review is presumed to have occurred.Potential support (inferred): StratML could connect facility information, plan content, resource needs, named responsibilities, review evidence, and related inventory and public-access requirements. AI-assisted matching and asynchronous coordination may help maintain those relationships; neither is required by this statute.
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Vision
Prepared communities with coordinated, current emergency response plans.
Mission
To connect emergency-planning requirements with responsible parties, assessable targets, and evidence of preparation and review.
Values
Goal 1: Plan Maintenance 🔗
Prepare, review, and resource emergency response plans.
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Sources: § 11003(a)–(b). Initial preparation deadline is historical; annual and circumstance-driven reviews are continuing requirements.
Objective 1.1: Plan Preparation 🔗
Complete preparation of an emergency plan in accordance with § 11003 no later than two years after October 17, 1986.
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👥Local emergency planning committees : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions.Implementation : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions. (Performer)
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Source: 42 U.S.C. § 11003(a). https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-120/t42/s11003/Source text (verbatim with whitespace normalized): (a) Plan required Each local emergency planning committee shall complete preparation of an emergency plan in accordance with this section not later than two years after October 17, 1986. The committee shall review such plan once a year, or more frequently as changed circumstances in the community or at any facility may require.Qualification: This is the historical initial deadline; no new deadline or present noncompliance finding is inferred.Interpretation: Name, summary structure, measurement dimension, and completion descriptor are editorial. The precise statutory conditions govern; no result is asserted.
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1.1.1: Plan Preparation
| Type | Start Date | End Date | ... | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target | Prepared | Complete preparation of an emergency plan in accordance with § 11003 no later than two years after October 17, 1986. |
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Target condition derived from 42 U.S.C. § 11003(a). The ... unit is a qualitative display convention. The descriptor identifies an intended completion state, not an actual or a trend. Assessment requires evidence of all applicable content, timing, recipients, triggers, and exceptions.
Objective 1.2: Plan Reviews 🔗
Review the emergency plan once a year and more frequently when changed circumstances in the community or at a facility require.
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👥Local emergency planning committees : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions.Implementation : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions. (Performer)
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Source: 42 U.S.C. § 11003(a). https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-120/t42/s11003/Source text (verbatim with whitespace normalized): (a) Plan required Each local emergency planning committee shall complete preparation of an emergency plan in accordance with this section not later than two years after October 17, 1986. The committee shall review such plan once a year, or more frequently as changed circumstances in the community or at any facility may require.Interpretation: Name, summary structure, measurement dimension, and completion descriptor are editorial. The precise statutory conditions govern; no result is asserted.
Performance Indicators
1.2.1: Review Frequency
| Type | Start Date | End Date | Number of reviews per year | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target | 1 | Reviewed | Review the emergency plan once a year and more frequently when changed circumstances in the community or at a facility require. |
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Target condition derived from 42 U.S.C. § 11003(a). A minimum of one review per year is the numerical rendition of once a year; more frequent reviews are required when changed circumstances warrant. A value of one does not establish full compliance when additional reviews are needed. The descriptor identifies an intended completion state, not an actual or a trend. Assessment requires evidence of all applicable content, timing, recipients, triggers, and exceptions.
Objective 1.3: Resource Needs 🔗
Evaluate the resources necessary to develop, implement, and exercise the emergency plan.
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👥Local emergency planning committees : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions.Implementation : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions. (Performer)
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Source: 42 U.S.C. § 11003(b). https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-120/t42/s11003/Source text (verbatim with whitespace normalized): (b) Resources Each local emergency planning committee shall 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.Interpretation: Name, summary structure, measurement dimension, and completion descriptor are editorial. The precise statutory conditions govern; no result is asserted.
Performance Indicators
1.3.1: Resource Needs
| Type | Start Date | End Date | ... | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target | Evaluated | Evaluate the resources necessary to develop, implement, and exercise the emergency plan. |
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Target condition derived from 42 U.S.C. § 11003(b). The ... unit is a qualitative display convention. The descriptor identifies an intended completion state, not an actual or a trend. Assessment requires evidence of all applicable content, timing, recipients, triggers, and exceptions.
Objective 1.4: Resource Recommendations 🔗
Recommend additional resources that may be required and the means for providing them.
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👥Local emergency planning committees : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions.Implementation : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions. (Performer)
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Source: 42 U.S.C. § 11003(b). https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-120/t42/s11003/Source text (verbatim with whitespace normalized): (b) Resources Each local emergency planning committee shall 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.Qualification: The duty to make recommendations concerns additional resources that may be required; it does not itself appropriate funds or require an unsupported resource amount.Interpretation: Name, summary structure, measurement dimension, and completion descriptor are editorial. The precise statutory conditions govern; no result is asserted.
Performance Indicators
1.4.1: Resource Recommendations
| Type | Start Date | End Date | ... | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target | Recommended | Recommend additional resources that may be required and the means for providing them. |
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Target condition derived from 42 U.S.C. § 11003(b). The ... unit is a qualitative display convention. The descriptor identifies an intended completion state, not an actual or a trend. Assessment requires evidence of all applicable content, timing, recipients, triggers, and exceptions.
Goal 2: Plan Content 🔗
Include the statutory facility, response, coordination, notification, equipment, evacuation, training, and exercise provisions in each emergency plan.
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Source: § 11003(c). The nine categories are required but not exclusive. The committee’s preparation duty supplies the plan-content actor; individual operational responsibilities must be specified in the actual plan.
Objective 2.1: Facilities and Routes 🔗
Include identification of covered facilities within the emergency planning district, likely transportation routes for listed extremely hazardous substances, and additional facilities contributing or exposed to proximity-related risk.
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👥Local emergency planning committees : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions.Implementation : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions. (Performer)
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Source: 42 U.S.C. § 11003(c)(1). https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-120/t42/s11003/Source text (verbatim with whitespace normalized): (1) Identification of facilities subject to the requirements of this subchapter that are within the emergency planning district, identification of routes likely to be used for the transportation of substances on the list of extremely hazardous substances referred to in section 11002(a) of this title, and identification of additional facilities contributing or subjected to additional risk due to their proximity to facilities subject to the requirements of this subchapter, such as hospitals or natural gas facilities.Governing context: Each emergency plan shall include, but is not limited to, the provisions in § 11003(c).Qualification: This indicator evaluates required plan content, not verified execution or effectiveness.Interpretation: Name, summary structure, measurement dimension, and completion descriptor are editorial. The precise statutory conditions govern; no result is asserted.
Performance Indicators
2.1.1: Facilities and Routes
| Type | Start Date | End Date | ... | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target | Identified | Include identification of covered facilities within the emergency planning district, likely transportation routes for listed extremely hazardous substances, and additional facilities contributing or exposed to proximity-related risk. |
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Target condition derived from 42 U.S.C. § 11003(c)(1). The ... unit is a qualitative display convention. The descriptor identifies an intended completion state, not an actual or a trend. Assessment requires evidence of all applicable content, timing, recipients, triggers, and exceptions.
Objective 2.2: Response Procedures 🔗
Include methods and procedures for facility owners and operators and local emergency and medical personnel to respond to releases of the relevant substances.
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👥Local emergency planning committees : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions.Implementation : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions. (Performer)
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Source: 42 U.S.C. § 11003(c)(2). https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-120/t42/s11003/Source text (verbatim with whitespace normalized): (2) Methods and procedures to be followed by facility owners and operators and local emergency and medical personnel to respond to any release of such substances.Governing context: Each emergency plan shall include, but is not limited to, the provisions in § 11003(c).Qualification: This indicator evaluates required plan content, not verified execution or effectiveness.Interpretation: Name, summary structure, measurement dimension, and completion descriptor are editorial. The precise statutory conditions govern; no result is asserted.
Performance Indicators
2.2.1: Response Procedures
| Type | Start Date | End Date | ... | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target | Included | Include methods and procedures for facility owners and operators and local emergency and medical personnel to respond to releases of the relevant substances. |
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Target condition derived from 42 U.S.C. § 11003(c)(2). The ... unit is a qualitative display convention. The descriptor identifies an intended completion state, not an actual or a trend. Assessment requires evidence of all applicable content, timing, recipients, triggers, and exceptions.
Objective 2.3: Emergency Coordinators 🔗
Designate community and facility emergency coordinators who will make determinations necessary to implement the plan.
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👥Local emergency planning committees : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions.Implementation : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions. (Performer)
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Source: 42 U.S.C. § 11003(c)(3). https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-120/t42/s11003/Source text (verbatim with whitespace normalized): (3) Designation of a community emergency coordinator and facility emergency coordinators, who shall make determinations necessary to implement the plan.Governing context: Each emergency plan shall include, but is not limited to, the provisions in § 11003(c).Qualification: This indicator evaluates required plan content, not verified execution or effectiveness.Interpretation: Name, summary structure, measurement dimension, and completion descriptor are editorial. The precise statutory conditions govern; no result is asserted.
Performance Indicators
2.3.1: Emergency Coordinators
| Type | Start Date | End Date | ... | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target | Designated | Designate community and facility emergency coordinators who will make determinations necessary to implement the plan. |
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Target condition derived from 42 U.S.C. § 11003(c)(3). The ... unit is a qualitative display convention. The descriptor identifies an intended completion state, not an actual or a trend. Assessment requires evidence of all applicable content, timing, recipients, triggers, and exceptions.
Objective 2.4: Notification Procedures 🔗
Include procedures for reliable, effective, timely notification by facility and community emergency coordinators to designated persons and the public when a release occurs, consistent with § 11004.
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👥Local emergency planning committees : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions.Implementation : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions. (Performer)
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Source: 42 U.S.C. § 11003(c)(4). https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-120/t42/s11003/Source text (verbatim with whitespace normalized): (4) Procedures providing reliable, effective, and timely notification by the facility emergency coordinators and the community emergency coordinator to persons designated in the emergency plan, and to the public, that a release has occurred (consistent with the emergency notification requirements of section 11004 of this title).Governing context: Each emergency plan shall include, but is not limited to, the provisions in § 11003(c).Qualification: This indicator evaluates required plan content, not verified execution or effectiveness.Interpretation: Name, summary structure, measurement dimension, and completion descriptor are editorial. The precise statutory conditions govern; no result is asserted.
Performance Indicators
2.4.1: Notification Procedures
| Type | Start Date | End Date | ... | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target | Included | Include procedures for reliable, effective, timely notification by facility and community emergency coordinators to designated persons and the public when a release occurs, consistent with § 11004. |
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Target condition derived from 42 U.S.C. § 11003(c)(4). The ... unit is a qualitative display convention. The descriptor identifies an intended completion state, not an actual or a trend. Assessment requires evidence of all applicable content, timing, recipients, triggers, and exceptions.
Objective 2.5: Release Assessment 🔗
Include methods for determining whether a release has occurred and the area or population likely to be affected.
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👥Local emergency planning committees : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions.Implementation : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions. (Performer)
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Source: 42 U.S.C. § 11003(c)(5). https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-120/t42/s11003/Source text (verbatim with whitespace normalized): (5) Methods for determining the occurrence of a release, and the area or population likely to be affected by such release.Governing context: Each emergency plan shall include, but is not limited to, the provisions in § 11003(c).Qualification: This indicator evaluates required plan content, not verified execution or effectiveness.Interpretation: Name, summary structure, measurement dimension, and completion descriptor are editorial. The precise statutory conditions govern; no result is asserted.
Performance Indicators
2.5.1: Release Assessment
| Type | Start Date | End Date | ... | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target | Included | Include methods for determining whether a release has occurred and the area or population likely to be affected. |
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Target condition derived from 42 U.S.C. § 11003(c)(5). The ... unit is a qualitative display convention. The descriptor identifies an intended completion state, not an actual or a trend. Assessment requires evidence of all applicable content, timing, recipients, triggers, and exceptions.
Objective 2.6: Equipment Responsibilities 🔗
Describe emergency equipment and facilities in the community and at covered facilities and identify the persons responsible for them.
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👥Local emergency planning committees : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions.Implementation : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions. (Performer)
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Source: 42 U.S.C. § 11003(c)(6). https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-120/t42/s11003/Source text (verbatim with whitespace normalized): (6) A description of emergency equipment and facilities in the community and at each facility in the community subject to the requirements of this subchapter, and an identification of the persons responsible for such equipment and facilities.Governing context: Each emergency plan shall include, but is not limited to, the provisions in § 11003(c).Qualification: This indicator evaluates required plan content, not verified execution or effectiveness.Interpretation: Name, summary structure, measurement dimension, and completion descriptor are editorial. The precise statutory conditions govern; no result is asserted.
Performance Indicators
2.6.1: Equipment Responsibilities
| Type | Start Date | End Date | ... | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target | Described and Identified | Describe emergency equipment and facilities in the community and at covered facilities and identify the persons responsible for them. |
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Target condition derived from 42 U.S.C. § 11003(c)(6). The ... unit is a qualitative display convention. The descriptor identifies an intended completion state, not an actual or a trend. Assessment requires evidence of all applicable content, timing, recipients, triggers, and exceptions.
Objective 2.7: Evacuation Plans 🔗
Include evacuation plans providing for precautionary evacuation and alternative traffic routes.
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👥Local emergency planning committees : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions.Implementation : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions. (Performer)
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Source: 42 U.S.C. § 11003(c)(7). https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-120/t42/s11003/Source text (verbatim with whitespace normalized): (7) Evacuation plans, including provisions for a precautionary evacuation and alternative traffic routes.Governing context: Each emergency plan shall include, but is not limited to, the provisions in § 11003(c).Qualification: This indicator evaluates required plan content, not verified execution or effectiveness.Interpretation: Name, summary structure, measurement dimension, and completion descriptor are editorial. The precise statutory conditions govern; no result is asserted.
Performance Indicators
2.7.1: Evacuation Plans
| Type | Start Date | End Date | ... | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target | Included | Include evacuation plans providing for precautionary evacuation and alternative traffic routes. |
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Target condition derived from 42 U.S.C. § 11003(c)(7). The ... unit is a qualitative display convention. The descriptor identifies an intended completion state, not an actual or a trend. Assessment requires evidence of all applicable content, timing, recipients, triggers, and exceptions.
Objective 2.8: Training Programs 🔗
Include training programs and training schedules for local emergency response and medical personnel.
Stakeholders:
👥Local emergency planning committees : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions.Implementation : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions. (Performer)
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Source: 42 U.S.C. § 11003(c)(8). https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-120/t42/s11003/Source text (verbatim with whitespace normalized): (8) Training programs, including schedules for training of local emergency response and medical personnel.Governing context: Each emergency plan shall include, but is not limited to, the provisions in § 11003(c).Qualification: This indicator evaluates required plan content, not verified execution or effectiveness.Interpretation: Name, summary structure, measurement dimension, and completion descriptor are editorial. The precise statutory conditions govern; no result is asserted.
Performance Indicators
2.8.1: Training Programs
| Type | Start Date | End Date | ... | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target | Included | Include training programs and training schedules for local emergency response and medical personnel. |
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Target condition derived from 42 U.S.C. § 11003(c)(8). The ... unit is a qualitative display convention. The descriptor identifies an intended completion state, not an actual or a trend. Assessment requires evidence of all applicable content, timing, recipients, triggers, and exceptions.
Objective 2.9: Plan Exercises 🔗
Include methods and schedules for exercising the emergency plan.
Stakeholders:
👥Local emergency planning committees : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions.Implementation : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions. (Performer)
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Source: 42 U.S.C. § 11003(c)(9). https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-120/t42/s11003/Source text (verbatim with whitespace normalized): (9) Methods and schedules for exercising the emergency plan.Governing context: Each emergency plan shall include, but is not limited to, the provisions in § 11003(c).Qualification: This indicator evaluates required plan content, not verified execution or effectiveness.Interpretation: Name, summary structure, measurement dimension, and completion descriptor are editorial. The precise statutory conditions govern; no result is asserted.
Performance Indicators
2.9.1: Plan Exercises
| Type | Start Date | End Date | ... | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target | Included | Include methods and schedules for exercising the emergency plan. |
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Target condition derived from 42 U.S.C. § 11003(c)(9). The ... unit is a qualitative display convention. The descriptor identifies an intended completion state, not an actual or a trend. Assessment requires evidence of all applicable content, timing, recipients, triggers, and exceptions.
Objective 2.10: Implementation Determinations 🔗
Make determinations necessary to implement the emergency plan as its designated community or facility emergency coordinator.
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👥Community and facility emergency coordinators : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions.Implementation : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions. (Performer)
Other Information
Source: 42 U.S.C. § 11003(c)(3). https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-120/t42/s11003/Source text (verbatim with whitespace normalized): (3) Designation of a community emergency coordinator and facility emergency coordinators, who shall make determinations necessary to implement the plan.Qualification: This objective separately represents the coordinators’ shall-make-determinations duty. It does not assume a particular determination or incident has occurred, and is distinct from the plan’s designation of coordinators.Interpretation: Name, summary structure, measurement dimension, and completion descriptor are editorial. The precise statutory conditions govern; no result is asserted.
Performance Indicators
2.10.1: Implementation Determinations
| Type | Start Date | End Date | ... | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target | Made | Make determinations necessary to implement the emergency plan as its designated community or facility emergency coordinator. |
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Target condition derived from 42 U.S.C. § 11003(c)(3). The ... unit is a qualitative display convention. The descriptor identifies an intended completion state, not an actual or a trend. Assessment requires evidence of all applicable content, timing, recipients, triggers, and exceptions.
Goal 3: Facility Cooperation 🔗
Identify facility coordinators and provide relevant changes and requested planning information.
Other Information
Source: § 11003(d). Applies to facilities subject to the subchapter; source coverage is not presumed for every facility.
Objective 3.1: Facility Coordinators 🔗
Notify the local emergency planning committee, or the Governor if no committee exists, of the facility representative who will participate as facility emergency coordinator by the earlier of 30 days after the committee’s establishment and 11 months after October 17, 1986.
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👥Covered facility owners and operators : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions.Implementation : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions. (Performer)
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Source: 42 U.S.C. § 11003(d)(1). https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-120/t42/s11003/Source text (verbatim with whitespace normalized): (1) Within 30 days after establishment of a local emergency planning committee for the emergency planning district in which such facility is located, or within 11 months after October 17, 1986, whichever is earlier, the owner or operator of the facility shall notify the emergency planning committee (or the Governor if there is no committee) of a facility representative who will participate in the emergency planning process as a facility emergency coordinator.Governing context: For each facility subject to the requirements of this subchapter.Qualification: Preserve both historical time anchors and the earlier-of condition; do not infer a new standalone 30-day appointment deadline.Interpretation: Name, summary structure, measurement dimension, and completion descriptor are editorial. The precise statutory conditions govern; no result is asserted.
Performance Indicators
3.1.1: Facility Coordinators
| Type | Start Date | End Date | ... | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target | Notified | Notify the local emergency planning committee, or the Governor if no committee exists, of the facility representative who will participate as facility emergency coordinator by the earlier of 30 days after the committee’s establishment and 11 months after October 17, 1986. |
Other Information
Target condition derived from 42 U.S.C. § 11003(d)(1). The ... unit is a qualitative display convention. The descriptor identifies an intended completion state, not an actual or a trend. Assessment requires evidence of all applicable content, timing, recipients, triggers, and exceptions.
Objective 3.2: Facility Changes 🔗
Promptly inform the emergency planning committee of relevant facility changes as they occur or are expected to occur.
Stakeholders:
👥Covered facility owners and operators : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions.Implementation : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions. (Performer)
Other Information
Source: 42 U.S.C. § 11003(d)(2). https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-120/t42/s11003/Source text (verbatim with whitespace normalized): (2) The owner or operator of the facility shall promptly inform the emergency planning committee of any relevant changes occurring at such facility as such changes occur or are expected to occur.Governing context: For each facility subject to the requirements of this subchapter.Qualification: Promptly has no numeric deadline in this paragraph.Interpretation: Name, summary structure, measurement dimension, and completion descriptor are editorial. The precise statutory conditions govern; no result is asserted.
Performance Indicators
3.2.1: Facility Changes
| Type | Start Date | End Date | ... | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target | Informed | Promptly inform the emergency planning committee of relevant facility changes as they occur or are expected to occur. |
Other Information
Target condition derived from 42 U.S.C. § 11003(d)(2). The ... unit is a qualitative display convention. The descriptor identifies an intended completion state, not an actual or a trend. Assessment requires evidence of all applicable content, timing, recipients, triggers, and exceptions.
Objective 3.3: Planning Information 🔗
Promptly provide information necessary for developing and implementing the emergency plan when requested by the emergency planning committee.
Stakeholders:
👥Covered facility owners and operators : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions.Implementation : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions. (Performer)
Other Information
Source: 42 U.S.C. § 11003(d)(3). https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-120/t42/s11003/Source text (verbatim with whitespace normalized): (3) Upon request from the emergency planning committee, the owner or operator of the facility shall promptly provide information to such committee necessary for developing and implementing the emergency plan.Governing context: For each facility subject to the requirements of this subchapter.Qualification: The duty is request-triggered. Do not substitute the 30-day inventory-information regulatory deadline from another provision.Interpretation: Name, summary structure, measurement dimension, and completion descriptor are editorial. The precise statutory conditions govern; no result is asserted.
Performance Indicators
3.3.1: Planning Information
| Type | Start Date | End Date | ... | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target | Provided | Promptly provide information necessary for developing and implementing the emergency plan when requested by the emergency planning committee. |
Other Information
Target condition derived from 42 U.S.C. § 11003(d)(3). The ... unit is a qualitative display convention. The descriptor identifies an intended completion state, not an actual or a trend. Assessment requires evidence of all applicable content, timing, recipients, triggers, and exceptions.
Goal 4: Plan Coordination 🔗
Submit and review plans and provide national or requested regional support.
Other Information
Sources: § 11003(e)–(g). State review, national guidance, and discretionary regional review have distinct actors and timing qualifications.
Objective 4.1: Plan Submission 🔗
Submit a copy of the completed district emergency plan to the state emergency response commission of every state in which the district is located.
Stakeholders:
👥Local emergency planning committees : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions.Implementation : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions. (Performer)
Other Information
Source: 42 U.S.C. § 11003(e). https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-120/t42/s11003/Source text (verbatim with whitespace normalized): (e) Review by State emergency response commission After completion of an emergency plan under subsection (a) for an emergency planning district, the local emergency planning committee shall submit a copy of the plan to the State emergency response commission of each State in which such district is located. 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.Qualification: Completion triggers submission; a district spanning states requires submission to each relevant state commission.Interpretation: Name, summary structure, measurement dimension, and completion descriptor are editorial. The precise statutory conditions govern; no result is asserted.
Performance Indicators
4.1.1: Plan Submission
| Type | Start Date | End Date | ... | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target | Submitted | Submit a copy of the completed district emergency plan to the state emergency response commission of every state in which the district is located. |
Other Information
Target condition derived from 42 U.S.C. § 11003(e). The ... unit is a qualitative display convention. The descriptor identifies an intended completion state, not an actual or a trend. Assessment requires evidence of all applicable content, timing, recipients, triggers, and exceptions.
Objective 4.2: State Reviews 🔗
Review the completed plan and recommend revisions needed for coordination with plans of other emergency planning districts, without delaying implementation to the maximum extent practicable.
Stakeholders:
👥State emergency response commissions : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions.Implementation : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions. (Performer)
Other Information
Source: 42 U.S.C. § 11003(e). https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-120/t42/s11003/Source text (verbatim with whitespace normalized): (e) Review by State emergency response commission After completion of an emergency plan under subsection (a) for an emergency planning district, the local emergency planning committee shall submit a copy of the plan to the State emergency response commission of each State in which such district is located. 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.Qualification: The no-delay qualification is to the maximum extent practicable; it is not silently rewritten as the unconditional regional-review rule.Interpretation: Name, summary structure, measurement dimension, and completion descriptor are editorial. The precise statutory conditions govern; no result is asserted.
Performance Indicators
4.2.1: State Reviews
| Type | Start Date | End Date | ... | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target | Reviewed and Recommended | Review the completed plan and recommend revisions needed for coordination with plans of other emergency planning districts, without delaying implementation to the maximum extent practicable. |
Other Information
Target condition derived from 42 U.S.C. § 11003(e). The ... unit is a qualitative display convention. The descriptor identifies an intended completion state, not an actual or a trend. Assessment requires evidence of all applicable content, timing, recipients, triggers, and exceptions.
Objective 4.3: National Guidance 🔗
Publish guidance documents for preparation and implementation of emergency plans no later than five months after October 17, 1986.
Stakeholders:
👥National Response Team : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions.Implementation : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions. (Performer)
Other Information
Source: 42 U.S.C. § 11003(f). https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-120/t42/s11003/Source text (verbatim with whitespace normalized): (f) Guidance documents The national response team, as established pursuant to the National Contingency Plan as established under section 9605 of this title, shall publish guidance documents for preparation and implementation of emergency plans. Such documents shall be published not later than five months after October 17, 1986.Qualification: Historical deadline. The team is established pursuant to the National Contingency Plan under § 9605; it is represented as a Generic_Group, not a separate legal organization.Interpretation: Name, summary structure, measurement dimension, and completion descriptor are editorial. The precise statutory conditions govern; no result is asserted.
Performance Indicators
4.3.1: National Guidance
| Type | Start Date | End Date | ... | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target | Published | Publish guidance documents for preparation and implementation of emergency plans no later than five months after October 17, 1986. |
Other Information
Target condition derived from 42 U.S.C. § 11003(f). The ... unit is a qualitative display convention. The descriptor identifies an intended completion state, not an actual or a trend. Assessment requires evidence of all applicable content, timing, recipients, triggers, and exceptions.
Objective 4.4: Regional Reviews 🔗
Review and comment on emergency plans or related preparation, implementation, or exercise issues upon a local committee’s request if the regional response team exercises its discretion, without delaying plan implementation.
Stakeholders:
👥Regional Response Teams : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions.Implementation : Carry out the responsibility or exercise the permission described in this objective, subject to the source conditions. (Performer)
Other Information
Source: 42 U.S.C. § 11003(g). https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-120/t42/s11003/Source text (verbatim with whitespace normalized): (g) Review of plans by regional response teams The regional response teams, as established pursuant to the National Contingency Plan as established under section 9605 of this title, may review and comment upon an emergency plan or other issues related to preparation, implementation, or exercise of such a plan upon request of a local emergency planning committee. Such review shall not delay implementation of the plan.Qualification: Review is permitted, not mandatory; any such review shall not delay implementation. Regional teams are Generic_Group stakeholders.Interpretation: Name, summary structure, measurement dimension, and completion descriptor are editorial. The precise statutory conditions govern; no result is asserted.
Performance Indicators
4.4.1: Regional Reviews
| Type | Start Date | End Date | ... | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target | Reviewed if Exercised | Review and comment on emergency plans or related preparation, implementation, or exercise issues upon a local committee’s request if the regional response team exercises its discretion, without delaying plan implementation. |
Other Information
Target condition derived from 42 U.S.C. § 11003(g). The ... unit is a qualitative display convention. The descriptor identifies an intended completion state, not an actual or a trend. Assessment requires evidence of all applicable content, timing, recipients, triggers, and exceptions.