00                            SENATE BILL NO. 192                                                                         
01 "An Act relating to evacuation designation levels; and relating to the Alaska Disaster                                  
02 Act."                                                                                                                   
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 26.20.100 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                           
05            (b)  Plans and regulations formulated under (a)(1) of this section must adopt                                
06       the following designations for use in evacuation maps and other public messaging:                                 
07                 (1)  "Level 1 Ready," indicated in green, to alert the public that an                                   
08       emergency may exist in the area;                                                                                  
09                 (2)  "Level 2 Set," indicated in yellow, to alert the public that                                       
10       evacuation of the area is imminent;                                                                               
11                 (3)  "Level 3 Go," indicated in red, to alert the public that a dangerous                               
12       hazard exists and that an individual in the area should immediately evacuate the area.                            
13    * Sec. 2. AS 26.23.075(a) is amended to read:                                                                      
14            (a)  An emergency plan prepared under AS 26.23.073 must include                                              

01 (1)  identification of facilities subject to the requirements of 42 U.S.C.                                              
02 11001 - 11005 that are within the emergency planning district, identification of routes                                 
03 likely to be used for the transportation of substances on the list of extremely hazardous                               
04 substances referred to in 42 U.S.C. 11002(a), and identification of additional facilities                               
05 contributing or subjected to additional risk due to their proximity to facilities subject                               
06 to the requirements of 42 U.S.C. 11001 - 11005, such as hospitals or natural gas                                    
07       facilities;                                                                                                       
08 (2)  methods and procedures to be followed by facility owners and                                                       
09 operators and local emergency and medical personnel to respond to a release of                                          
10 hazardous substances or a release of substances on the list of extremely hazardous                                      
11       substances referred to in 42 U.S.C. 11002(a);                                                                     
12 (3)  designation of an emergency coordinator, as required under                                                         
13 AS 26.23.060(d), and facility emergency coordinators, who shall make determinations                                     
14       necessary to implement the emergency plan;                                                                        
15 (4)  procedures providing reliable, effective, and timely notification by                                               
16 the facility emergency coordinators to persons designated in the emergency plan, and                                    
17 to the public, that a release has occurred, consistent with the emergency notification                                  
18       requirements of 42 U.S.C. 11004;                                                                                  
19 (5)  methods for determining the occurrence of a release and the area or                                                
20       population likely to be affected by that release;                                                                 
21 (6)  a description of emergency equipment and facilities in the                                                         
22 community and at each facility in the community subject to the requirements of 42                                       
23 U.S.C. 11001 - 11005, and an identification of the persons responsible for the                                          
24       equipment and facilities;                                                                                         
25 (7)  evacuation plans that use the designations set out in                                                          
26 AS 26.20.100(b) and that include [, INCLUDING] provisions for a precautionary                                       
27       evacuation and alternative traffic routes;                                                                        
28 (8)  training programs, including schedules for training of local                                                       
29       emergency response and medical personnel; and                                                                     
30                 (9)  methods and schedules for exercising the emergency plan.