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§ 11005. Emergency training and review of emergency systems
(a) Emergency training
(1) Programs
(2) State and local program support
(3) Other programs
(b) Review of emergency systems
(1) Review
(2) Report
The report required by this subsection shall include the Administrator’s findings regarding each of the following:
(A) The status of current technological capabilities to (i) monitor, detect, and prevent, in a timely manner, significant releases of extremely hazardous substances, (ii) determine the magnitude and direction of the hazard posed by each release, (iii) identify specific substances, (iv) provide data on the specific chemical composition of such releases, and (v) determine the relative concentrations of the constituent substances.
(B) The status of public emergency alert devices or systems for providing timely and effective public warning of an accidental release of extremely hazardous substances into the environment, including releases into the atmosphere, surface water, or groundwater from facilities that produce, store, or use significant quantities of such extremely hazardous substances.
(C) The technical and economic feasibility of establishing, maintaining, and operating perimeter alert systems for detecting releases of such extremely hazardous substances into the atmosphere, surface water, or groundwater, at facilities that manufacture, use, or store significant quantities of such substances.
(3) Recommendations
The report required by this subsection shall also include the Administrator’s recommendations for—
(A) initiatives to support the development of new or improved technologies or systems that would facilitate the timely monitoring, detection, and prevention of releases of extremely hazardous substances, and
(B) improving devices or systems for effectively alerting the public in a timely manner, in the event of an accidental release of such extremely hazardous substances.
(Pub. L. 99–499, title III, § 305, Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1735.)