§ 24-717 Hazardous substance advisory board.
AC § 24-717
(a)There is hereby created a "hazardous substance advisory board" hereinafter referred to as the board. Such board shall consist of seven members who shall be appointed within ninety days from the enactment of this chapter.
(b)The board shall consist of the commissioner, who shall serve as the board's chairman, plus four members to be appointed by the mayor and four to be appointed by the council. Each member shall hold office for a three year term or until such time as the board shall cease to exist or until such member shall resign or is removed from office for good cause shown. Each member appointed shall have a working knowledge of emergency response procedures or in managing hazardous substances.
(c)Any vacancy on the board shall be filled by appointment pursuant to subdivision b of this section.
(d)The members of the board shall serve without compensation for their services as board members except that each shall be allowed reimbursement for the necessary and actual expenses which such member shall incur in the performance of his or her duties under this section.
(e)The board shall be authorized and responsible to: (1) serve as a working forum for the exchange of views, concerns, ideas, information and recommendations relating to the management of hazardous substances and the planning of emergency response measures; (2) review existing hazardous substances emergency response training programs; (3) review existing requirements for handling extremely hazardous substances emergency response situations as established under the emergency planning and community right-to-know act of nineteen hundred eighty-six; (4) review the annual summary of incident reports as required pursuant to section 24-715 of this chapter; and (5) assist the commissioner in the development, review and revision of the hazardous substance list and corresponding threshold levels where appropriate.
(f)The board shall meet at least four times per year at least once every quarter, keep a record of its deliberations and determine its own rules of procedure. Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1988/026.
