Connecticut General Statutes Title 22A. Environmental Protection § 22a-601. Connecticut Emergency Response Commission established. Members. Duties

(a) There is established a Connecticut Emergency Response Commission which shall be within the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. The commission shall consist of eighteen members as follows: The Commissioners of Energy and Environmental Protection, Emergency Services and Public Protection, Public Health and Transportation, the Labor Commissioner, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the Adjutant General of the Military Department, the State Fire Marshal, and the State Fire Administrator, or their designees or a designee, and nine members appointed by the Governor, four of whom shall represent the public, three of whom shall represent owners or operators of facilities, one of whom shall be the fire chief of a municipal fire department whose employees are compensated for their services and one of whom shall be the fire chief of a volunteer fire department. Members of the commission appointed by the Governor shall serve for two years. The Governor shall fill any vacancy in the office of an appointed member for the unexpired portion of the term. Members of the commission shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The chairperson of the commission shall be appointed by the Governor and shall serve at his pleasure.

(b) The commission shall implement the provisions of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act and shall designate local planning districts. The commission shall establish a local emergency planning committee for each local planning district. Each committee shall include, at a minimum, representatives from each of the following categories: State and local elected officials; law enforcement, fire-fighting, civil defense, public health, local environmental, hospital and transportation personnel; members of the broadcast and print media; members of community groups; and owners and operators of facilities subject to the requirements of section 22a-607. The members of each committee shall be appointed by the commission, provided each municipality located within a committee's local planning district shall be represented by at least one member of the committee. The boundaries of the districts and membership may be revised by the commission as it deems necessary.