EVACUATION DESIGNATION LEVELS, the official text

Enrolled SB 192 
 Relating to evacuation designation levels; and relating to the Alaska Disaster Act. 
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 * Section 1. AS 26.20.100 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 
 (b) Plans and regulations formulated under (a)(1) of this section must adopt 
 the following designations for use in evacuation maps and other public messaging: 
 (1) "Level 1 Ready," indicated in green, to alert the public that an 
 emergency may exist in the area; 
 (2) "Level 2 Set," indicated in yellow, to alert the public that 
 evacuation of the area is imminent; 
 (3) "Level 3 Go," indicated in red, to alert the public that a dangerous 
 hazard exists and that an individual in the area should immediately evacuate the area. 
 * Sec. 2. AS 26.23.060(e) is amended to read: 
 (e) Each political subdivision shall ensure that a written local or

interjurisdictional disaster emergency plan for its area is prepared, maintained, and 
 distributed to all appropriate officials. The disaster emergency plan must include a 
 clear and complete statement of the emergency responsibilities of all local agencies 
 and officials. If the disaster emergency plan includes an evacuation plan, the 
 evacuation plan must use the designations set out in AS 26.20.100(b). 
 * Sec. 3. AS 26.23.075(a) is amended to read: 
 (a) An emergency plan prepared under AS 26.23.073 must include 
 (1) identification of facilities subject to the requirements of 42 U.S.C. 
 11001 - 11005 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 42 U.S.C. 11002(a), and identification of additional facilities 
 contributing or subjected to additional risk due to their proximity to facilities subject 
 to the requirements of 42 U.S.C. 11001 - 11005, such as hospitals or natural gas 
 facilities; 
 (2) methods and procedures to be followed by facility owners and 
 operators and local emergency and medical personnel to respond to a release of 
 hazardous substances or a release of substances on the list of extremely hazardous 
 substances referred to in 42 U.S.C. 11002(a); 
 (3) designation of an emergency coordinator, as required under 
 AS 26.23.060(d), and facility emergency coordinators, who shall make determinations 
 necessary to implement the emergency plan; 
 (4) procedures providing reliable, effective, and timely notification by 
 the facility emergency coordinators to persons designated in the emergency plan, and 
 to the public, that a release has occurred, consistent with the emergency notification 
 requirements of 42 U.S.C. 11004; 
 (5) methods for determining the occurrence of a release and the area or 
 population likely to be affected by that release; 
 (6) a description of emergency equipment and facilities in the 
 community and at each facility in the community subject to the requirements of 42 
 U.S.C. 11001 - 11005, and an identification of the persons responsible for the 
 equipment and facilities;

(7) evacuation plans that use the designations set out in 
 AS 26.20.100(b) and that include [, INCLUDING] provisions for a precautionary 
 evacuation and alternative traffic routes; 
 (8) training programs, including schedules for training of local 
 emergency response and medical personnel; and 
 (9) methods and schedules for exercising the emergency plan.