The commission shall:
(1) Appoint local emergency planning committees and revise these committees as it deems appropriate. The committees shall include, as a minimum, representatives from each of the following groups:
(a) Elected local officials;
(b) Law enforcement;
(c) Emergency management;
(d) Fire service;
(e) First aid;
(f) Health service;
(g) Local environmental;
(h) Hospital;
(i) Transportation;
(j) Broadcast and print media;
(k) Community groups; and (l) Owners and operators of facilities subject to this chapter;
(2) Adopt standards and procedures for the operations of local committees;
(3) Develop reporting requirements and procedures consistent with those of Title III, Pub. L. No. 99-499, for individuals, businesses, and governmental agencies that manufacture, use, store, or transport hazardous substances;
(4) Develop guidance and standards for plans related to hazardous substances;
(5) Approve, disapprove, and, where necessary, make recommendations to improve plans developed by local emergency planning committees;
(6) Recommend administrative regulations to the director for issuance by the Division of Emergency Management to implement provisions of this chapter, consistent with Title III, Pub. L. No. 99-499;
(7) Receive from any source and authorize the expenditure of funds;
(8) Develop policies relating to the training of committees and persons subject to respond to releases of hazardous substances;
(9) Develop policies relating to exercising and testing plans developed by local emergency planning committees;
(10) Specify a warning point to which all required emergency notifications shall be made;
(11) Develop a procedure by which facilities may report the presence and inventories of hazardous substances and by which members of the public may obtain these reports;
(12) Annually review all commission policies and procedures and update them as necessary; and (13) Adopt policies for the conduct of the business and duties of the commission.