ARC 2284C
HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT[605]
Notice of Intended Action
Twenty-five interested persons, a governmental subdivision, an agency or association of 25 or more persons may demand an oral presentation hereon as provided in Iowa Code section 17A.4(1)“b.”
Notice is also given to the public that the Administrative Rules Review Committee may, on its own motion or on written request by any individual or group, review this proposed action under section 17A.8(6) at a regular or special meeting where the public or interested persons may be heard.
Pursuant to the authority of Iowa Code sections 17A.3 and 30.5, the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Department on behalf of the Iowa Emergency Response Commission hereby gives Notice of Intended Action to amend Chapter 100, “Mission of Commission,” Iowa Administrative Code.
This amendment is intended to update the membership of the Commission to accurately reflect Iowa Code chapter 30. The amendment includes changes to both state and local agencies as well as private industry members.
These changes were approved by the Commission at its scheduled meeting held on October 29, 2015.
Consideration will be given to all written suggestions or comments on the proposed amendment received on or before December 29, 2015. Such written materials should be sent to the Administrative Rules Coordinator, Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, 7900 Hickman Road, Suite 500, Windsor Heights, Iowa 50324; fax (515)725-3260; or via e-mail to john.benson@iowa.gov.
Also, there will be a public hearing on December 29, 2015, at 11 a.m.	in the Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Cyclones Conference Room at 7900 Hickman Road, Suite 500, Windsor Heights, Iowa, at which time persons may present their views either orally or in writing. At the hearing, persons will be asked to give their names and addresses for the record and to confine their remarks to the subject of the amendment.
After analysis and review of this rule making, no impact on jobs has been found.
This amendment is intended to implement Iowa Code chapter 30.
The following amendment is proposed.
	Amend rule 605—100.1(30) as follows:
605—100.1(30) Mission. The Iowa emergency response commission (IERC) was created to implement the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA).
The governor appoints one member each to represent department the departments of agriculture and land stewardship, department of employment services workforce development, homeland security and emergency management, department of justice, department of natural resources, department of public defense, department of public health, department of public safety, state department of and transportation, fire service institute of Iowa State University of science and technology state fire service and emergency response council, local emergency planning committee, hazardous materials task force, and the office of the governor, and two three members from private industry.
The IERC shall enter into agreements with the department departments of employment services workforce development, the department of natural resources and the department of public defense homeland security and emergency management to carry out those the duties allocated to those departments under Iowa Code chapter 30.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code chapter 30 and 1992 Iowa Acts, chapter 1139.