Existing law creates the Division of Emergency Management within the Department of Public Safety. (NRS 414.040) Among its various duties under existing law, the Division is required to: (1) develop a written guide to assist a person or governmental entity that is required to file an emergency response plan; and (2) provide the guide to certain persons and governmental entities that are required to file an emergency response plan. (NRS 414.040) Section 1 of this bill: (1) requires the Division to post the guide on a publicly accessible Internet website maintained by the Division; and (2) makes the requirement to provide a copy of the written guide to certain persons or governmental entities only upon the request of such a person or entity. Existing law requires certain persons or entities to: (1) develop an emergency response plan for a school, a city or county, a resort hotel and a utility; and (2) submit such a plan to the Division of Emergency Management. (NRS 239C.250, 239C.270, 388.243, 394.1687, 463.790) Existing law additionally requires each public or private utility that provides water service, electric service or natural gas service to 500 or more service locations, or operates a pipeline necessary to provide such service, and each provider of new electric resources to conduct a vulnerability assessment and submit the assessment to the Division. (NRS 239C.110, 239C.270, 704B.130) Section 1.5 of this bill adds wastewater as one of the services regarding which such a utility is required to conduct and submit a vulnerability assessment and develop and submit an emergency response plan. Section 2 of this bill requires the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada, the Division of Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Office of Energy in the Office of the Governor to coordinate with the Division of Emergency Management to annually compile a list of each utility and provider of new electric resources required to submit a vulnerability assessment and an emergency response plan.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 414.040, 239C.270
Reprint 1: 414.040, 239C.110, 239C.270
As Enrolled: 414.040, 239C.110, 239C.270