The town is empowered and required under G.S. 166A-7 to provide for management of local emergencies. Federal super fund regulations and state right-to-know laws provide special reporting and handling requirements for businesses that generate or store substantial quantities of hazardous substances. Emergencies such as fires, spills and explosions involving hazardous substances present a particularly grave threat to the health of the environment and the citizens of the county, as well as to workers responding to the emergency. Access to current information concerning the type, amount and location of hazardous substances during such an emergency is necessary to adequately protect human life and the environment.
(Code 1982, § 9-70; Ord. No. 92-30, § 1, 4-9-1992; Ord. No. 2010-Code-02, 3-10-2010)