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40. PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION OFFSITE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN 2013 Approve Maricopa County/ State of Arizona Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Offsite Emergency Response Plan. The plan will be valid until superseded by an updated version. The plan will be effective December 1, 2013. There is no cost to the County and no revenue will be generated. This plan is a joint plan that assigns emergency functions to the emergency response organizations of the State of Arizona and the County of Maricopa as delineated within the plan. The "Offsite Emergency Response Plan for Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station" is based upon U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Federal Emergency Management Agency guidance to state and local governments, as contained in NUREG-0645 (FEMA-REP-1, Revision 1) "Criteria for Preparation and Evaluation of Radiological Emergency Response Plans and Preparedness in Support of Nuclear Power Plants." This plan is concerned with potential occurrences at a fixed commercial nuclear power generating facility that may impact the public health and safety of the citizens of the State of Arizona. The plan describes the organization for emergencies, classifies emergencies, and defines and assigns offsite responsibilities and authorities. The plan has been evaluated and exercised in accordance with the Code of Federal Regulations. Changes and additions to this plan that may occur as a result of additions to governmental response resources, and capabilities and improvements in the efficiency of response, as evidenced by evaluated exercises, will further increase the demonstrated capability to assure the public safety and health of the citizens of the State of Arizona. The major changes incorporated into the plan are as follows: * Updates populations in the 10 mile Emergency Planning Zone and NUREG-0654 Cross Reference * Authorities and References have been expanded to be more inclusive * The format has been revised to more closely align with FEMA Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 101, Version 2.0 * Addition of Incident Specific Annex A: Hostile Action Based Incidents and Functional; Annex L: Financial Assistance- American Nuclear Insurers This revision supersedes all previous versions of this plan. (C-15-14-003-M-00)

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Steve Gallardo	abstain
Bill Gates	abstain
Clint Hickman	abstain
and Clint Hickman	yes
Denny Barney	abstain
Steve Chucri	yes

42.PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION OFFSITE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN 2017Approve Maricopa County/ State of Arizona Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Offsite Emergency Response Plan. The plan will be valid until superseded by an updated version. The plan will be effective April 12, 2017. There is no cost to the County and no revenue will be generated.This plan is a joint plan that assigns emergency functions to the emergency response organizations of the State of Arizona and the County of

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42. PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION OFFSITE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN 2017 Approve Maricopa County/ State of Arizona Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Offsite Emergency Response Plan. The plan will be valid until superseded by an updated version. The plan will be effective April 12, 2017. There is no cost to the County and no revenue will be generated. This plan is a joint plan that assigns emergency functions to the emergency response organizations of the State of Arizona and the County of Maricopa as delineated within the plan. The "Offsite Emergency Response Plan for Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station" is based upon U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Federal Emergency Management Agency guidance to state and local governments, as contained in NUREG-0645 (FEMA-REP-1, Revision 1) "Criteria for Preparation and Evaluation of Radiological Emergency Response Plans and Preparedness in Support of Nuclear Power Plants." This plan involves potential occurrences at a fixed commercial nuclear power generating facility that may impact the public health and safety of the citizens of the State of Arizona. The plan describes the organization for emergencies, classifies emergencies, and defines and assigns offsite responsibilities and authorities. The plan has been evaluated and exercised in accordance with the Code of Federal Regulations. Changes and additions to this plan that may occur as a result of additions to governmental response resources, and capabilities and improvements in the efficiency of response, as evidenced by evaluated exercises, will further increase the demonstrated capability to assure the public safety and health of the citizens of the State of Arizona. The major changes incorporated into the plan are as follows: * Population figures for the 10-mile emergency planning zone updated to reflect accurate residency (annual) * Updated Emergency Alert System (EAS) messages as they pertain to evacuation or sheltering of residents within proximity to PVNGS (annual) * Removed Buckeye Union H.S. as a Reception and Care Center (RCC) location; added Youngker H.S. as a new RCC location (2014) * Information related to the Arizona Fusion Center, also known as the Arizona Counter Terrorism Information Center (ACTIC) was updated (2015) * Authorities and References updated to reflect current information (2015) * Updated information on area hospitals and medical centers (2015) * Added references to statutory authorities and responsibilities for the State of Arizona over political sub-jurisdictions (2016) * Clarifications and enhancements were made to the basic plan section covering the training and exercise program (2016) * Updates were incorporated into the mass care annex to reflect greater detail on RCC operations (2016) * An additional annex was created to congregate existing information regarding emergency operations in the post plume phase into one place (2016) * References were updated to reflect continued usage of NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1 Version 1 for all jurisdictions affected by this plan within Arizona (2016) (C-15-14-003-M-01)