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• In addition to the OES, each city's fire and police departments, sheriff's department, San Joaquin Local Health District, County Agricultural Commissioner, and County and City Public Works Department are involved in the County's Hazardous Materials Incident Emergency Response Program. Six OES employees are prepared to staff an emergency response van, which was purchased by the County in 1988. As part of the program, these employees will be on-call and ready to respond to fires, poisoning, and hazardous waste incidents. • Names of the members of the Emergency Response Team are filed with the County's OES. • Responsibility for the cleanup of hazardous materials spills falls on (1) Caltrans for highway incidents, and for incidents on highways which pass through city limits, (2) the County Public Works Department for incidents on County roads, and (3) city governments for incidents within city limits. • In accordance with AB 2185 (later amended in AB 2187) , County OES is required to establish an "area plan" to provide efficient emergency response to releases of hazardous materials within the agency's jurisdiction. The Division anticipates submitting its area plan to the State Office of Emergency Services in December 1987. • Under AB 2185, businesses that handle more than a speci - fied quantity of hazardous material (or a mixture con- taining a hazardous material ) must file "business plans" with the Environmental Health Division. • Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) established a nationwide emergency response planning program. Title III does not pre-empt state and local programs (such as AB 2185/2187 and AB 3777) . • Title III requires certain businesses to: (1) notify state and local agencies of the presence of "extremely hazardous substances" (Appendix H) , (2) submit chemical inventories, and/or (3) submit toxic chemical release information (Appendix H) . PJ9 9390502D.00D 4-5 Rev. 1 11/08/88