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up of any Hazardous Materials, the control of pedestrian or vehicular traffic or the removal of persons or <br />property from the area around the emergency. <br />C. Neither the Authority, nor the Provider Agencies, guarantee that a <br />Response Team will be available at all times to respond to a Hazardous Materials Emergency. <br />Circumstances may arise when the timing, number, size or location of a Hazardous Materials Emergency, <br />or other emergencies, make it difficult or impossible for the Authority or the Provider Agencies to <br />respond to any or all incident(s). The Board shall adopt standard operating procedures to govern the <br />nature and timing of responses when multiple Hazardous Materials emergencies (or other emergencies) <br />exist within the County at any one time. <br />4.2 Preventative Measures <br />Each Participating Agency shall use its best efforts to do the following: <br />A. Require that all persons, business entities and public agencies within its <br />jurisdiction comply with applicable state and federal laws regarding the storage and use of Hazardous <br />Materials by establishing and implementing an inspection and citation program; <br />B. Maintain, and make accessible to the Authority, Provider Agencies, and <br />Response Teams copies of all plans and documents required to be submitted pursuant to law, including, <br />without limitation, business inventories and emergency response plans; <br />C. If appropriate, declare a local emergency pursuant to the provisions of <br />Sections 8630, et seq. of the Government Code of the State of California and/or any applicable charter <br />provisions or ordinance. To the extent permitted by law, the Authority or the responding Provider <br />Agency shall have the right to declare a local emergency in the event the public entity with jurisdiction <br />over the scene of the Hazardous Materials Emergency fails or refuses to do so; and <br />is- <br />