Specifications include, but are not limited to: A study and report. Legal research reports sponsored by this project are published in TCRP's Legal Research Digest (LRD) series in electronic format. Publications are made available to some libraries and to approximately 4,000 transportation lawyers and officials through the TRB distribution network. The objectives of this research are to identify and address legal issues related to: · Planning processes at the federal, state, and local levels; · Resilience planning; · Anticipation of equipment, supplies, and personnel needs within any response scenario; · Cooperation and planning for cross agency and cross jurisdictional support; · Cross jurisdictional issues related to evacuation from the agency service area; · Cross jurisdictional issues related to cooperative evacuation operations in other service areas or even states; · The authority to undertake extended operations whether in an agency’s own service area or another’s; · Liability issues related to non-traditional operations, particularly in support of other agencies (including pets, livestock, non-local movement); · Authority to expend funds in these operations; and · Insurance for equipment used in evacuations, facilities subject to disaster damage, and personnel.
