Laws & Regulations

General RMP Guidance - Chapter 6: Prevention Program (Program 2)

Sound prevention practices are founded on safety information, hazard review, operating procedures, training, maintenance, compliance audits, and accident investigation. These must be integrated into a risk management system that you implement consistently.

General RMP Guidance - Chapter 3: Five-Year Accident History

This involves the reporting of significant accidental releases of one or more of the regulated toxic or flammable substances from a covered process in the five years prior to the submission of an initial or updated Risk Management Plan.

General RMP Guidance - Appendix C: Technical Assistance

Contacts for resources available to facilities in complying with 40 CFR part 68 (risk management program) include Office of Emergency Prevention Preparedness and Response, EPCRA/Superfund/RCRA/CAA Call Center, and the Center for Chemical Process Safety.

RMP Guidance for Chemical Distributors - Table of Contents

Risk Management Program guidance helps owners and operators of stationary sources to determine if their processes are subject to regulation under section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act and 40 CFR part 68 and to comply with regulations.

RMP Guidance for Warehouses - Chapter 6: Prevention Program (Program 2)

If substances you have above threshold are not covered by OSHA's PSM standard, you have a Program 2 process. Your prevention program must include safety information, hazard review, SOPs, training, maintenance, compliance audits, and incident investigation.

General RMP Guidance - Appendix F: Supplemental Risk Management Program Guidance for Wastewater Treatment Plants

Additional information for wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), including publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) and other industrial treatment systems; about compliance for chlorine, ammonia (anhydrous and aqueous), sulfur dioxide, and digester gas.

RMP Guidance for Warehouses - Table of Contents

This Risk Management Program (40 CFR Part 68) Guidance is organized into chapters, each covering a topic such as applicability of the rule, requirements for the five-year accident history and offsite consequence analysis, and emergency response.

RMP Guidance for Warehouses - Chapter 1: General Applicability

Helps you determine if you are subject to Part 68, the risk management program rule. It covers you if you are the owner/operator of a stationary source, that has more than a threshold quantity, of a regulated substance, in a process.

RMP Guidance for Warehouses - Chapter 4: Offsite Consequence Analysis

Offsite consequence analysis (OCA) informs government and the public about potential consequences of an accidental toxic or flammable chemical release at your facility, and consists of a worst-case release scenario and alternative release scenarios.

RMP Guidance for Warehouses - Chapter 5: Management System

Your management system should oversee the implementation of the risk management program elements, and designate and assign responsibility in order to make process safety a constant priority. Includes sample documentation.

RMP Guidance for Warehouses - Chapter 8: Emergency Response Program

Implementing an emergency response program along with your risk management plan may be required if you have at least one Program 2 or 3 process in place, and if your employees will respond to some releases involving regulated toxic or flammable substances.

Clean Air Act Section 112(r) Inspection Guidance Distribution Memorandum

This memorandum issues and makes immediately effective the document, "Guidance for Conducting Risk Management Program Inspections under Clean Air Act Section 112(r)," which supersedes the 1999 document on auditing risk management plans/programs.

Memorandum of Understanding between EPA and CSB on Chemical Incidents

This MOU sets forth principles of the working relationship between EPA and the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) in the area of accidental chemical release, including emergency response, prevention, and research.

General RMP Guidance - Chapter 4: Offsite Consequence Analysis

This chapter provides basic compliance information, not modeling methodologies, for people who plan to do their own air dispersion modeling. OCA is a required part of the risk management program, and involves worst-case and alternative release scenarios.

Chemical Safety Alert: Chemical Accidents from Electric Power Outages

Incident data from the National Response Center (NRC) shows that during 2000 there were about 240 chemical releases reported due to an electric power interruption, as well as resumption/restart; only a few were related to planned rolling blackouts.

RMP Guidance for Chemical Distributors - Chapter 6: Prevention Program (Program 2)

If your processes are ineligible for Program 1 and you have substances above the threshold that are not covered by OSHA’s Process Safety Management standard, you have Program 2 processes and Prevention Program applies.

RMP Guidance for Chemical Distributors - Chapter 1: General Applicability

The Risk Management Program rule covers you if you are: the owner/operator of a stationary source, that has more than a threshold quantity, of a regulated substance, in a process. Follow the flowchart, definitions, and Q & A's to determine applicability.

RMP Guidance for Warehouses - Appendix A/B: 40 CFR part 68/Selected NAICS Codes

These appendices contain the full text of 40 Code of Federal Regulations Part 68, Chemical Accident Prevention Provisions; which includes hazard assessment, emergency response, substance thresholds, reporting requirements, and the Risk Management Plan.

RMP Guidance for Warehouses - Chapter 2: Applicability of Program Levels

Once you have determined that you have one or more processes subject to the Risk Management Plan rule (40 CFR part 68), this chapter helps you identify what actions you must take to comply. Processes fall under three different program levels.

RMP Guidance for Warehouses - Chapter 3: Five-Year Accident History

A five year accident history must be completed for each covered process, and all accidental releases meeting specified criteria must be reported in the Risk Management Plan (RMP). Must include details about each event and its impacts.