Laws & Regulations

RMP Guidance for Warehouses - Appendix D: OSHA Guidance on PSM

This text is taken directly from OSHA's appendix C to the Process Safety Management standard (29 CFR 1910.119). Compiled information required by this standard, including material safety data sheets (MSDS), is essential to process hazards analysis (PHA).

Topical Backgrounder: New Ways to Prevent Chemical Incidents

Part of a May 1999 series of publications on the Risk Management Program Rule and issues related to chemical emergency management. Explains how RMP compliance and the impact of right-to-know will reduce hazards.

RMP Guidance for Chemical Distributors - Chapter 10: Implementation

The implementing agency is the federal, state, or local agency taking the lead for implementation and enforcement of part 68. They will review Risk Management Plans, select some for audits, and conduct on-site inspections.

Fact Sheet: Clean Air Act Section 112(r): Accidental Release Prevention / Risk Management Plan Rule

EPA is required to publish regulations and guidance for chemical accident prevention at facilities that pose the greatest risk of harm from accidental releases of regulated flammable and toxic substances above threshold quantities.

Chemical Safety Alert: Catastrophic Failure of Storage Tanks

Aboveground, atmospheric storage tanks can fail when flammable vapors in the tank explode and break either the shell-to-bottom or side seam, resulting in hazardous release accidents. Proper maintenance practices can help prevent accidents.

Topical Backgrounder: How Safe Am I? Helping Communities Evaluate Chemical Risks

Part of the May 1999 Guides to Environmental Risk Management Series created by the National Safety Council. Explains how RMPs will help prevent emergency chemical releases, reduce risk from exposure to hazards, and minimize consequences.

Topical Backgrounder: Evaluating Chemical Hazards in the Community: Using RMP's Offsite Consequence Analysis

Part of a May 1999 series on the Risk Management Program Rule and issues related to chemical emergency management. Explains hazard versus risk, worst-case and alternative release scenarios, flammable endpoints and toxic endpoints.

Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Advisory: Hydrogen Fluoride

This advisory recommends ways Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs) and chemical facilities can reduce risks posed by the presence of hydrogen fluoride (HF), a strong inorganic acid used to manufacture CFCs, in their communities.

Permitting of Forest Oil's Kustatan Production Facility and Osprey Platform Pursuant to the Alaska SIP

This document is part of the Title V Policy and Guidance Database.

Stationary Source Permit Applicability of Emissions from Automobile Roll-Off Testing

This document is part of the Title V Policy and Guidance Database.

Source Definition Issue for KN Power - Front Range Energy Associates, LLC/PSCo Generating Facility

This document is part of the Title V Policy and Guidance Database.

U.S. Geologic Survey/EPA Agreement on the Management of Water Quality Data

Agreement between the USGS Water Resources Division and the EPA Assessment and Watershed Protection Division on the Solution of the STORET/NWIS Compatibility Issued May 17, 2000.

New Jersey SIP Summaries: Emission Statement Program

Program that requires stationary sources to report annually to the State their emissions of VOCs and NOx and for the State to make this data available to EPA and the public.

Harvest Four Corners LLC Ojita Compressor Station Oil and Gas FIP on Jicarilla Apache Tribal Lands

FIP True Minor Source in Indian Country in the Oil and Gas Sector

Part 71 Operating Permits - Laguna Pueblo Transwestern Pipeline Company, Compressor Station

Part 71 Title V Operating Permits at Laguna Pueblo Transwestern Pipeline Company, Compressor Station

Tribal NSR Permits in EPA's South Central Region - Jicarilla Apache XTO Compressor Station

Part 71 Title V Operating Permits in EPA's South Central region. Region 6; serving Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and 66 Tribes

Tribal NSR Permits in EPA's South Central Region - Laguna Pueblo Redonda Compressor Station

Tribal NSR Permit for Laguna Pueblo - Redonda Compressor Station

Tribal NSR Permits in EPA's South Central Region - Sandia Resort and Casino

Part 71 Title V Operating Permits in EPA's South Central region. Region 6; serving Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and 66 Tribes

Williams Four Corners, LLC - Trunk E & H Receiver

Part 71 Title V Operating Permits at Jicarilla Apache Trunk E & H Receiver

Case Summary: Settlement Addresses Cleanup Work at the Orlando Gasification Superfund Site in Florida

Case summary of cleanup agreement for Orlando Gasification Superfund Site