Laws & Regulations
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Guidance for Auditing Risk Management Plans/Programs under Clean Air Act Section 112(r)
This document provides guidance to state and tribal agencies that audit RMPs.
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Convening a Proceeding for Reconsideration of the Final Rule Entitled Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs Under the Clean Air Act
EPA's response to petition reconsider and request for stay of the RMP rule published on January 13, 2017.
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A Checklist for Submitting Your Risk Management Plan (RMP)
Important information about 2014 submissions and a checklist to consider in preparing and resubmitting a 5-year update, as required by 40 CFR part 68. Use the RMP*eSubmit software application, which replaced RMP*Submit.
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General RMP Guidance - Chapter 10: Implementation
The implementing agency is the federal, state, or local agency taking the lead for implementation and enforcement of part 68 (risk management program) or the state or local equivalent. They review RMPs, select some for audits, and conduct inspections.
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General RMP Guidance - Chapter 5: Management System
If you have at least one Program 2 or Program 3 process, you are required to develop a management system to oversee the implementation of the risk management program elements, and designate responsibility for making process safety a constant priority.
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General RMP Guidance - Table of Contents
The Risk Management Programs for Chemical Accident Prevention (40 CFR Part 68) guidance is in chapters; each covering topics such as applicability of the rule, and requirements for reporting five-year accident history and offsite consequence analysis.
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Community Webinar on Executive Order 13650: Chemical Facility Safety & Security
Provides supporting material for the EO 13650 Webinar
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Accident Prevention and Response Manual for Anhydrous Ammonia Refrigeration System Operators
This manual summarizes the requirements of environmental laws for anhydrous ammonia system operators.
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RMP*eSubmit User's Manual
RMP*eSubmit facilitates secure online Risk Management Plan updates/resubmissions, required at least every 5 years. Reporting requirements have not changed since 2004, but the 2012 version of North American Industry Classification System has been integrated
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RMP Guidance for Chemical Distributors - Chapter 2: Applicability of Program Levels
Identify the necessary actions for compliance once it is decided that one or more processes are subject to OSHA PSM or prevention regulation. Requirements differ based on the potential for public impacts and the level of effort needed to prevent accidents.
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General RMP Guidance - Appendix D: OSHA Guidance on PSM
OSHA's Process Safety Management (PSM) Guidance on providing complete and accurate written information concerning process chemicals, process technology, and process equipment; including process hazard analysis and material safety data sheets.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.