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  • How often must employees complete refresher training?

    How often must employees of facilities that are subject to the risk management program complete refresher training? A facility owner or operator must provide refresher training at least every three years, and more often if necessary, to each employee operating a process in order to ensure that the employee understands…

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  • Assigning program level 1 if a public receptors is just beyond distance to endpoint

    Our distance to the endpoint for the worst-case release is 0.3 miles. The nearest public receptor is 0.32 miles away. What tools are available to document that the public receptor is beyond the distance to the endpoint so we can qualify for Program 1? The results of any air dispersion…

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  • Why do the risk management program regulations only apply to stationary sources?

    Why have transportation activities been exempted from compliance with the risk management program regulations at 40 CFR Part 68? Why do these regulations apply only to stationary sources? While EPA agrees that industry, local planners, and first responders need to recognize the public safety hazards associated with transportation, the Clean…

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  • Hot Work Permit Procedures and Date

    Stationary sources subject to the Program 3 Prevention Program requirements in 40 CFR Part 68, Subpart D, must include in their Risk Management Plan (RMP) the date of the most recent review or revision of hot work permit procedures in Section 7.13. What are hot work permit procedures and what…

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  • When were RMPs initially required to be submitted?

    When must the risk management plans (RMPs) required under 40 CFR Part 68, Subpart G, initially be submitted? For chemicals currently listed as regulated substances at 40 CFR §68.130, compliance with the risk management program requirements (including submission of RMPs) is required by June 21, 1999, or the date on…

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  • Process that meets Program 1 requirements and Program 3 applicability

    Program 3 applies to processes in certain NAICS codes as well as any process subject to the OSHA Process Safety Management (PSM) standard, unless the process is eligible for Program 1. If a process meets the requirements of Program 1, but is also in NAICS code 32211 (one of those…

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  • Is the RMP submission date the postmark date or EPA's receipt?

    Initial RMPs must be "submitted" by a certain date, and RMPs must be updated at least every five years from the date of its submission. What constitutes "submission" for purposes of meeting and determining these deadlines - postmarking the RMP or EPA's receipt of the RMP by the due date…

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  • Can a process qualify for Program 1 if it has had an accident?

    A process with more than a threshold quantity of a regulated substance had an accident with off-site consequences three years ago. After the accident, we altered the process to reduce the quantity stored onsite. Now the worst-case release scenario indicates that there are no public receptors within the distance to…

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  • Program level 1 eligibility and accident history

    A process with more than a threshold quantity of a regulated substance had an accident with off-site consequences three years ago. After the accident, we altered the process to reduce the quantity stored on site, although the quantity still exceeds the threshold quantity. Now the worst case release scenario indicates…

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  • Program level 3 applicability and whether states have delegated OSHA programs

    I am a publicly owned facility in a state with a delegated OSHA program. Why are my processes considered to be in Program 3 when the same processes in a state where federal OSHA runs the program are in Program 2? Federal OSHA cannot impose its rules on state or…

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  • Updating RMP if substance no longer held in excess of threshold quantity

    If a facility had a covered process that was previously subject to the Program 2 or 3 requirements, but no longer holds the regulated substance in excess of the threshold quantity due to a decrease in production or storage, must the facility update its risk management plan (RMP)? If a…

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  • Who should sign the certification statement?

    The owner or operator of a stationary source must submit in the RMP a statement certifying that the RMP is accurate and complete (40 CFR §68.185). Who should sign this certification statement? EPA has not promulgated regulations under 40 CFR Part 68 specifying who must sign the certification statement nor…

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  • Do the quantities of interconnected vessels need to be aggregated for the worst-case release scenario analysis?

    Pursuant to the risk management program regulations, facilities must perform an offsite consequence analysis for the worst-case release scenario. Do the quantities of two separate vessels that are interconnected with a closed valve need to be aggregated for the worst-case release scenario analysis? No. Worst-case release is defined as the…

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  • Active mitigation systems (e.g., scrubbers) and alternative release scenarios

    I run a wastewater treatment plant that is subject to the risk management program regulations in 40 CFR Part 68 for a covered process containing chlorine. A chlorine scrubber system at the plant is designed to prevent any possible releases from reaching a toxic endpoint offsite. How does this active…

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  • Threshold determination for a single process with oleum and sulfur trioxide

    Oleum, which is a mixture of sulfuric acid and sulfur trioxide, is listed as a regulated toxic substance in 40 CFR §68.130. Sulfur trioxide is also listed individually as a regulated toxic substance. If a single process consists of one vessel containing oleum and one vessel containing sulfur trioxide, must…

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