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US EPA Risk Management Program

EPA Risk Management Program Rule (40 CFR Part 68), AKA Accidental Release Prevention Program. This page includes recent amendments to the rule.

EPA Risk Management Program Rule (40 CFR Part 68 as of 9/99) (.PDF, 136K)

EPA RMP Management Rule and Preamble
(.PDF, 408K)
(.TXT, 466K)
Offsite Consequence Analysis Guidance (.PDF, 1,029K)
Amendments to RMP Rule of 1/6/99 adding NAICS codes in place of SIC codes and changes to data elements (.PDF, 124K)
Amendment to RMP Rule that revises the list of regulated flammable substances to exclude those substances when used as a fuel or held for sale as a fuel at a retail facility (3/00) (.TXT, 52K)

Historical Data

The evolution of the US EPA RMP rule may be seen from the following links. They are useful for identifying EPA's intent with respect to the regulatory language.

First Proposed Rule and Preamble (10/93) (.TXT, 223K)
Final List Rule and Preamble (1/94) (.TXT, 166K)
Supplement to Proposed Rule Seeking Input (3/95) (.TXT, 146K)
Proposed List Rule Revision per API Settlement (4/96) (.TXT, 44K)
Final Management Rule Preamble (6/96) (.TXT, 353K)
Final List Rule per API Settlement (1/98) (.TXT, 42K)
Proposed Administrative Fixes Rule (4/98) (.TXT, 70K)
Final Administrative Fixes Rule (1/99) (.TXT, 124K)
Final Rule for Flammables and OCA Data Revisions (6/99) (.TXT, 37K)

Chemical Safety Information, Site Security and Fuels Regulatory Relief Act

This law, passed on August 5, 1999, delays disclosure of offsite consequence analysis information and requires public meetings to discuss how the community would be affected by a release of hazardous substances.

Final Rule RE: Public Distribution of Off-site Consequence Analysis (OCA) Information (8/4/00)(.PDF, 311K)
Fact Sheet: Public Distribution of Off-Site Consequence Analysis Information (8/00) (.PDF, 406K)
Copy of the Chemical Safety Information, Site Security and Fuels Regulatory Relief Act (S. 880), PL 106-40 (August 1999) (.PDF, 174K)
US EPA Fact Sheet RE: the Chemical Safety Information, Site Security and Fuels Regulatory Relief Act (August 1999) (.PDF, 78K)
US EPA Fact Sheet RE: Public Meetings and other Notifications (October 1999) (.PDF, 89K)
US EPA Frequently Asked Questions (as of 9/7/99) (.HTML, 32K)
Amendment to RMP Rule that revises the list of regulated flammable substances to exclude those substances when used as a fuel or held for sale as a fuel at a retail facility (3/00) (.TXT, 52K)