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Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs Under the Clean Air Act; Safer Communities by Chemical Accident Prevention
The Environmental Protection Agency published this final rule in the Federal Register on March 11, 2024. It took effect on May 10, 2024.
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What the agency says
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is amending its Risk Management Program (RMP) regulations as a result of Agency review. The revisions include several changes and amplifications to the accident prevention program requirements, enhancements to the emergency preparedness requirements, improvements to the public availability of chemical hazard information, and several other changes to certain regulatory definitions or points of clarification. As major and other serious and concerning RMP accidents continue to occur, the record shows and EPA believes that this final rule will help further protect human health and the environment from chemical hazards through advancement of process safety based on lessons learned. These amendments seek to improve chemical process safety; assist in planning, preparedness, and response to Risk Management Program-reportable accidents; and improve public awareness of chemical hazards at regulated sources. While many of the provisions of this final rule reinforce each other, it is EPA's intent that each one is merited on its own, and thus severable.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-04458
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Published
- March 11, 2024
- Takes effect
- May 10, 2024
- Dates
- This final rule is effective on May 10, 2024.
- Docket
- EPA-HQ-OLEM-2022-0174; FRL-5766.6-02-OLEM
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 2050-AH22
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 40 CFR 68
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Air pollution control; Chemicals; Environmental protection; Hazardous substances; Intergovernmental relations; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
- Pages
- 71
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