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Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs Under the Clean Air Act; Common Sense Approach to Chemical Accident Prevention
The Environmental Protection Agency published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on February 24, 2026. Comments closed on April 10, 2026.
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What the agency says
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is proposing to amend its Risk Management Program (RMP) regulations by making several proposed changes to the 2024 Safer Communities by Chemical Accident Prevention (SCCAP) rule. The proposed revisions include changes to provisions relating to safer technology and alternatives analyses, information availability, third-party audits, employee participation, community and emergency responder notification, stationary source siting, natural hazards, power loss, declined recommendations documentation, emergency response exercises, process safety information (PSI) and recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices (RAGAGEP), deregistration form information collection, hot work permit retention, and the retail facility definition. These proposed amendments seek to improve chemical process safety by avoiding duplicative requirements, realigning RMP requirements with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Process Safety Management (PSM) requirements, and eliminating unnecessary burdens placed on facilities where there is not specific data available to show that the current RMP standards would reduce or have reduced the number of accidental releases.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-03633
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Proposed rule
- Agency
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Published
- February 24, 2026
- Comments due
- April 10, 2026
- Dates
- Comments must be received on or before April 10, 2026. Comments on the information collection provisions of the proposed rule under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) must be received by the Office of Management and Budget's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OMB-OIRA) on or before March 26, 2026. Please refer to the PRA section under "Statutory and Executive Order Reviews" in this preamble for specific instructions.
- Docket
- EPA-HQ-OLEM-2025-0313; FRL-5766.8-01-OLEM
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 2050-AH37
- 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
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 42
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