Risk Management Planning Under the
Accidental Release Prevention Program
Clean Air Act Section 112(r)

            Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act requires facilities with more than a threshold quantity of a regulated substance in a single process to comply with the Accidental Release Prevention - Risk Management Program regulations.  Covered facilities must submit a Risk Management Plan (RMP) to EPA and other local entities by June 21, 1999.  The primary elements of the RMP are the hazard assessment, the prevention program, the emergency response plan, the accident history, and the off-site consequence analysis.  Building on EPCRA, RMPs will increase the public availability of information pertaining to facilities that use, manufacture, or store toxic and flammable substances.  The goal of Section 112(r) is to prevent accidental chemical releases that threaten health, safety, and the environment.  "Preventing accidental releases of hazardous chemicals is the shared responsibility of industry, government, and the public.  The first steps toward accident prevention are identifying the hazards and assessing the risks.  Once information about chemicals is openly shared, industry, government, and the community can work together toward reducing the risk to public health and the environment."  (Preamble to EPA RMP regulations.)
 



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