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EPA RMP Rule 2024 Amendments - Overview
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has amended its Risk Management Program (RMP) rule. A final rule was issued on March 11, 2024. It becomes effective on May 10, 2024 and compliance is required generally within 3 years, with some exceptions.
The revisions to the RMP rule include:
- Changes to the accident prevention program requirements including requirements for addressing:
- Hazard evaluation of natural hazards
- Power loss
- Stationary source siting
- Safer Technologies and alternative analysis (STAA)
- Root cause analysis (RCA) incident investigation
- Third party compliance auditing, and
- Employee participation
- Hazard evaluation of natural hazards
- Enhancements to the emergency response requirements, and
- Improvements to the public availability of chemical hazard information
EPA intends to publish guidance for certain provisions, such as STAA, RCA, third-party audits, and employee participation.
The amendments are intended to improve chemical process safety; assist in planning, preparedness, and response to RMP-reportable accidents; and improve public awareness of chemical hazards at RMP-regulated facilities.
EPA believes facility owners are provided with latitude in their methods of implementing the requirements because of the performance-based nature of the RMP rule and the similar nature of the amendments.
Subsequent PT Notes will address each of the changes.
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Disclaimer: This PT Note provides Primatech’s interpretation of regulatory requirements. The actual regulatory requirements can be found at: https://www.epa.gov/rmp
