EPA's proposed rule will affect chemical risk management plans

Risk management plans (RMPs) for an estimated 15,000 US facilities will need to be updated by June 2004 to comply with a pending rule revision by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Risk management plans were first submitted to EPA in June 1999 by facilities that store or handle highly toxic or flammable chemicals.

Last summer EPA proposed a list of changes to RMP submittal requirements that it intends to implement by March 2004.

Facilities updating their risk management plans for their five-year renewal, due June 2004, will need to follow EPA's new requirements. The new rule will affect emergency contact information, RMP revision "triggers", executive summary information, and additional data elements.

ENSR International has prepared a summary of these proposed changes and how these may affect facilities. Visit www.ensr.com/request to request a copy of ENSR's Risk Management Planning Update.

•Date: 25th February 2004 •Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: Manufacturing
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