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Risk Management Plan Frequent Questions

This page has the top questions you may have about these topics.

Applicability/General Duty Clause

RMP Contractor Related Requirements

How did EPA select the list of regulated substances?

What does "control of the same person" mean?

What if the quantity in the process fluctuates?

What does "same industrial group" mean?

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Emergency Response

Are exercises required as a part of the emergency response program requirements under 40 CFR Part 68, Subpart E?

Who Must Develop an Emergency Response Program?

Remote coordination with local authorities

Determining frequency of coordination activities

Types of Information Relevant for Response Planning

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Five - Year Accident History

Program 1 Five-year Accident History and Hazard Assessment Differences

Five-Year Accident History for Non-Gas Releases

What level of off-site property damage triggers five-year accident history reporting?

Differences in accident history between Program 1 eligibility and the hazard assessment

Do I have to include on-site incidents in my accident history?

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Offsite Consequence Analysis (OCA)

Criteria for selecting alternative release scenarios

Ammonia (concentration 20% or greater) and Ammonia (anhydrous) Alternative Release Scenarios

Worst-case “quantity released” reporting for a mixture

Worst-case Release Scenario for Separate, Interconnected Vessels

Are Mechanical Controls Considered Administrative Controls?

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Other RMP

CAMEOfm Version 3.6 Changes

CFAT Impacts on EPCRA and RMP

Vulnerable Zone Determination

Accessing RMP Data

Obtaining an RMP ID Number

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Plan Preparation and Submission

Compliance Audit Date for First Time RMP Submissions

RMP Executive Summary Elements

Certification Statement for Correction

Certifying Official Qualifying Criteria

Required Contractor Contact Information

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Prevention Program

Hot Work Definition and Requirements

Hot Work Permit Review Date

Hot Work Permit Procedures and Date

What do I have to do for material and energy balances?

What does "materials of construction" mean?

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Program Levels

Can a facility divide a process when assigning program levels?

Can a newly-constructed process that has no accident history qualify for Program 1 status?

Can a process qualify for Program 1 if it has had an accident?

If a covered process has an accident, when does it lose eligibility for Program 1 status?

If a stationary source has processes ineligible for Program 1, are all processes ineligible?

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RMP*Comp

Minimum and Maximum Distance to Endpoint

Different distances to toxic endpoints with different versions of RMP*Comp

Distance to endpoint calculations used by RMP*Comp

Local meteorological data for alternative release scenarios

Redoing calculations if RMP*Comp is updated

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