Risk management plans RMPs

On June 20,1996, the EPA published the Risk Management Plan (RMP) as a final rule.1 This regulation is also a response to the Bhopal accident. It is recognized by industry and the government as an excellent regulation that will reduce the number and magnitude of accidents — if it is understood and practiced as intended. 

DanieI A. Crowl, Consequence Modeling for the EPA Risk Management Plan (RMP), Process Safety Progress (Spring 1997), pp. 1-5. 

The EPA Risk Management Plan (RMP) defines a worst-case scenario as the catastrophic release of the entire process inventory in a 10-min period (assumed to be a continuous release). The dispersion calculations must be completed assuming F stability and 1.5 m/s wind speed. As part of the RMP rule, each facility must determine the downwind distance to a toxic endpoint. These results must be reported to the EPA and to the surrounding community. 

Prepare and submit a single risk management plan (RMP) that covers all affected processes and chemicals. 

Each company must submit to the EPA a risk management plan (RMP) that addresses these topics. The plans must be revised and resubmitted every 5 years (EPA, 2003e). 

The culmination of the risk analysis process is the Risk Management Plan (RMP). The RMP must be incorporated into the execution plan and contain provisions for ... 

Risk Management Plans (RMP) from Right to Know Environmental Databases - Under the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, certain chemical facilities must report RMPs to prevent and respond to chemical accidents in the United States. http //www.rtk.net/aboutrmp.html... 

The Clean Air Act is the one that covers process safety. The pertinent rule is referred to as the Risk Management Program and is administered by the Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office (CEPPO), the EPA office that administers the Risk Management Plan (RMP). 

The systematic application of policies, practices, and resources to the assessment and control of risk affecting human health and safety and the environment, which is also combined with economic, political, legal, and ethical considerations to make decisions. Hazard, risk, and cost-benefit analysis are used to support development of risk reduction options, program objectives, and prioritization of issues and resources. Risk Management Plan (RMP)... 

Owners and operators of facilities the produce, process, and store extremely hazardous substances must develop a risk management plan (RMP) including an executive summary, registration information, off-site consequence analysis, five-year accident history, prevention program, and emergency response program. 

Compliance with regulations, particularly the EPA Risk Management Plan (RMP). 

Under the authority of section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act, the Chemical Accident Prevention Provisions (40 CFR Part 68) require facilities that produce, handle, process, distribute, or store certain chemicals to develop a Risk Management Program, prepare a Risk Management Plan (RMP), and submit the RMP to the EPA. Covered facilities were initially required to comply with the rule in 1999. 

Also the CAAA identifies specific duties for EPA relative to the prevention of accidental releases. Generally, EPA must develop a list of chemicals and a Risk Management Plan (RMP). 

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