Risk Management Program

Risk Management Program Rule (RMP)—Emergency Response Program EPA 40 CFR part 68.95... 

Though occasionally a time consuming exercise, a well-performed PHA can be a source of satisfaction and may be required by the OS HA Process Safety Management Standard or the EPA Risk Management Program Rule. It is important members actively participate and lively interaction is promoted during the sessions. 

Are materials subject to the requirements of the OSHA Process Safety Management Rule (29 CFR 1910.119) or the EPA Risk Management Program Rule (40 CFR 68) ... 

Does the EPA Risk Management Program (RMP) apply to this facility ... 

Accidental Release Prevention Reqnirements Risk Management Programs nnder Clean Air Act Section 112(r)(7), Federal Register, Vol. 61, No. 120,Jnne 20, 1996. 

FIGURE 3-3. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Risk Management Program Components... 

The remaining Sections e.xainine tluce important topics as tliey relate to the subject title of tliis book. Section 2.7 reviews the details of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency s (USEPA s) Risk Management Program while Section 2.8 provides information on the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA). The chapter continues with a short Section (2.9) on potential environmental violations and then concludes with a Section (2.10) on tlic Pollution Prevention Act of 1990. 

Developed under tlie Clean Air Acts (CAA s) Section 112(r), tlie Risk Management Program (RMP) rule is designed to reduce tlie risk of accidental releases of acutely toxic, flanunable and explosive substances. USEPA finalized its list of regulated substances (138 chemicals) and defined tlireshold quantities for these chemicals. 

The Risk Management Program (RPM) rule is designed to reduce tlie risk of accidental releases of acutely to.xic, flanunable and explosive substances. 

Adopted from D. Heinold, EPA s Risk Management Program - Don t Ignore It, Environmental Protection, 1995. 

Must have an acceptable "risk management program in place or undertake an "extraordinarily liazardous substance accident risk assessmeiU ... 

Where complete containment is impractical, exhaust ventilation (preferably to a scrubber) can limit or eliminate exposure to toxic materials. The exhaust ventilation rate (velocity or volumetric rate) may be calculable for volatile liquids from spill size and vapor pressure (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Risk Management Program Guidance for Offsite Consequence Analysis, Appendix D, Equation D-l, 1999), but tests to determine concentrations in air usually would be needed for dusty processes and fugitive releases of gases. 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U S. Regulation 40 CFR Part 68, "Proposed Rule, Risk Management Programs for Chemical Accidental Release Prevention", EPA, Washington, D.C., October 20,1993. 

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