What types of facilities have submitted Risk Management Plans?
Under the Clean Air Act, the EPA required Risk Management Plans to be submitted by June 21, 1999. These plans explain how each company plans to prevent chemical accidents at its facility, minimize the consequences of any accidents which do occur, and protect personnel within the facility, and protect people and the environment “beyond the facility fenceline”. The regulations not only apply to petrochemical plants but also to stores selling propane, cold storage facilities, municipal drinking water and wastewater treatment plants, chemical warehouses, and other businesses which store large quantities of specified chemicals. What does RMP do? The RMP regulation is intended to protect the community from catastrophic accidents at facilities handling hazardous materials. That goal is achieved in part by reducing the likelihood or the severity of accidental chemical releases. How was RMP communicated? A special industry committee was formed to assure compliance with the U.S. Environmental Pr
