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\nRisk Management Program (RMP)<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The goal of the Risk Management Program (RMP) regulations are to prevent accidental releases of substances that can cause serious harm to the public and the environment from short-term exposures and to mitigate the severity of releases that do occur.\u00a0 Under Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations (40 CFR) Part 68, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.EPA) promulgated Chemical Accident Prevention Provisions specifying the types of actions to be taken by facilities to prevent accidental releases of such hazardous chemicals into the atmosphere and reduce their potential impact on the public and the environment.<\/p>\n

RMP requirements apply to an owner or operator of a stationary source (facility) that operates one or more \u201ccovered processes\u201d, i.e., processes which contain greater than the defined threshold quantity of at least one regulated substance.\u00a0 Facilities that operate one or more covered processes must develop and implement a risk management program that is specifically tailored to the hazards present within each covered process and the potential severity of the offsite environmental and public health impacts of a release, should one occur.\u00a0 Facilities which are subject to RMP must include the following elements in the risk management program:<\/p>\n