[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 126 (Tuesday, July 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35494-35495]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17181]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5851-1]


Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management 
Program Under Section 112(r)(7) of the Clean Air Act as Amended; Clean 
Air Act Advisory Committee: Accident Prevention Subcommittee's 
Electronic Submission Workgroup Final Recommendations Report

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Clean Air Act section 112(r) required EPA to publish 
regulations focusing on the prevention of chemical accidents. On June 
20, 1996, EPA published the final rule for risk management programs.
    An estimated 66,000 facilities are subject to this regulation based 
on the quantity of regulated substances they have on-site. Facilities 
that are subject will be required to implement a risk management 
program at their facility, and submit a summary of this information 
``in a method and format'' to a central location as specified by EPA 
prior to June 21, 1999.
    The Accident Prevention Subcommittee of the CAA Advisory Committee 
created the Electronic Submission Workgroup in October 1996 to make 
recommendations on the method and format of RMP submissions. The 
``Electronic Submission Workgroup Final Recommendations Report'' 
contains recommendations on the technical and practical issues 
associated with creating a national repository of electronic Risk 
Management Plans. The report includes recommendations on how the 
regulated community will report their Risk Management Plans, and how 
state and local governments, EPA and the public will have access to 
this information.

ADDRESSES:

    Electronic Access. This document can be accessed in electronic 
formation through the Internet (at http://[email protected]/swercepp/rmp-
wg.html).
    Order Copies. To order paper copies of this report, please fax a 
request to the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know 
Information Hotline at 703-412-3333 or call at 800-412-9877, or 703-
412-9810 in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area.
    Docket. This document is in Docket A-91-73 Category VIII-A and 
available for public inspection and copying between 8:00 a.m. and 5:30 
p.m.,

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Monday through Friday, including all non-Governmental holidays, at 
EPA's Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center, room M1500, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency (6102), 401 M Street S.W., Washington, 
D.C. 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information on the 
Electronic Submission Workgroup and its report contact Karen Shanahan, 
Electronic Submission Workgroup Chair, by telephone at (202) 260-2711, 
FAX at (202) 260-7906, via E-mail: [email protected], or 
US EPA (5104), 401 M. St., SW, Washington DC 20460.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written comments may be submitted to EPA by 
July 18, 1997. Please address comments to Karen Shanahan at the above 
address.
    Additional information on the Accident Prevention Subcommittee and 
Electronic Submission Workgroup are available on the Internet at: 
http://www.epa.gov/swercepp/rmp-wg.html
    If you would like to automatically receive future information on 
the Accident Prevention Subcommittee and the Electronic Submission 
Workgroup by E-mail, please send an E-mail to Karen Shanahan at: 
[email protected] requesting to be put on the E-mail list 
for these groups; include your name, business name, address and phone 
number.

    Dated: June 25, 1997.
Karen Shanahan,
Designated Federal Official.
[FR Doc. 97-17181 Filed 6-30-97; 8:45 am]
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