[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 39 (Monday, March 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9989-9990]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4965]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6237-2]


Method And Format For Submitting Risk Management Plans (RMPs) 
Under Section 112(r) of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: This document provides information about the method and format 
for submitting risk management plans (RMPs) under EPA's regulations for 
preventing chemical accidents, 40 CFR part 68. RMPs must be submitted 
by the owner or operator of any facility that has a process containing 
more than a threshold quantity of a chemical listed at 40 CFR 68.130. 
The deadline for submitting RMPs is June 21, 1999, for any facility 
with a process containing more than a threshold quantity of a listed 
chemical by that date. EPA is issuing two documents, the ``RMP*Submit 
User's Manual'' and the ``RMP ASCII File Format,'' for use in 
submitting RMPs.

ADDRESSES: The RMP*Submit User's Manual and the RMP ASCII File Format 
are available on the Internet at: http://www.epa.gov/swercepp/rmp-
dev.html. To obtain paper copies of these documents, please contact the 
National Center for Environmental Publications

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and Information (NCEPI) at 1-800-490-9198. The EPA publication number 
for the RMP*Submit User's Manual is EPA 550-B99-001. The RMP paper form 
is Appendix A of the User's Manual. The User's Manual will 
automatically be sent out with all RMP*Submit requests from NCEPI. The 
EPA Publication number for the RMP ASCII File Format is EPA 550-B99-
002.
    Docket. These documents are also available in Docket A-98-08, 
Category VI and are available for public inspection and copying between 
8:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday (except government 
holidays), at Room M1500, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (6102), 
401 M St., SW, Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical information on the 
RMP*Submit User's Manual, contact Karen Shanahan at (202) 260-2711. For 
technical information on the RMP ASCII File Format, contact Lisa 
Jenkins at (202) 260-7951. The Emergency Planning and Community Right-
to-Know Information Hotline (Hotline) is available to answer questions 
about the Risk Management Program at 800-424-9346, or (703) 412-9877 
from the local Washington, DC area.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA's rule requiring submission of RMPs (61 
FR 31668, June 20, 1996) provides that the Agency will provide 
information on the ``method and format'' for submission prior to June 
21, 1999 (40 CFR 68.150(a)). The purpose of this notice is to provide 
that information.
    The RMP*Submit User's Manual describes the ``method'' for RMP 
submissions to EPA. In brief, regulated sources should submit their RMP 
electronically on diskette to the EPA Reporting Center if they are able 
to do so. Those who are unable to submit on diskette may use the RMP 
paper form (provided in Appendix A of the User's Manual). If the paper 
form is used, an Electronic Waiver Form (Appendix B of the User's 
Manual) should also be completed.
    The RMP ASCII File Format provides the ``format'' in which RMPs 
should be submitted to EPA. RMP*Submit TM (a free software 
program for submission) and the RMP paper form (for use with the 
electronic waiver form) are already in this format. If you are planning 
to use RMP*Submit or the RMP paper form, you do not need the RMP ASCII 
File Format. The purpose of the RMP ASCII File Format is to assist 
commercial software vendors who are creating RMP software products, so 
that their software will put RMPs into the proper format.
    EPA recently promulgated a rule that made several changes to RMP 
data elements (63 FR 964, Jan. 6, 1999). The documents described in 
this notice include those changes to the RMP regulations. EPA's 
information collection request for the recent rule and the RMP 
submission documents was approved by the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) on February 22, 1999. The information collection 
requirements covered by the request were assigned OMB control number 
2050-0144. RMPs may now be submitted to EPA.

    Dated: February 24, 1999.
David Speights,
Acting Director, Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office, 
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response.
[FR Doc. 99-4965 Filed 2-26-99; 8:45 am]
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