[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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