Local Emergency Planning Committee Guidebook: Understanding the EPA Risk Management Program Rule

Acknowledgments.

Acronyms.

Chapter 1. Introduction.

Chapter 2. Developing Understanding: A Summary of the Risk Management Program Rule.

Chapter 3. LEPC Use of Hazard Assessment Information.

Chapter 4. LEPC Use of RMP Emergency Response Plan Information.

Chapter 5. LEPC Use of Prevention Program Information.

Chapter 6. Proactive Aspects of LEPC Involvement in Risk Management.

Chapter 7. Summary and Status of Revision to Regulations.

Appendix A. Text of the EPA Risk Management Program Rule 40 CFR Part 68.

Appendix B. RMP List of Regulated Substances.

Appendix C. Text of the OSHA Process Safety management (PSM) Standard.

Appendix D. Comparison of OSHA and EPA Lists of Highly Hazardous Chemicals and Regulated Substances.

Appendix E. Example RMPlan-Propane Industry.

References.

Glossary.