Risk Management Plan Frequent Questions
This page has the top questions you may have about these topics.
Applicability/General Duty Clause
RMP Contractor Related Requirements
How did EPA select the list of regulated substances?
What does "control of the same person" mean?
What if the quantity in the process fluctuates?
What does "same industrial group" mean?
View and Search All FAQs on "Applicability/General Duty Clause" →Five - Year Accident History
Program 1 Five-year Accident History and Hazard Assessment Differences
Five-Year Accident History for Non-Gas Releases
What level of off-site property damage triggers five-year accident history reporting?
Are releases under prior ownership included in the five-year accident history?
Do I have to report accidents that resulted in medical treatment?
View and Search All FAQs on "Five - Year Accident History" →Offsite Consequence Analysis (OCA)
Ammonia (concentration 20% or greater) and Ammonia (anhydrous) Alternative Release Scenarios
Worst-case “quantity released” reporting for a mixture
Worst-case Release Scenario for Separate, Interconnected Vessels
Are Mechanical Controls Considered Administrative Controls?
View and Search All FAQs on "Offsite Consequence Analysis (OCA)" →Program Levels
Can a facility divide a process when assigning program levels?
Can a newly-constructed process that has no accident history qualify for Program 1 status?
Can a process qualify for Program 1 if it has had an accident?
If a covered process has an accident, when does it lose eligibility for Program 1 status?
If a stationary source has processes ineligible for Program 1, are all processes ineligible?
RMP*Comp
Minimum and Maximum Distance to Endpoint
Different distances to toxic endpoints with different versions of RMP*Comp
Distance to endpoint calculations used by RMP*Comp
Local meteorological data for alternative release scenarios
Redoing calculations if RMP*Comp is updated