EPA`s Risk Management Program: Strategies to comply at DOD facilities

Conference · Wed Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1997

OSTI ID:351716

Narayanan, R ^[1]

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1. GEOMET Technologies, Inc., Germantown, MD (United States)

Requirements related to the prevention of accidental chemical releases were first introduced under section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (CAAA`90). As a result of the CAA requirements, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) promulgated the Risk Management Program rule in June of 1996. The rule affects facilities that handle greater than threshold quantity of any regulated substance. The EPA`s list of regulated substances include, but are not limited to, chlorine, propane, ammonia, acrolein, and butane along with a host of other chemicals. Activities at DOD and certain federal facilities that could be subject to the Risk Management Program are ammonia refrigeration units, water and waste water treatment facilities (that use chlorine) and propane storage. If affected, each of these activities will be required to identify and analyze worst-case scenarios and evaluate their impacts offsite. Further, some facilities will also be required to implement a full accident prevention program and an emergency response program. DOD facilities will need to prepare now to meet the risk management program rule requirements. This paper discusses processes typically found at DOD facilities and presents strategies to meet complex program requirements. In addition, potential steps involved in the analyses of release scenarios are illustrated using an hypothetical example

• OSTI ID: 351716
• Report Number(s): CONF-970677--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACCIDENTS
ACROLEIN
AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT
AMMONIA
BUTANE
CHLORIDES
CLEAN AIR ACTS
COMPLIANCE
EMERGENCY PLANS
PROPANE
RISK ASSESSMENT
US DOD