Project puts Clean Air worst case' rule to test
DuPont was one of eight companies with plants in the Kanawha Valley that took part in a pioneering effort to company with EPA's proposed Risk Management Programs (RMP) rule (40 CFR Part 68, or section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act). When the rule is finalized, perhaps in early 1996, about 140,000 facilities across the country will have three years to comply. The RMP proposes that companies estimate the potential effects of significant accidental releases'' of 77 acutely toxic chemicals, 63 flammable gases and volatile flammable liquids, and certain explosive substances. A list of the chemicals and threshold quantities was published in the Jan. 31 Federal Register. Companies also must compile and make public a five-year history of releases, and document their prevention and emergency response plans.
- OSTI ID:
- 6912385
- Journal Information:
- Pollution Engineering; (United States), Journal Name: Pollution Engineering; (United States) Vol. 26:9; ISSN PLENBW; ISSN 0032-3640
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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