EDGI Information Packet

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Rule: “Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs Under the Clean Air Act; Common Sense Approach to Chemical Accident Prevention”

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In the sections below we provide a list of resources to contextualize the rule and to gain information to write and submit your own public comments

I. Federal Register Notices

The Federal Register is the official daily publication of the U.S. federal government. All proposed and final rules are required to be published in the Federal Register. When writing a public comment, the proposed rule is the most critical document to read thoroughly, since your public comment is in response to this document. The best place to start is the “Background” or “Introduction” section, as those sections of proposed rules provide useful information about the history of an issue and the agency’s assertion about its authority or responsibility to (de)regulate it, and they often provide information about assumptions that may underlie the proposed rule.

2026 Proposed Rule to amend EPA’s Risk Management Program (RMP) regulations

The Federal Register notice for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to amend its Risk Management Program (RMP) regulations by making several proposed changes to the 2024 Safer Communities by Chemical Accident Prevention (SCCAP) rule, can be found at Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OLEM-2025-0313 here:

Federal Register :: Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs Under the Clean Air Act; Common Sense Approach to Chemical Accident Prevention
- Note: For this proposed rule, EPA is asking for commenters to identify the topics of their comments by using preset section headings. You can find the headings that align with the topic of your comment in section “B. Comment Headings” here.

The rule proposes revisions to the Risk Management Program, which has had many amendments, revisions, and updates to listed substances and their thresholds over its 30 year history. We include links to these historical amendments and revisions below:

March 11, 2024	Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs Under the Clean Air Act; Safer Communities by Chemical Accident Prevention
December 19, 2019	Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs Under the Clean Air Act
January 13, 2017	Final Amendments: Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs Under the Clean Air Act (PDF)
August 1, 2013	Executive Order on Improving Chemical Facility Safety and Security
April 9, 2004	Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Program Requirements Under Clean Air Act Section 112(r)(7); Amendments to the Submission Schedule and Data Requirements; Final Rule. 69 FR 18819 (PDF)
August 4, 2000	Accidental Release Prevention Requirements; Risk Management Programs Under the Clean Air Act Section 112(r)(7); Distribution of Off-Site Consequence Analysis Information; Final Rule. 65 FR 48108 (PDF)
March 13, 2000	Amendments to the List of Regulated Substances and Thresholds for Accidental Release Prevention; Flammable Substances Used as Fuel or Held for Sale as Fuel at Retail Facilities; Final Rule. 65 FR 13243 (PDF)
February 22, 2000	Delegation of Authority to Conduct Assessments and Promulgate Regulations On Public Access to Off-Site Consequence Analysis Information (January 27, 2000 Memorandum). 65 FR 8631 (PDF)
January 6, 1999	Accidental Release Prevention Requirements; Risk Management Programs Under Clean Air Act Section 112(r)(7); Amendments; Final Rule. 64 FR 963 (PDF)
January 6, 1998	List of Regulated Substances and Thresholds for Accidental Release Prevention; Final Rule. 63 FR 639 (PDF)
August 25, 1997	List of Regulated Substances and Thresholds for Accidental Release Prevention; Final Rule. 62 FR 45129 (PDF)
August 25, 1997	Accidental Release Prevention Requirements; Interpretations; Final Rule. 62 FR 45133 (PDF)
June 20, 1996	Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs Under the Clean Air Act, Section 112(r)(7); List of Regulated Substances and Thresholds for Accidental Release Prevention, Stay of Effectiveness; and Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs Under Section 112(r)(7) of the Clean Air Act as Amended, Guidelines; Final Rules and Notice. 61 FR 31667 (PDF)

II. Regulations.gov

The docket on regulations.gov is the home for documents relevant to a rule, including the proposed or final rule itself, technical supporting documentation, regulatory or other impact analyses, and other documents the rulemaking working group deems necessary. Public comments that have already been submitted can also be found in the rule’s docket. Anyone can submit a public comment digitally through the docket on regulations.gov.

“Risk Management Programs Under the Clean Air Act; Common Sense Approach to Chemical Accident Prevention” Docket

The docket for EPA’s Risk Management Program (RMP) revisions can be found in Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OLEM-2025-0313 at Regulations.gov, here: