2050-AG82 201410 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 2050 Solid Waste and Emergency Response SWER 2000 Environmental Protection Agency EPA Modernization of the Accidental Release Prevention Regulations Under Clean Air Act

In response to Executive Order 13650, the EPA is considering potential revisions to its Risk Management Program regulations and related programs. The Agency may consider changes to the list of regulated substances and threshold quantities, addition of new accident prevention or emergency response program elements and/or changes to existing elements, and/or other changes to the existing regulatory provisions.

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On August 1, 2013, President Obama signed Executive order 13650, entitled Improving Chemical Facility Safety and Security. The Executive order establishes the Chemical Facility Safety and Security Working Group ("Working Group"), co-chaired by the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Administrator of the EPA, and the Secretary of Labor or their designated representatives at the Assistant Secretary level or higher, and composed of senior representatives of other Federal departments, agencies, and offices. The Executive order requires the Working Group to carry out a number of tasks whose overall aim is to prevent chemical accidents, such as the explosion that occurred at the West Fertilizer facility in West, Texas, on April 17, 2013. Section 6 of the Executive order is entitled "Policy, Regulation, and Standards Modernization", and among other things, requires certain federal agencies to consider possible changes to existing chemical safety and security regulations. On July 31, 2014, the EPA issued a Request for Information (RFI) to solicit stakeholder feedback on a number of potential modifications to the RMP regulations. This NPRM is expected to contain a number of proposed modifications to the RMP regulations based on stakeholder feedback received from the RFI.

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The statutory authority for this action is provided by section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) as amended (42 U.S.C. 7412(r)).

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Alternatives will be considered during the development of the proposal.

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Benefits and costs will be examined in detail during the development of the proposal. For any proposed regulatory changes, EPA expects that benefits will be due to prevented costs of accidental releases (e.g., through covering additional hazardous chemical processes, or addition or improvement of accident prevention program requirements), or reduced costs of accidental releases that do occur (e.g., due to improvements in release detection or emergency response procedures). Costs will relate to coverage of any additional sources or implementation of any additional accident prevention or emergency response program requirements that are imposed.

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Risks will be examined during the development of the proposal.

]]> NPRM 09/00/2015 Undetermined Federal Local State Undetermined Undetermined http://www2.epa.gov/rmp 11 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting 21 Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction 221 Utilities 3221 Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills 32411 Petroleum Refineries 325 Chemical Manufacturing 424 Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods 444 Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers 445 Food and Beverage Stores 45431 Fuel Dealers 482 Rail Transportation 486 Pipeline Transportation 488 Support Activities for Transportation 493 Warehousing and Storage 562 Waste Management and Remediation Services No No Jim Belke 2050 Office of Land and Emergency Management OLEM 202 564-8023 belke.jim@epa.gov 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 5104A, Washington DC 20460 Kathy Franklin 2050 Office of Land and Emergency Management OLEM 202 564-7987 franklin.kathy@epa.gov 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 5104A, Washington DC 20460