UPDATE FROM EPA's OFFICE OF EMERGENCY PREVENTION, PREPAREDNES AND RESPONSE

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1. To help facilities better understand the Risk Management Program regulations, EPA maintains Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) concerning the Clean Air Act 112(r). Following the April 9th amendments to the Chemical Accident Prevention Rule, EPA updated these FAQs. The revised FAQs were posted May 24 on the OEPPR website at:
http://yosemite.epa.gov/oswer/ceppoweb.nsf/content/caa-faqs.htm

FAQs for the Amendments Rule were posted in April and are available on the OEPPR website at:
http://yosemite.epa.gov/oswer/ceppoweb.nsf/content/2004-FAQ.htm

EPA also maintains FAQs for the reporting software, RMP*Submit. The updated FAQs for RMP*Submit 2004 were posted May 25 on the OEPPR website at:
http://yosemite.epa.gov/oswer/ceppoweb.nsf/content/rmp_submit_faq.htm


2. RMP*WebRC, a web-based tool to assist RMP filers to correct their RMPs, was launched on May 21, 2004. RMP*WebRC requires user registration.
Invitation letters and instructions have been sent to RMP facilities with 5-year updates due after June 21, 2004 so that they can register and use RMP*WebRC to add newly required data elements. All other RMP facilities will be sent an invitation and instructions after the EPA Reporting Center has received and processed their 5-year update.