New York City’s Community Right-to-Know Law (Local Law 92) requires facilities where extremely hazardous substances or regulated toxic substances are present at or above federally determined levels (Threshold Planning Quantity), to prepare and submit a Risk Management Plan to the Department of Environmental Protection on or before March first of every year. In situations where a substance is listed on both the extremely hazardous substance list and the regulated toxic substance list, the lower of threshold planning quantities (TPQ) shall apply. NYC takes a different approach to their RMPs and has specific requirements that exceed the U.S. EPA’s requirements, such as STAFFING the process, specific Emergency Response Plan items such as maps, layouts of fire water systems, etc., a “risk reduction” analysis, etc. The NYC RMPs have three (3) major elements: