EPA recently updated their Risk Management Plan (RMP) rule in several key areas: 1) accident prevention program requirements, 2) emergency response requirements, and 3) improvements to the public availability of chemical hazard information. In this article, I will break down the NEW Emergency Response requirements and some serious barriers to fully complying with these new requirements. I FULLY support ALL these revisions; however, having been advising my clients to do ALL of these actions for the past 13 years I can say that the vast majority of local Fire Departments (FD), Emergency Management Director, and LEPCs do not have the resources to help all of these Program 2 and 3 facilities meets these compliance requirements. Here are the new requirements…