A couple of weeks ago EPA met the court’s decision by posting the amended RMP rule on the CFR. This meant that those amendments that had dates that had come due were in full play. But on May 30, 2018, EPA proposed changes to the final RMP Amendments rule issued on January 13, 2017.
EPA is proposing to rescind amendments relating to:
- safer technology and alternatives analyses,
- third-party audits,
- incident investigations,
- information availability, and
- several other minor regulatory changes
EPA is also proposing to modify amendments relating to:
- local emergency coordination,
- emergency exercises,
- public meetings, and
- to change the compliance dates for these provisions.
EPA is proposing these changes to address:
- potential security risks associated with new information disclosure requirements introduced in the final Amendments rule,
- reasonableness of regulatory costs compared to benefits of the rule
- concerns about maintaining consistency with the OSHA PSM standard,
- any impacts of the finding by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATF) that the West Fertilizer incident was caused by arson, and other issues.
Final Rule: Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs Under the Clean Air Act (83 FR 62268) (2 pp, 216 K, About PDF)
Here is an EPA presentation that may be interesting to some who have been riding these amendments rollercoaster
