Due to a September court decision that vacated the RMP Amendments effective date delay, and the court’s expedited issuance of its mandate, the FINAL RMP AMENDMENTS RULE IS NOW IN EFFECT. Because the 2017 rule contains a schedule of compliance dates for many of the major provisions, the issuance of the mandate does NOT create current compliance obligations for some parts of the rule. The following describes the RMP Amendments rule provisions that have CURRENT compliance obligations and those for which compliance will be due in the future. EPA has proposed to repeal many of the provisions with future compliance dates.
2017 RMP Amendments with CURRENT compliance obligations:
Emergency COORDINATION PROVISIONS
Emergency response coordination activities (§ 68.93) – (applies to sources with Program 2 and Program 3 processes)