Under EPA Pressure, Industry Withdraws Guide For RMP Rule Compliance

October 17, 2017
The chlorine industry has dropped a controversial guidance based on a novel dispersion modeling approach for assessing risks from toxic gas releases in response to an EPA directive to withdraw it because it “significantly under-predicts” off-site consequences of releases and to advise facilities not to use the method for complying with its Risk Management Plan (RMP) facility safety rules. In a recent email obtained by Inside EPA , Kim Jennings, acting director of the Regulations Implementation Division of EPA's Office...


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