EPA's Risk Management Program (RMP) Rule

The Risk Management Program (RMP) Rule requires facilities that use extremely hazardous substances to develop a risk management plan. Once developed, these plans must be revised and resubmitted to EPA every five years.

Issue Status

The RMP Rule was finalized by EPA on March 11, 2024. It included changes that were beneficial to the proposed rule, but still includes problematic provisions such as: information disclosure, Safter Technology Analysis and Alternatives (STAA), 3rd party audits, and fenceline monitoring.

SOCMA Recommendations

SOCMA’s goal is to ensure that the RMP rule does not create subjective standards, force facilities to misuse resources that can be applied to process safety improvements or create facility security risks. SOCMA therefore recommends the removal of Safer Technology Alternatives Analysis (STAAs), third party audit requirements, information disclosures and fenceline monitoring.

Contact SOCMA

Robert F. Helminiak
Vice President, Legal and Government Relations
government.relations@socma.org

Issue Overview

Learn more about SOCMA’s position on EPA’s Risk Management Program Rule.

SOCMA Members share unfair burdens from new RMP proposal to EPA

Matt Manna, EHS&S Manager, Ascensus Specialties LLC. and Wanda Smith, Product Stewardship Specialist, Halocarbon Products Corporation, met with the White House’s Office of Management and Budget to discuss the adverse effects of EPA’s RMP Rule on the specialty chemical industry.

SOCMA Shares Concern with EPA's RMP Rule Proposal

View SOCMA’s comments to EPA on issues related to their Risk Management Program here

EPA Risk Management Program (RMP) Rule