On August 31, 2022, EPA published a proposed rule that would
make a number of key changes to the federal Risk Management Plan
(RMP) program. The proposed changes would impact the scope of the
Process Hazard Analysis (PHA), third-party compliance audits,
employee participation requirements, and information sharing with
the public and local emergency responders, among other
requirements. The proposal would bring back to the program, with
some tweaks, a number of changes that EPA had adopted in the final
days of the Obama administration that never became effective and
were subsequently rescinded as part of a 2018-2019 reconsideration
proceeding. The public comment period on the proposed rule ends on
October 31, 2022.
