EPA and DOJ propose RMP access regulations

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The EPA and Justice Dept have proposed a joint rule to regulate public access to offsite consequence analysis (OCA) information detailed in risk management plans (RMPs) that are required by the EPA from facilities handling large amounts of extremely hazardous chemcials. RMPs provide data about the risk a facility poses to the surrounding community and summarize the facility's program to manage this risk. However, the Clean Air Act requires that RMPs be made available to the public. Law enforcement organizations have argued that such access would enable terrorists to target US industrial facilities particularly if the RMPs and the OCA information they contain are posted on the Internet.

Chemical Manufacturing, Chemicals & Allied Products

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EPA proposes pesticide NESHAP

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The EPA has proposed single set of national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for production source, pesticide active ingredients (PAI). The proposed rules are designed to reduce emissions from existing and new facilities that manufacture PAIs used in herbicides, fungicides and insecticides by implementing maximum achievable control technology. The major hazardous air pollutants emitted by these facilities, which are typically covered by standard industrial classification codes 2879 and 2869, include toluene, methanol, methyl chloride and hydrogen chloride.

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Regulatory update

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The Clean Air Mercury Rule was implemented by the United States Environmental Protection Agency on March 15, 2005. The rule is meant to regulate emission of mercury from coal-fired power plants.

Legal issues & crime, Government domestic functions, Government regulation, Air Pollution Control, Waste Management and Remediation Services, Electric services, Legal/Government Regulation, Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation, Coal Thermal Electric Power, Laws, regulations and rules, Environmental aspects, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental policy, Coal-fired power plants, Coal fired power plants, Air quality management, Mercury compounds

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