Énergie et environnement · 31/01/1994

List of Regulated Substances for Accidental Release Prevention Under Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act as Amended; Risk Management Programs for Chemical Accident Release Prevention Under Section 112(r)(7) of the Clean Air Act as Amended

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The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, signed into law on November 15, 1990, include provisions for chemical accident prevention. Elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, the Environmental Protection Agency is promulgating the list of regulated substances and thresholds required under section 112 (r) of the Clean Air Act as amended. The list and threshold quantities will identify facilities subject to chemical accident prevention regulations to be promulgated under section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act as amended; a proposed regulation for such requirements was published in the Federal Register on October 20, 1993 (58 FR 54190). In promulgating the list, EPA is deferring action on threshold quantities for listed flammable substances when used solely for facility consumption as fuel (see 58 FR 5102, 5120, (January 19, 1993)). EPA requests additional public comment on the hazards associated with flammables used as fuel and the appropriateness of the proposed exemption. In addition, EPA requests comments on the impacts of proposed accident prevention requirements under section 112(r)(7), on sources that would be covered by the requirements in the absence of an exemption, and on w