Risk Management Plan Data Elements

1. Registration

The owner or operator should complete a single registration for the entire source. The registration should cover all regulated substances handled in covered processes.

1.1 Source identification: These fields indicate the location of the source and should be completed using street or local road designation. Do NOT use post office box numbers or rural box numbers.

a. Name: This is the name of the source, which may include the name of any parent company. The name should be specific to the site.

b-f. Address (Street, City, County, State, Zip): This is the location of the source using local street and road designations. Do not use post office box numbers or rural box numbers. This is not a mailing address.

g-h. Latitude and Longitude: Latitude is the distance north or south of the equator. Longitude is the distance east or west of the prime meridian. Latitude and longitude are measured in degrees, minutes, and seconds. The best tool for determining your latitude and longitude measurements are U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) topographic quadrangle maps.

1.2 Source Dun and Bradstreet number: This is an identification number that allows your business to be cross referenced to various business information. Dun & Bradstreet is a service mark for an agency furnishing subscribers with information as to the financial standing and credit rating of a business. You may be able to obtain this number from your finance department. Not all sources will have a Dun & Bradstreet number.

1.3 Name and Dun and Bradstreet Number of corporate parent company (if applicable): These fields provide information about the source's parent company.

1. Name of corporate parent company (if applicable): The parent company is the corporation or other business entity that owns at least 50 percent of the voting stock of another company.

2. Dun and Bradstreet number of corporate parent company (if applicable): This is an identification number that allows the parent company to be cross referenced to various business information. Not all sources will have a Dun & Bradstreet number.

1.4 Owner/operator: This section contains information about the person who owns or operates the source. The owner or operator means any person who owns, leases, operates, controls, or supervises a stationary source.

1. Name: This is the name of the person who owns or operates the source. This owner/operator is the highest ranking company executive on-site. Unmanned sources should supply the name of the executive responsible for the source.

2. Phone: This is the business phone number for the owner or operator.

3. Mail Address: This is the business mailing address for the owner or operator of the source. Please use post office box numbers or rural box numbers, as appropriate, and the proper zip code to correctly identify the owner's or operator's mailing address.

1.5 Name and title of person responsible for part 68 implementation: This is the person designated under § 68.15. This item is not applicable to a source with only Program 1 processes.

1.6 Emergency contact:

1. Name: This is the name of the person who has been designated as the emergency contact for the source. This person should be knowledgeable about the site and any emergency plans and be able to mitigate a release, fight a fire, or direct response personnel conducting such tasks. This person should be an employee (or a contract employee) of the source. The emergency contact may be the owner or operator of the source.

2. Title: The title or job classification of the emergency contact..

3. Phone: This is the phone number where the emergency contact can be reached during normal working hours. It is probably the phone number of the source. If the source does not have a phone number, you may either use the business phone number of the emergency contact, the phone number of the dispatcher, or the phone number of customer service.

4. 24-hour Phone: This is the phone number where the emergency contact can be reached during non-working hours. It is probably the home phone number of the emergency contact or a 24-hour emergency notification "beeper" service.

1.7 For each covered process: Provide the chemical name, CAS number, quantity, SIC code, and program level for each covered process at the source.

1. Chemical Name: The name of the regulated chemical. Space is provided to list all regulated chemicals present about the threshold quantity in a process at the source. Note: See 40 CFR Part 68 "List of Regulated Substances and Thresholds for Accidental Release Prevention and Risk Management Programs."

2. CAS number: The Chemical Abstract Service registry number for the chemical.

3. Quantity: The maximum inventory quantity of each regulated substance or mixture in the process in pounds to two significant digits.

4. SIC Code: The four-digit Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code is the federal government category of business activity. See Standard Industrial Classification Manual, Office of Management and Budget, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. The four-digit SIC code should be applicable to the process, not the source as a whole.

5. Program level: Enter either Program 1, 2, or 3 to identify with which program the process complies.

1.8 EPA Identifier: This will be the key identifier number [reserved pending key identifier rule]

1.9 Number of full-time employees: This is the number of full-time equivalent workers. Part-time or seasonal workers can be added together to approximate an equivalent full-time worker. Part-time and seasonal workers should be weighted against a full-time work schedule. For example, a part-time worker who works 30 hours per week is 3/4 of a full-time worker, and a seasonal worker who works 3 months per year is 1/4 of a full-time worker.

1.10 Covered by: Indicate with a check mark whether the source is covered by the following regulatory programs.

1. OSHA PSM: The OSHA Process Safety Management Standard, codified at 29 CFR 1910.119, is similar to the Program 3 prevention program, and is designed to protect workers from the effects of accidental releases of hazardous substances. Note that this question covers all processes at your source; if any process at your source is subject to OSHA PSM, you must answer yes even if the PSM process is not covered by this rule.

2. EPCRA section 302: This question refers to the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know-Act, which requires notification of local authorities of the presence of certain Extremely Hazardous Substances listed in 40 CFR 302. If you have a toxic regulated substance about the threshold quantity in a process, you are subject to EPCRA section 302. If you are covered for only flammable regulated substances, you are not subject to 40 CFR 355 for those substances, although you may be for toxic substances not affected by this rule.

3. CAA Title V operating permit: State and local operating permit programs are required under Title V of the Clean Air Act (40 CFR Part 70). Title V requires major sources of air pollution to receive permits, pay fees to cover costs of administering the program, and sign a binding certification of compliance on all permit applications and documents.

1.11 Last safety inspection: Record the date of the last safety inspection of your source and check the appropriate agency (OSHA, State OSHA, EPA, State EPA, Fire department, Other, or not applicable) that performed the inspection.

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