Section 112 Clean Air Act

It applies to any facility where extremely hazardous substances are present.

Section 112 clean air act. This factsheet describes how epa is required to publish regulations and guidance for chemical accident prevention at facilities that pose the greatest risk of harm from accidental releases. Clean air act section 112 r. The 1990 amendments of the clean air act repealed part b and replaced it with title vi stratospheric ozone protection.

Gdc is a performance based authority recognizing that owners and operators have a general duty and responsibility to prevent and mitigate the consequences of chemical accidents. Caa section 112 d caa section 112 d emission standards section 112 d states that the epa must promulgate regulations establishing emission standards neshap for each category or subcategory of major sources and area sources of haps listed pursuant to section 112 c. Accidental release prevention risk management plan rule.

You may need a pdf reader to view some of the files on this page. Part b ozone protection. What is section 112 g.

And clarifications of the hazardous air pollutants hap list in section 112 b 1 of the clean air act. This draft has been distributed to apprise interested parties of potential future changes in the hap list and is informational only. In the clean air act amendments of 1990 congress enacted section 112 r 1 also known as the general duty clause gdc.

On december 13 1996 the environmental protection agency epa issued a final rule on section 112 g of the clean air act amendments of 1990.