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Will EPA provide incentives to permit applicants who adopt Promising Practices, like an expedited permit process?
EPA is not providing incentives to permit applicants who adopt the Promising Practices, such as an expedited permit process. Nevertheless, permit applicants should be aware of the many benefits that can accrue to them if they adopt the Promising Practices to create a constructive dialogue with the community in which…
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RMP*Comp and emergency response
Can I use RMP*Comp for emergency response? No. It's a planning tool. Many other tools are available for response, including ALOHA . You can learn more by reading CAMEO tools for RMP .
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Minimum and Maximum Distance to Endpoint
The Chemical Accident Prevention Provisions require the completion of a worst-case release scenario analysis (40 CFR §68.25). This analysis includes estimating the greatest distance to endpoint as defined by the parameters in §68.22. Is there a required minimum or maximum distance for the distance to endpoint in the worst case…
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Will EPA regional offices screen every permit application to determine whether potential overburdened communities may be impacted by permitted activities?
The prioritization process laid out in EPA Actions directs EPA regional offices to prioritize permits. Regional offices will consider prioritizing all EPA‐issued permits that have (1) significant environmental impacts; and (2) impacts on overburdened communities. The order in which the prioritization criteria are examined may vary from region to region…
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If a permit is prioritized for enhanced outreach, does this mean that EPA will require stricter emission or discharge limits, or deny a permit?
An EPA regional’ office’s decisions on whether to issue a permit and, if so, the conditions to impose within a permit are distinct from the EPA regional office’s decisions about the outreach EPA may perform during the permitting process. EPA’s decisions on whether to issue a permit and what permit…
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Local meteorological data for alternative release scenarios
For alternate release scenarios, RMP*Comp uses set values for meteorological conditions like humidity, wind speed, temperature, stability class, and so on. Is there a way to change those values? I want to use meteorology data from my own location. RMP*Comp indeed uses fixed values for certain atmospheric parameters, and does…
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Different results using ALOHA and RMP*Comp
I tried running the same scenarios in ALOHA and in RMP*Comp. I got different answers. Why? The results you obtain using RMP*Comp may not closely match the results you obtain running the same release scenario in a more sophisticated air dispersion model such as ALOHA or DEGADIS. That's because of…
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If an EPA regional office finds that a permit may not have significant public health or environmental impacts, or may not impact an already overburdened community, can the permit still be prioritized for enhanced outreach? Will the permit receive any outreach at all?
EPA regional offices have the discretion to use other considerations to prioritize EPA‐issued permits for enhanced outreach that do not meet either or both of those criteria. One important consideration would be whether a community has expressed concerns over a permit application or renewal. EPA regional offices may consider prioritizing…
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If EPA is not changing the permitting process, why did EPA issue EPA Actions and associated regional implementation plans?
EPA is issuing EPA Actions to better meet its responsibilities under Executive Order 12898 by increasing meaningful engagement of overburdened communities in EPA’s permitting process in a way that is transparent and provides national consistency while maintaining some regional flexibility. As some commenters noted, EPA already has a legal obligation…
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Do EPA Actions or the Promising Practices impact any obligations the States may have under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other non‐discrimination statutes?
As recipients of federal financial assistance, States have affirmative obligations under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other non‐discrimination statutes. This notice does not address or modify those obligations. For further information about the obligations under these statutes, please refer to EPA’s Guidance to Environmental Protection…
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What will be included in regional implementation plans?
The regional implementation plans are expected to be consistent with the Agency‐wide guidelines finalized in EPA Actions. First, the Plans will address with more specificity the process that a regional office will use to prioritize permits for enhanced outreach. This includes outlining whether the regional office will use a screening…
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