Risk management program (RMP) - Nevada

Nevada follows federal requirements but has added some additional provisions.

A summary of the differences:

• The accident prevention program was renamed the Chemical Accident Prevention Program (CAPP).
• Requirement that facilities handling highly hazardous substances in quantities less than the U.S. EPA’s Risk Management Program threshold quantities, to become subject to CAPP reporting.
• The legislation authorized CAPP to regulate explosives manufacturing, issue permits to construct and commence operation in any future CAPP facility and coordinate inspections in explosives manufacturing facilities.
• Revised regulation that holds all facilities to the same, most stringent accident prevention and emergency response requirements of previous revisions, while easing facility reporting requirements and enabling better utilization of resources to implement accident prevention.
• CAPP statutory amendments expanded program coverage to include facilities handling or storing mercury in excess of 100 tons.