Risk management program (RMP) - New Jersey

New Jersey follows federal requirements but has added some additional provisions.

A summary of the differences are:

• The RMP equivalent program in New Jersey is called The Toxic Catastrophe Prevention Act (TPCA).
• The owner or operator of a facility subject to the TCPA Program rules must complete an offsite consequence analysis (OCA) pursuant to 40 CFR 68 Subpart B incorporated with changes at N.J.A.C. 7:31-2.1(c) for the worst case and alternate release scenarios of toxic Extraordinarily Hazardous Substances (EHSs). The toxic endpoints which are needed to perform the OCA are listed in Appendix A of 40 CFR 68 for the substances that are listed in the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) toxic list at 40 CFR 68.130. However, the list of toxic substances in N.J.A.C. 7:31-6.3(a), Table I, Part A, Groups I and II, includes additional “New Jersey-only” toxic substances beyond those in the EPA list. The toxic endpoints for the New Jersey-only EHSs are not listed in the EPA’s Appendix A. Therefore, the toxic endpoints for these New Jersey-only EHSs must be determined for use in the OCA pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:31- 2.1(c)2.