API 761 : 3ED 2001

Special Notes
Preface
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
How to Use This Guide
Acronyms
1 INTRODUCTION
              1.1 Purpose and Scope
              1.2 Overview of the RMP Rule
              1.3 Description of a Typical E&P Facility
2 DETERMINING RMP COVERAGE AT AN E&P FACILITY
              2.1 Identifying E&P Facilities Subject
                      to the RMP Rule
              2.2 Identifying Regulated Substances
                      in E&P Processes
              2.3 Determining Process Inventory of
                      Regulated Substances
              2.4 Considering Other Exemptions
              2.5 Establishing Covered Processes
3 RMP PROGRAM LEVELS AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
              3.1 Program Level Eligibility Criteria
              3.2 Assessing Program Level Status for
                      E&P Processes
              3.3 Establishing an RMP Management System
4 RMP RULE - HAZARD ASSESSMENT
              4.1 Identifying the Objectives of the
                      Hazard Assessment
              4.2 Selecting Candidate Worst-Case
                      Release Scenarios
              4.3 Selecting Candidate Alternative
                      Release Scenarios
              4.4 Modeling Parameters
              4.5 Performing Modeling Calculations
              4.6 Identifying Public and
                      Environmental Receptors
              4.7 Compiling a 5-Year Accident History
              4.8 Documentation and Updating of the
                      Offsite Consequence Analysis
              4.9 Example of an E&P Facility (Gas Plant)
                      Hazard Assessment
              4.10 Discussion of Hazard Assessment Issues
5 RMP RULE - PREVENTION PROGRAM
              5.1 Employee Participation
              5.2 Process Safety Information
              5.3 Process Hazard Analysis (PHA)
              5.4 Operating Procedures
              5.5 Training
              5.6 Contractors
              5.7 Pre-Startup Safety Reviews
              5.8 Mechanical Integrity
              5.9 Hot Work Permits (Safe Work Practices)
              5.10 Management of Change (MOC)
              5.11 Incident Investigation
              5.12 Compliance Audits
6 RMP RULE - EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROGRAM
7 RMP RULE - RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN
              7.1 Developing an Executive Summary
              7.2 Completing the RMP Data Elements Checklist
REFERENCES
APPENDIX A - An approach for determining the quantity of regulated
              flammable substances distillation columns/towers
APPENDIX B - Vapor Cloud Explosion Modeling Using EPA's RMP
              Offsite Consequence Analysis Guidance Document
              Approach
APPENDIX C - E&P Gas Plant Model Risk Management Plan
              Executive Summary
APPENDIX D - Risk Management Plan Data Elements Checklist
APPENDIX E - Glossary
APPENDIX F - Consolidated version of the RMP rule (40 CFR 68)
APPENDIX G - Worksheets for facilitating compliance with the RMP
              rule
2-1 Pipe Length to Contain a Threshold Quantity
              (10,000 lb), of Methane
2-2 Pipe Length to Contain a Threshold Quantity
              (10,000 lb), Liquid Propane
2-3 Pipe Length to Contain a Threshold Quantity
              (10,000 lb), Hydrogen Sulfide Gas (10 wt%) in
              a natural gas stream
3-1 Program Level Considerations
4-1 Examples of Alternative Release Scenario
              (ARS) Events
4-2 Toxic Endpoints for RMP Regulated Toxic
              Substances That May Be Present at
              E&P Facilities
4-3 Endpoints for Events Involving Regulated
              Flammable Substances
4-4 LFL Endpoints for RMP Regulated Flammable
              Substances That May Be Present at
              E&P Facilities
4-5 Meteorological Conditions Specified by the
              RMP Rule
4-6 Mandatory Modeling Assumptions for WCS
              Events as Specified in the RMP Rule
4-7 Information Required for Each Accident
              Reported in the 5-Year History
4-8 OCA Information That Must Be Retained in
              Onsite Documentation
4-9 OCA Information That Must Be Included in
              the RMPlan
4-10 Candidate Worst-Case Scenario Information
              for Regulated Substances at an Example Gas Plant
4.11 Candidate Alternative Release Scenario
              Information for Regulated Substances at an
              Example Gas Plant
4.12 Additional Release Scenario Information for
              Regulated Substances at an Example Gas Plant
4-13 Worst-Case Scenarios: Offsite Consequence Analysis
              Results for the Events Identified at an Example
              Gas Plant
4-14 Alternative Release Scenarios: Offsite Consequence
              Analysis Results for the Events Identified at an
              Example Gas Plant
4-15 Additional Release Scenarios: Offsite Consequence
              Analysis Results for the Events Identified at an
              Example Gas Plant
4-16 Five-Year Release History of RMP Regulated
              Substances at an Example Gas Plant
7-1 Elements of the RMPlan Executive Summary
B-1 Heat of Combustion Data for Regulated Flammable
              Substances at a Typical E&P Facility
B-2 Distance to 1-psi Relationships for a VCE
              Involving a WCS Event for Regulated Flammable
              Substances at a Typical E&P Facility
B-3 Distance to 1-psi Overpressure for a VCE Involving
              a WCS Event for RMP Regulated Flammable
              Substances at a Typical E&P Facility
Figures
2-1 E&P Facility Coverage Schematic
4-1 Major Steps in Performing a Hazard Assessment
4-2 Example Gas Plant Plot Plan
C-1 Hazard Assessment Results for the Worst-Case
              Scenarios at the Example Gas Plant
C-2 Hazard Assessment Results for the Alternative
              Release Scenarios at the Example Gas Plant

Provides some information on how an gas and oil exploration and production (E&P) facility can prepare a RMPlan. The main sections of this Guide provide suggestions on how E&P facilities can perform some of the underlying work necessary to comply with the RPM rule; some of this information must be summarized in the RMPlan.