§ 41-10 Risk Assessment Program.
RCNY § 41-10
(a)The risk management plan shall include a risk assessment program.
(b)The risk assessment program shall include the following components: (1) Identification of the maximum amount of an EHS and/or regulated toxic substance that would be released to an off-site area during a worst-case release. To determine a worst-case release scenario, a responsible party shall examine each covered process and assume that all mitigation systems fail to minimize the consequences of the release.
(2)Evaluation of the possibility and effects of a significant accidental release. A responsible party must examine each covered process and identify the circumstances that may cause a significant accidental release (e.g., pump failure, failure of controls, or operator error), evaluate the likelihood that such a release could occur, and perform a general evaluation of the effects that a significant accidental release would have on public health and the environment.
(3)Submission of a form, prescribed by the Department, that lists each EHS and/or regulated toxic substance at or above its TPQ present at a facility, the amount of each substance, and the physical storage conditions for each substance.
(4)A hazard analysis of all equipment and covered processes, which shall include but not be limited to: (i) the identification of all significant accidental release(s) that occurred over the last five years; (ii) identification of all engineering and administrative controls applicable to the hazards of a covered process, including the application of detection methods that provide early warning release. (Amended City Record 1/5/2018, eff. 2/4/2018)
