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1. What is a Risk Management Plan?

The primary goals of Risk Management Planning (RMP) are the prevention and response to chemical accidents that involve releases to the air of certain toxic and flammable substances.

2. What kinds of chemicals are included?

The following chemicals are included in the risk management plan: Acutely toxic substances, Flammable gases, Volatile liquids, and High explosives.

3. Why is Risk Management Plan important?

For a list of reasons why the risk management plan is important, please view the Risk Management Plan Important page.

4. What is the responsibility of facilities with these chemicals?

Facilities using or storing chemicals over an established threshold limit must identify and assess chemical hazards and develop and submit a Risk Management Plan by June 21, 1999.

5. Who must comply with this law?

The Risk Management Plan program requires facilities that use chemicals over a threshold amount to prepare hazard assessments, prevention programs, and emergency response programs.

Chemical manufacturers, other manufacturers, certain wholesalers and retailers, water treatment and wastewater treatment facilities, ammonia refrigeration systems, utilities, and federal facilities are all included.

6. What is in place to protect me now?

Established agencies respond to emergency incidents within local communities in compliance with the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act. In our area the Montgomery and Greene Local Emergency Response Commission (MGLERC), Regional HazMat Team, Dayton Fire Department (DFD), and other agencies to address emergency incidents.

7. Why must the City be involved?

The City of Dayton operates three facilities that are required to comply. The City's Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) and two Water Supply & Treatment (WS&T) facilities have processes that utilize chemicals, chlorine gas and methane gas, which must be reported under the new requirements. For a list of these facilities visit our Three Facilities page.

8. Is it necessary for our facilities to use these chemicals?

Yes! The use of Chlorine in our drinking water processes are needed for health and safety reasons. Chlorine is the safest, most effective chemical to use for disinfecting of water and it also controls diseases such as: Cholera, Dysentery, Typhoid Fever, Legionnaire's Disease, and Giardiasis.

The accumulation of Methane is an inevitable byproduct of wastewater treatment processes and treatment of sludge. It is captured and beneficially used to produce heat and electricity at our Wastewater Treatment Plant.

9. What should I know about the City's use of these chemicals?

To learn about chlorine gas at the water treatment plants you will want to view our Chemical Gases page.

10. How will potential releases be prevented?

The City currently has safety systems in place for the prevention of a release, to learn about these systems please view the Release Prevention page.

11. How will a release be handled?

The City will put its Emergency Response Program into action if a release occurs, read about the program on our Emergency Response Program page.

12. What can I do?

Become More Aware! Know the areas within your community that may be vulnerable to chemical releases.

Help Achieve the Goal! The goal of a Risk Management Plan is to achieve readiness on every level by making sure everyone is aware of the risk and how to act in the event of a release.

Use Contact Numbers to Learn More or to Report Spills. These numbers can be found on the Contact Information page.