Are facilities required to distribute Off-Site Consequence Analysis (OCA) data to the public?
A. Facilities are not required to distribute the OCA sections of their RMPs to the public. However, virtually all covered facilities are required to hold a public meeting to summarize the information in those sections or, if they are small businesses, to publicly post such a summary. Facilities that have only Program 1 processes are exempt from this requirement. Facilities subject to the requirement must hold their public meeting or post their summary by Feb. 1, 2000, or have already done so between Aug. 5, 1998, and Aug. 5, 1999. A facility is also free to release the OCA sections of its RMP or a document providing the information in those sections, if it so chooses.
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