(a)  The office, in consultation with the administering agencies, industry, the public, and other interested parties, shall adopt regulations, initially as emergency regulations, for all of the following activities:

(1)  The registration of stationary sources subject to this article.

(2)  The receipt, review, revision, and audit of RMPs.

(3)  The resolution of disagreements between stationary source operators and administering agencies.

(4)  Providing for the public availability of RMPs, consistent with subsection (c) of Section 114 of the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7414(c)).

(5)  The provision of technical assistance to stationary sources subject to the accidental release prevention program.

(b)  The regulations shall also require each stationary source to work closely with the administering agency in deciding which process hazard review technique is best suited for each stationary source’s covered processes.

(c)  The regulations shall provide that the process hazard analysis shall include the consideration of external events, including seismic events, if applicable.

(d)  The regulations shall also require each stationary source to work closely with the administering agency in determining for each RMP an appropriate level of detail for the document elements specified in Section 68.150(a) of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations and for documentation of the external events analysis.

(e)  Administering agencies shall implement the regulations adopted pursuant to this section.

(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 715, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1997.)