---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 68.180"
title: "40"
number: "68.180"
heading: "Emergency response program and exercises."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/68.180"
---

# §68.180. Emergency response program and exercises.

- (a) The owner or operator shall provide in the RMP:
  - (1) Name, phone number and email address of local emergency planning and response organizations with which the stationary source last coordinated emergency response efforts, pursuant to [§ 68.10(g)(3)](/cfr/40/68.10.md?p=g-3) or [§ 68.93](/cfr/40/68.93.md).
  - (2) The date of the most recent coordination with the local emergency response organizations, pursuant to [§ 68.93](/cfr/40/68.93.md) and
  - (3) **A list of Federal or state emergency plan requirements to which the stationary source is subject.**
- (b) The owner or operator shall identify in the RMP whether the facility is a responding stationary source or a non-responding stationary source, pursuant to [§ 68.90](/cfr/40/68.90.md).
  - (1) For non-responding stationary sources, the owner or operator shall identify:
    - (i) For stationary sources with any regulated toxic substance held in a process above the threshold quantity, whether the stationary source is included in the community emergency response plan developed under [42 U.S.C. 11003](/usc/42/11003.md), pursuant to [§ 68.90(b)(1)](/cfr/40/68.90.md?p=b-1);
    - (ii) For stationary sources with only regulated flammable substances held in a process above the threshold quantity, the date of the most recent coordination with the local fire department, pursuant to [§ 68.90(b)(2)](/cfr/40/68.90.md?p=b-2);
    - (iii) What mechanisms are in place to notify the public and emergency responders when there is a need for emergency response; and
    - (iv) The date of the most recent notification exercise, as required in [§ 68.96(a)](/cfr/40/68.96.md?p=a).
  - (2) For responding stationary sources, the owner or operator shall identify:
    - (i) The date of the most recent review and update of the emergency response plan, pursuant to [§ 68.95(a)(4)](/cfr/40/68.95.md?p=a-4);
    - (ii) The date of the most recent notification exercise, as required in [§ 68.96(a)](/cfr/40/68.96.md?p=a);
    - (iii) The date of the most recent field exercise, as required in [§ 68.96(b)(1)](/cfr/40/68.96.md?p=b-1); and
    - (iv) The date of the most recent tabletop exercise, as required in [§ 68.96(b)(2)](/cfr/40/68.96.md?p=b-2).

## Notes

### Amendments

[82 FR 4704, Jan. 13, 2017, as amended at 84 FR 69915, Dec. 19, 2019]

### Source

Source: 61 FR 31726, June 20, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7412(r), 7601(a)(1), 7661-7661f.

### Source

Source: 59 FR 4493, Jan. 31, 1994, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[82 FR 4704, Jan. 13, 2017, as amended at 84 FR 69915, Dec. 19, 2019]