---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 68.190"
title: "40"
number: "68.190"
heading: "Updates."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/68.190"
---

# §68.190. Updates.

- (a) The owner or operator shall review and update the RMP as specified in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section and submit it in the method and format to the central point specified by EPA as of the date of submission.
- (b) The owner or operator of a stationary source shall revise and update the RMP submitted under [§ 68.150](/cfr/40/68.150.md) as follows:
  - (1) At least once every five years from the date of its initial submission or most recent update required by [paragraphs (b)(2) through (b)(7)](#b-2..b-7) of this section, whichever is later. For purposes of determining the date of initial submissions, RMPs submitted before June 21, 1999 are considered to have been submitted on that date.
  - (2) No later than three years after a newly regulated substance is first listed by EPA;
  - (3) No later than the date on which a new regulated substance is first present in an already covered process above a threshold quantity;
  - (4) No later than the date on which a regulated substance is first present above a threshold quantity in a new process;
  - (5) Within six months of a change that requires a revised PHA or hazard review;
  - (6) Within six months of a change that requires a revised offsite consequence analysis as provided in [§ 68.36](/cfr/40/68.36.md); and
  - (7) **Within six months of a change that alters the Program level that applied to any covered process.**
- (c) If a stationary source is no longer subject to this part, the owner or operator shall submit a de-registration to EPA within six months indicating that the stationary source is no longer covered.

## Notes

### Amendments

[61 FR 31726, June 20, 1996, as amended at 69 FR 18832, Apr. 9, 2004; 82 FR 4704, Jan. 13, 2017; 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

[61 FR 31726, June 20, 1996, as amended at 69 FR 18832, Apr. 9, 2004; 82 FR 4704, Jan. 13, 2017; 84 FR 69915, Dec. 19, 2019]