---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 68.77"
title: "40"
number: "68.77"
heading: "Pre-startup review."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/68.77"
---

# §68.77. Pre-startup review.

- (a) The owner or operator shall perform a pre-startup safety review for new stationary sources and for modified stationary sources when the modification is significant enough to require a change in the process safety information.
- (b) The pre-startup safety review shall confirm that prior to the introduction of regulated substances to a process:
  - (1) Construction and equipment is in accordance with design specifications;
  - (2) Safety, operating, maintenance, and emergency procedures are in place and are adequate;
  - (3) For new stationary sources, a process hazard analysis has been performed and recommendations have been resolved or implemented before startup; and modified stationary sources meet the requirements contained in management of change, [§ 68.75](/cfr/40/68.75.md).
  - (4) **Training of each employee involved in operating a process has been completed.**

## Notes

### Source

Source: 61 FR 31722, 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.