Recent Blog Posts

Fresno County CalARP Training Day

May 23rd, 2018

On May 22, 2018 Resource Compliance partnered with Fresno County to provide training on CalARP Regulations. The training covered process safety for the following applications: ammonia (refrigeration, fertilizer, and other), sulfur dioxide, and chlorine. Resource Compliance trained on the following topics: RMP/PSM/CalARP Overview | Uriah Donaldson, Account Manager • Overview of RMP, PSM, and CalARP • […]

Management of Change and Communicating with the Local CUPA

May 1st, 2018

Did you notify your local CUPA[1] about the recent modifications at your facility? If not, you probably should have. For facilities located in California and subject to the California Accidental Release Prevention Program (CalARP), communication with the local CUPA may be required when making modifications to a process. Covered Process Modification [CalARP §2745.11] If a facility […]

2018 California CUPA Training Conference

January 25th, 2018

Have you ever wondered what type of training the California CUPAs receive? If so, make plans to attend the 20th Annual CUPA Conference and see for yourself. The CUPA conference has an excellent lineup of speakers and exhibitors. Who Should Attend the Annual California CUPA Training Conference? Local, State, Federal, Environmental Health, HAZMAT and Fire HAZMAT Agencies, Industry, […]

CalARP and Aqueous Ammonia

December 12th, 2017

As we have summarized in a previous blog post, the CalARP regulation (Title 19 CCR, Division 2, Chapter 4.5) closely models USEPA’s RMP regulation (Title 40 Part §68) with the most notable difference being that the CalARP chemical list is longer and the threshold quantities are lower when compared to RMP. With regard to anhydrous […]

RMP Applicability

November 28th, 2017

The RMP regulation (Title 40 CFR §68) is divided into three program levels: Program 1, Program 2, and Program 3. The requirements of each program level differ in that Program 3 is more stringent than Program 2 which is more stringent than Program 1. The following flow chart which was obtained from General Guidance on […]