40 CFR § 68.77 - Pre-startup review.

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title: "40 CFR § 68.77 - Pre-startup review."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "68.77"
section_name: "Pre-startup review."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
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part_number: "68"
part_name: "CHEMICAL ACCIDENT PREVENTION PROVISIONS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 7412(r), 7601(a)(1), 7661-7661f."
regulatory_source: "59 FR 4493, Jan. 31, 1994, unless otherwise noted."
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# 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.

(4) Training of each employee involved in operating a process has been completed.