Understanding the Risk Management Plan (RMP) Requirements
List of Regulated Toxic Substances and Threshold Quantities for Accidental Release Prevention

Contributed by Barry Solomon, ChemAlliance Staff

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Chemical Name

CAS Number Threshold 
Quantity (lbs.)

Acrolein (2-Propenal)

107-02-8

5,000

Acrylonitrile (2-Propenenitrile)

107-13-1

20,000

Acrylyl chloride (2-Propenoyl chloride)

814-68-6

5,000

Allyl alcohol (2-Propen-1-ol)

107-18-6

15,000

Allylamine (2-Propen-1-amine)

107-11-9

10,000

Ammonia (anhydrous)

7664-41-7

10,000

Ammonia (concentration 20% or greater)

7664-41-7

20,000

Arsenous trichloride

7784-34-1

15,000

Arsine

7784-42-1

1,000

Boron trichloride (Borane, trichloro-)

10294-34-5

5,000

Boron trifluoride (Borane, trifluoro-)

7637-07-2

5,000

Boron trifluoride compound with methyl ether (1:1) (Boron, trifluoro(oxybis(metane)) - , T-4-

353-42-4

15,000

Bromine

7726-95-6

10,000

Carbon disulfide

75-15-0

20,000

Chlorine

7782-50-5

2,500

Chlorine dioxide (Chlorine oxide (ClO2))

10049-04-4

1,000

Chloroform (Methane, trichloro-)

67-66-3

20,000

Chloromethyl ether (Methane, oxybis (chloro-))

542-88-1

1,000

Chloromethyl methyl ether (Methane, chloromethoxy-)

107-30-2

5,000

Crotonaldehyde (2-Butenal)

4170-30-3

20,000

Crotonaldehyde, (E) - (2-Butenal, (E) -)

123-73-9

20,000

Cyanogen chloride

506-77-4

10,000

Cyclohexylamine (Cyclohexanamine)

108-91-8

15,000

Diborane

19287-45-7

2,500

Dimethyldichlorosilane (Silane, dichlorodimethyl - )

75-78-5

5,000

1,1-Dimethylhydrazine (Hydrazine, 1,1-dimethyl - )

57-14-7

15,000

Epichlorohydrin (Oxirane, (chloromethyl) - )

106-89-8

20,000

Ethylenediamine (1,2-Ethanediamine)

107-15-3

20,000

Ethyleneimine (Aziridine)

151-56-4

10,000

Ethylene oxide (Oxirane)

75-21-8

10,000

Fluorine

7782-41-4

1,000

Formaldehyde (solution)

50-00-0

15,000

Furan

110-00-9

5,000

Hydrazine

302-01-2

15,000

Hydrochloric acid (concentration 37% or greater)

7647-01-0

15,000

Hydrocyanic acid

74-90-8

2,500

Hydrogen chloride (anhydrous) (Hydrochloric acid)

7647-01-0

5,000

Hydrogen fluoride/Hydrofluoric acid (concentration 50% or greater (Hydrofluoric acid)

7664-39-3

1,000

Hydrogen selenide

2148909

500

Hydrogen sulfide

2148878

10,000

Iron, pentacarbonyl- (Iron carbonyl (Fe(CO)5), (TB-5-11) - )

13463-40-6

2,500

Isobutyronitrile (Propanenitrile, 2-methyl - )

78-82-0

20,000

Isopropyl chloroformate (Carbonochloridic acid, 1-methylethyl ester)

108-23-6

15,000

Methacrylonitrile (2-Propenenitrile, 2-methyl - )

126-98-7

10,000

Methyl chloride (Methane, chloro - )

74-87-3

10,000

Methyl chloroformate (Carbonochloridic acid, methylester)

79-22-1

5,000

Methyl hydrazine (Hydrazine, methyl - )

60-34-4

15,000

Methyl isocyanate (Methane, isocyanato - )

624-83-9

10,000

Methyl mercaptan (Methanethiol)

75-79-6

10,000

Methyl thiocyanate (Thiocyanic acid, methyl ester)

556-64-9

20,000

Methyltrichlorosilane (Silane, trichloromethyl - )

75-79-6

5,000

Nickel carbonyl

13463-39-3

1,000

Nitric acid (concentration 80% or greater)

7697-37-2

15,000

Nitric oxide (Nitrogen oxide (NO))

10102-43-9

10,000

Oleum (Fuming sulfuric acid) (Sulfuric acid, mixture with sulfur trioxide)1

8014-95-7

10,000

Peracetic acid (Ethaneperoxoic acid)

79-21-0

10,000

Perchloromethylmercaptan (Methanesulfenyl chloride, trichloro - )

594-42-3

10,000

Phosgene (Carbonic dichloride)

75-44-5

500

Phosphine

7803-51-2

5,000

Phosphorus oxychloride (Phosphoryl chloride)

10025-87-3

5,000

Phosphorus trichloride (Phosphorous trichloride)

2125683

15,000

Piperidine

110-89-4

15,000

Propionitrile (Propanenitrile)

107-12-0

10,000

Propyl chloroformate (Carbonochloridic acid, propylester)

109-61-5

15,000

Propyleneimine (Aziridine, 2-methyl - )

75-55-8

10,000

Propylene oxide (Oxirane, methyl - )

75-56-9

10,000

Sulfur dioxide (anhydrous)

7446-09-5

5,000

Sulfur tetrafluoride (Sulfur fluoride (SF4), (T-4) - )

7783-60-0

2,500

Sulfur trioxide

7446-11-9

10,000

Tetramethyllead (Plumbane, tetramethyl - )

75-74-1

10,000

Tetranitromethane (Methane, tetranitro - )

509-14-8

10,000

Titanium tetrachloride (Titanium chloride (TiCl4) (T-4) - )

7550-45-0

2,500

Toluene 2,4-diisocyanate (Benzene, 2,4-diisocyanato-1-methyl - )1

584-84-9

10,000

Toluene 2,6-diisocyanate (Benzene, 1,3-diisocyanato-2-methyl - )1

91-08-7

10000.00

Toluene diisocyanate (unspecified isomer) (Benzene, 1,3-diisocyanatomethyl - )1

26471-62-5

10,000

Trimethylchlorosilane (Silane, chlorotrimethyl - )

75-77-4

10,000

Vinyl acetate monomer (Acetic acid ethenyl ester)

108-05-4

15,000

1 The mixture exemption in 68.115(b)(1) does not apply to the substance

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