[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 12]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR68.71]

[Page 173]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
               CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
 
PART 68--CHEMICAL ACCIDENT PREVENTION PROVISIONS--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart D--Program 3 Prevention Program
 
Sec. 68.71  Training.

    (a) Initial training. (1) Each employee presently involved in 
operating a process, and each employee before being involved in 
operating a newly assigned process, shall be trained in an overview of 
the process and in the operating procedures as specified in Sec. 68.69. 
The training shall include emphasis on the specific safety and health 
hazards, emergency operations including shutdown, and safe work 
practices applicable to the employee's job tasks.
    (2) In lieu of initial training for those employees already involved 
in operating a process on June 21, 1999 an owner or operator may certify 
in writing that the employee has the required knowledge, skills, and 
abilities to safely carry out the duties and responsibilities as 
specified in the operating procedures.
    (b) Refresher training. Refresher training shall be provided at 
least every three years, and more often if necessary, to each employee 
involved in operating a process to assure that the employee understands 
and adheres to the current operating procedures of the process. The 
owner or operator, in consultation with the employees involved in 
operating the process, shall determine the appropriate frequency of 
refresher training.
    (c) Training documentation. The owner or operator shall ascertain 
that each employee involved in operating a process has received and 
understood the training required by this paragraph. The owner or 
operator shall prepare a record which contains the identity of the 
employee, the date of training, and the means used to verify that the 
employee understood the training.