The RMP rule exempts VPP Star and Merit sites from random selection for periodic audits. Participants volunteered to demonstrate innovative approaches to environmental management and compliance. EPA selected 12 entities to participate in the pilot program and worked with these facilities to study and evaluate their projects. Currently, the program is on hold pending the outcome of a study on the role of incentives in reinvention. Back to Top Project XL Project XL , also administered by the EPA, is designed to provide regulatory flexibility to facilities that develop alternative pollution reduction strategies.
Different industries have different needs and different opportunities for pollution abatement.
More than 40 projects are presently underway to test elements of industry-based environmental management approaches for six different industry sectors. Copyright 2001 Voluntary Protection Programs Participants' Association. All Rights Reserved.