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Parent Category: Safety Info Posts

Category: Chemical Process Safety (PSM/RMP)

Published: 27 November 2015

No it is not a spongy football for kids! NURF is the acronym for “Normally Unoccupied and Remote Facility”. It is a term used in OSHA’s PSM standard and NURFs are EXEMPTED from complying with OSHA’s PSM standard; however, EPA’s RMP rule does NOT have a NURF exemption so be careful - EPA manages this type of exemption via their varying RMP Program Levels. With all the recent OSHA activity regarding PSM we have seen a resurgence in facilities considering themselves to be a NURF, and this is what I want to discuss.

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