To reduce risks to people who may be near a buffer zone, EPA is requiring applicators to either provide on-site monitoring of the buffer zone perimeter in areas where residences and other occupied structures are within a specific distance, or, as an alternative to on-site monitoring, provide emergency response information directly to neighbors.  This factsheet summarizes EPA’s Emergency Preparedness and Response requirements.

• Emergency Preparedness and Response Requirements - 2012 (PDF)(3 pp, 278 K)