What is the EPA definition of the term responsible party?

Answer 1

Definition of a Responsible Official

As defined in 45 CSR §30-2.38. Responsible Official means one of the following:

a. For a corporation: the president, secretary, treasurer, or vice-president of the corporation in charge

of a principal business function, or any other person who performs similar policy or decision

making functions for the corporation, or a duly - authorized representative of such person if the

representative is responsible for the overall operation of one or more manufacturing, production,

or operating facilities applying for or subject to a permit and either (i) the facilities employ more

than 250 persons or have a gross annual sales or expenditures exceeding $25 million (in second

quarter 1980 dollars) or (ii) the delegation of authority to such representative is approved in

advance by the Director;

b. For a partnership or sole proprietorship: a general partner or the proprietor, respectively;

c. For a municipality, State, Federal, or other public entity: either a principal executive officer or

ranking elected official. For the purpose of this part, a principal executive officer of a Federal

agency includes the chief executive officer having responsibility for the overall operation of a

principal geographic unit of the agency (e.g., a Regional Administrator of U.S. EPA); or,

d. The designated representative delegated with such authority and approved in advance by the

Director.