SARA Title III (EPCRA) - Reporting Chemicals for Emergency Planning

The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) was passed by Congress in 1986. EPCRA was included as Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) and is usually referred to as SARA Title III. EPCRA provides for the collection and access to information regarding the use, storage, production, and release of hazardous chemicals, thereby helping to inform emergency planners/responders and the public. States and communities, working with facilities, can use this information to improve emergency planning, chemical safety and protect public health and the environment.

New Updates from the Federal Register:

NAICS Code Reporting Change: Facilities will be required to report to Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) using 2007 NAICS codes http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-TRI/2008/June/Day-09/tri12856.htm

Crosswalk tables between 2007 NAICS and 2002 NAICS can be found on the Internet at http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html

Original TRI NAICS Final Rule (with SIC/NAICS crosswalk:http://www.epa.gov/EPA-WASTE/2006/June/Day-06/f5131.htm

For more information on NAICS codes and a NAICS search tool, see http://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/ .

A crosswalk between SIC and NAICS codes is available at http://ohiolmi.com/special/sictonaicscrosswalk.htm

Dioxin Reporting Change (applies to the reporting year 2008 to the present) http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2007-05-10/pdf/E7-9015.pdf

Electronic Reporting using Tier2Submit software

Tier II Hazardous Chemical Inventory Reporting (SARA Title III, Section 311/312)

The Tier II Report is due annually by March 1, covering the preceding calendar year. The report should contain information on every chemical that a Section 302 threshold planning quantity is exceeded.

Toxic Release Inventory Reporting (Form R/A) (SARA Title III, Section 313)

The TRI Report is due annually by July 1, covering the preceding calendar year. The report must be filed every year that US EPA facility- and chemical-specific criteria are met.

Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs)

Call 303-692-2186 or email cdphe.ppsaratitle3@state.co.us

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