Toxic Release Inventory

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Toxic Release Inventory

• EPCRA Community Right-to-Know Program
  Compliance
• The Emergency Planning and Community
  Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA) provides the US
  EPA with the authority to require industrial
  facilities to report information on the storage,
  use, and release of hazardous and toxic chemicals
  at their facility. The data reported by
  industrial facilities helps communities and
  emergency response agencies plan for emergencies
  involving hazardous substances. We can provide
  the EPA enforcement consulting to assist you with
  this reporting.

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EPA enforcement consulting

• EPCRA includes four distinct chemical reporting
  requirements emergency planning, emergency
  release notification, hazardous chemical storage
  reporting, and toxic chemical release inventory
  reporting.
• Section 301-303 Emergency Planning
• Emergency planning activities are required by
  Sections 301-303 of EPCRA. Facilities that
  maintain any Extremely Hazardous Substance (EHS)
  on site above the applicable threshold planning
  quantity must notify the State Emergency Response
  Commission (SERC) and the Local Emergency
  Planning Committee (LEPC) within 60 days after
  they first maintain the substance on site.

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Section 304 Emergency Release Notification

• Emergency release notification is required
  by Section 304 of EPCRA. Any facility that
  accidentally releases an EHS or CERCLA hazardous
  chemical into the environment in an amount
  greater than the reportable quantity for that
  substance must immediately notify the SERC and
  LEPC of the release. CERCLA releases must also be
  reported to the National Response Center.
• Section 311 and 312 Hazardous Chemical Storage
  Reporting Requirements (Tier II)
• Hazardous chemical storage reporting is required
  by Sections 311-312 of EPCRA. Section 311
  requires facilities to either submit copies of
  safety data sheets (SDSs) for chemicals used on
  the site above the applicable threshold, or a
  detailed list of the chemicals used on the site
  above the applicable threshold. The information
  must be submitted to the SERC, LEPC, and local
  fire department.

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• Section 312 requires facilities to submit an
  annual inventory report (Tier II) for all
  hazardous substances stored on the site above
  10,000 pounds. Hazardous substances include all
  chemicals for which facilities are required to
  prepare or maintain an SDS. The report must also
  include all EHSs stored on the site above 500
  pounds or the applicable threshold planning
  quantity, whichever is lower. The report is due
  by March 1 each year and is submitted to the
  SERC, LEPC, and local fire department. Most
  states use the EPA Tier II form, but some states,
  such as New Jersey, have developed their own
  form. In both New Jersey and Pennsylvania, Tier
  II reports are submitted to the state
  electronically.

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Toxic Chemical Release Inventory (TRI)

• Toxics release inventory (TRI) reporting is
  required by Section 313 of EPCRA. TRI reporting,
  also known as Form R reporting, is required in
  order to provide the public with information on a
  number of hazardous chemicals that are released,
  disposed of, recycled, or treated in their
  community each year. Facilities are required to
  perform a threshold analysis each year in order
  to determine whether they are subject to TRI
  reporting. The threshold analysis must include a
  review of all materials used on site during the
  reporting year. The total amount of each chemical
  used must be compared to the applicable reporting
  threshold. If a threshold is exceeded for any
  chemical, either a Form R or Form A report must
  be submitted to the EPA by July 1 each year.

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• The toxic release inventory is a complicated,
  high liability program. It is important that
  whether the facility is subject to reporting or
  not that there is support documentation on the
  threshold analysis. EPA expects this
  documentation when they conduct onsite
  inspections. The EPA can assess substantial fines
  for non-reporting or incorrect reporting. ESC has
  been helping clients with their TRI reporting for
  many years. ESC will determine whether the
  facility is subject to reporting, what
  chemical(s) need to be reported, and whether
  there are any applicable reporting exemptions. If
  the facility must report, ESC will estimate
  releases to each environmental medium, complete
  and submit the reports, and provide the client
  with supporting information that documents the
  basis for the reporting and release estimates.
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