EPlan WebBased Tier II Reporting System

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E-Plan Web-Based Tier II Reporting System
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know
Act (EPCRA)
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Title III Legal References

• The Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act
  (SARA) was signed into law by President Reagan in
  1986 as a revision to federal legislation dealing
  with hazardous substances and toxic wastes. SARA
  Title III, known as the Emergency Planning and
  Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA), required the
  development of a State Emergency Response
  Commission (SERC) as well as Local Emergency
  Planning Committees (LEPCs) to manage hazardous
  materials preparedness at the State and county
  level.
• In addition to State and local planning
  requirements, EPCRA Section 312 requires
  facilities that use or store a hazardous chemical
  above a threshold quantity to annually submit
  their chemical inventory information to off-site
  officials on or before March 1st of each year.
  The inventory information must be submitted to
  the fire department having jurisdiction over the
  facility, the respective county LEPC, and the
  SERC.

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Title III Legal References

• EPCRA Section 313 (commonly referred to as the
  Toxic Release Inventory or TRI) requires
  facilities to complete a Toxic Chemical Release
  Inventory Form annually for specified chemicals.
  The form must be submitted to EPA and the State
  on July 1 and cover releases and other waste
  management of toxic chemicals that occurred
  during the preceding calendar year.

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Tier II Reporting Procedure

• Tier II reports that have been previously
  required in paper form will now be accepted by an
  electronic process called E-Plan.
• Paper will still be accepted for the 2009
  reporting year.

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E-PlanWhat is it?

• An initiative developed for EPA Region VI
• Developed as Joint Program between
• The University of Texas at Dallas
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Department of Homeland Security
• E-Plan is a highly secure web-based system for
  receiving chemical information to the State.

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E-PlanWhat is it?

• E-Plan is a proven system that provides First
  Responders and others with on-site hazardous
  chemical information for fixed facilities around
  the United States.
• erplan.net
• E-Plan online training website
• eplan.erplan.net/training/

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E-PlanWhat is it?

• It is free, simple and easy for First Responders
  and State and Federal users to use.
• E-plan operations run 24 hours a day, 7 days a
  week.

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E-Plan How does it work?

• First Responders access facility information
  through a secure login using an assigned User
  ID and Password.

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E-Plan How does it work?

• Once logged on, the First Responders have
  immediate access to all Hazmat information for
  all facilities in the selected E-Plan area.

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E-Plan How does it work?

• This includes information from sources such as
• State Tier II information
• MSDS, Chemical Profiles, ERGs
• Facility/Building Maps (if available)
• Chemical storage locations
• Pertinent Web links
• EPA, Cameo, GIS Mapping, RRT6, NRT, EPAs CEPPO,
  Weather, etc.

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E-Plan User Account Approval Process

• Agree to E-Plan Acceptable Use Policy
• Approval by Local Authorizing Authority
• Approval by E-Plan Administration
• Individual User IDs and Password

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Who Has Access?

• State
• TEMA Area Coordinators, Planners, Operations
  Officers
• TDEC
• SERC
• Other

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Who Has Access?

• Local
• EMA Director (Administrator or Designate
  Administrator for County)
• Fire Department
• LEPC
• Others

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How to get access

• Go to website at https//erplan.net
• Click on sign up for account.
• Select User Account type and click on continue to
  Account creation button to request a User
  Account.
• Fill in required fields.
• After approval by authorizing authority in that
  jurisdiction, the UT Dallas E-Plan Team will set
  up the new user account and send an e-mail
  message with the account information to the new
  E-Plan registered user.

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Questions?

• Go to E-Plan website to Frequently Asked
  Questions
• G Drive, Everyone, Tier II (TEMA Staff Only)
• TIER II Program Coordinator
• Rhonda Paxton rpaxton_at_tnema.org
• 615-741-2986

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Tennessee Emergency Management AgencyTraining
Education
HazMat Program Training Operations Course Under
Review Revision to new NFPA 472 Standards HMTO
Revision 2009 Specialist Courses Chemistry of
HM April 16-27 HM Operating Site Practices
Oct 19 - 30
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Tennessee Emergency Management Agency
Questions?