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SARA Title III (EPCRA) Program

NEW!!! Mandatory Electronic Tier II Reporting Using Tier2Submit Format!!

File Tier II reports by e-mail, using the Tier2Submit software!!

NOTE: You MUST click on the above link, and follow the instructions on that page! If you fail to follow the instructions, your submission will be rejected.

New stuff from the Federal Register:

1) NAICS Code Reporting Change (Facilities will be required to report to TRI using 2007 NAICS codes beginning with TRI reporting forms that are due on July 1, 2012, covering releases and other waste management quantities for the 2011 calendar year.)

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 codes and NAICS codes is available at http://lmi.state.oh.us/Special/SicToNaicsCrosswalk.htm .

2) Dioxin Reporting Change (applies to the reporting year beginning January 1, 2008, for which reports are due July 1, 2009)

http://www.epa.gov/tri/lawsandregs/teq/teqprule.html

Overview

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 sometimes referred to as SARA Title III. EPCRA provides for the collection of information regarding the use, storage, production, and release of hazardous chemicals, thereby helping to increase emergency planners /responders and the public’s knowledge and access to this information. States and communities, working with facilities, can use the information to improve emergency planning, chemical safety and protect public health and the environment.

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 (TPQ) is exceeded.

Toxic Release Inventory Reporting (Form R) (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.

TRI Announcement!

TRI-Made Easy (TRI-MEweb) software is now available for Reporting Year 2011 Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) reporting (due July 1, 2012).

Colorado facilities will NOT be able to report releases in RY2011 using TRI-MEdesktop /cd, or send in a diskette. Instead, facilities must use TRI-MEweb or send in paper forms.

Colorado is participating in the TRI State Data Exchange. TRI data for Colorado facilities reported via the Internet to the EPA Central Data Exchange (CDX) using the EPA TRI-Made Easy (TRI-MEweb) software will also satisfy TRI reporting requirements for Colorado.

This data exchange allows EPA's CDX to automatically forward copies of electronic TRI submissions from Colorado facilities to the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment, allowing Colorado to receive raw, electronic TRI data in real time. The reporting facility will receive instant receipt confirmation of its submission from CDX.

This method of reporting reduces the burden of dual reporting for Colorado facilities and can eliminate their paper TRI submissions. This also allows both EPA and Colorado to process TRI reports more efficiently and with less data entry errors.

For more information about this dual reporting or Colorado specific technical information or reporting, contact the Colorado SARA Title III program. (Hyperlink)

For TRI-MEweb Resources, see http://www.epa.gov/tri/report/software/trimeweb/index.htm .
If you have questions about the TRI-MEweb submission process, please see http://www.epa.gov/tri/contacts/contacts.htm or contact the Superfund, TRI, EPCRA, RMP & Oil Information Center at 800-424-9346.
For technical software support, you may contact the CDX Hotline at helpdesk@epacdx.net or call toll free: 888-890-1995.