Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act

EPCRA established state commissions and local committees to develop and implement procedures for coping with releases of hazardous chemicals and mandated annual reporting to government officials on environmental releases of such chemicals by the facilities that manufacture or use them in significant amounts. EPA facilitates planning, enforces compliance when necessary, and provides public access to information about enviromnental releases of toxic chemicals. 

EPCRA established a national framework for EPA to mobilize local government officials, businesses, and other citizens to plan ahead for chemical accidents in their communities. Subtitle A requires local planning to respond to sudden releases of chemicals that might occur in the event of a spill, explosion, or fire. It ensures that responsible officials know what hazardous chemicals are used or stored by local businesses and will be notified quickly in the event of an accident. 

There are various reporting requirements for facilities. The information collected may be used to develop and implement emergency plans as weU as to provide the public with general information about chemicals to which they may be exposed. 

The Occupational Health and Safety Act (OSHAct) of 1970 requires most employers to provide employees with access to a material safety data sheet (MSDS) for any hazardous chemical. This right-to-know law for workers aims to ensme that people potentially exposed to such chemicals have access to information about the potential health effects of exposme and know how to avoid than. 

Section 311 requires facilities covered by OSHAct to submit an MSDS for each hazardous chemical or a list of such chemicals to the LEPC, the SERC, and the local fire department EPA has authority to establish categories of health and physical hazards and to require facilities to list hazardous chemicals grouped by such categories in their reports. An MSDS need only be submitted once, unless thae is a significant change in the information it contains. An MSDS must be provided in response to a request by an LEPC or a monber of the public. Hazardous chonicals are defined by the CFR, Title 29, at Section 1910.1200(c)(3). 

This particular exclusion applies only to CERCLA Section 103(a) reporting requirements it does not exempt a facility from the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) Section 304 reporting requirements. A release of a pefroleum product containing certain substances is potentially reportable under EPRCA Section 304 if more than an RQ (report-able quantity) of fhaf subsfance is released (USEPA, 1998). 

Section 313 of EPCRA authorizes the USEPA s Toxic Release Inventory (TRI), a publicly available database that contains information on toxic chemical release and waste management activities reported annually by certain industries as well as federal facilities. The USEFA issues a list of industries that must report releases for the database. To date, the USEPA has not included oil and gas extraction as an industry that must report under the TRI. This is not an exemption in the law rather, it is a decision by the USEPA that this industry is not a high priority for reporting under the TRI. Part of the rationale for this decision is based on the fact that most of the information required under the TRI is already reported by producers to state agencies that make 

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Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA) The U.S. Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA) also known as the Community Right-To-Know Act or SARA, Title III provides for the collection and public release of information about the presence and release of hazardous or toxic chemicals in the nation s communities. The law requires... 

Submission of EPA Form R. the Toxic Chemical Release Inventory Reporting Form, Is required by section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community RIght-to-Know Act (Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthoiizatlon Act of 1986), Public Law 99-499. The Information contained in Form R constitutes a report, and the submission of a report to the appropriate authorities constitutes reporting. ... 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency TOXIC CHEMICAL RELEASE INVENTORY REPORTING FORM Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986. also known as Title III of the Suoerfuhd Amehdments ahd Reauthorization Act ... 

The purpose of this letter Is to inform you that a product that we sell to you. Furniture Lacquer KX2-1390, contains 20 percent toluene (Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) number 108-88-3). We are required to notify you of the presence of toluene in the product under section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986. This law requires certain manufacturers to report on annual emissions of specified toxic chemicals and chemical categories. 

The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 reauthorized CERCLA to continue cleanup activities around the country. Several site-specific amendments, definitions, clarifications, and technical requirements were added to the legislation, including additional enforcement authorities. Title HI of SARA also authorized the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA). 

Provides information about all RCRA regulations and programs including the Resource Conseiwation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA, or Superfund) and Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)/Superfund Amendments Reauthorization Act (SARA) Title III. Operates weekdays from 9 00 a.m. to 6 00 p.m., EST, excluding Federal holidays. Sendees are also available in Spanish. 

Section 6607(c) of the Pollution Prevention Act provides enforcement autliority under Title 111 of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (also known as the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act). Civil, administrative, and criminal penalties are autliorized for non-compliance against a facility, USEPA, a Governor, or a SERC. The Act requires USEPA to... 

The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-know Act (EPCRA) is administered by the ERA and state and local agencies. It affects virtually all facilities that manufacture, use, or store hazardous chemicals. The following are the reporting requirements of the Act ... 

Releases to air, land, and water occur primarily through its use as a restricted-use insecticide. The media of most importance for human exposure are contaminated air and soil. According to the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. Section 11023, industries are required to submit chemical release and ofif-site transfer information to the EPA. The Toxic Release Inventory (TRI), which contains this information for 1987, became available in May of 1988. This database is updated yearly and provides a list of industrial production facilities and emissions. 

According to the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986,42 U.S.C. 

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