Emergency Planning Community Right-to-Know Act

Federal Register, The Emergency Planning Community Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA), 42 U.S.C. 11011 et seq., 1986, United States Government, Public Laws, available at www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/ title42/chapterl 16. html, January 2004. 

As clarification of SARA Title III and CERCLA relationships, the following is provided. The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) is designed to help clean up inactive hazardous waste sites. It also requires industries to disclose to their communities what hazardous substances they use and store. CERCLA authorized EPA to remediate polluted sites and created the Superfund to pay for site cleanups when there is no clear-cut responsible party. EPA can pursue potentially responsible parties to make them pay for response and remediation activities. Section 313 of the Emergency Planning Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (SARA Title III) requires EPA to establish an inventory of routine toxic... 

TSCA definition for PCBs, which discounts mono and dichlorobiphenyl and contains exclusions for inadvertently generated PCBs, does not apply to the Emergency Planning Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA). 

EPA hotline (800) 621-8431 RCRA, Superfund, Hazardous Waste hotline, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (800) 424-9346 Emergency Planning Community Right-to-Know hotline (CERCLA, SARA, Title III) (800) 535-0202 Toxic Substances Control Act hotline (202) 554-1404... 

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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