SARA/EPCRA 313 List

Endosulfan is listed as a toxic substance under Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA) under Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) (EPA 1995c). Disposal of wastes containing endosulfan is controlled by a number of federal regulations (see Chapter 7). 

Dibenz[fl, ] anthracene is listed in section 112 of the Clean Air Act listed under sections 304 and 307 of the Clean Water Act listed as an RCRA hazardous waste U063. Dibenz[a, ]anthracene is regulated under comprehensive environmental response, compensation, and liability act (CERCLA) with a reportable quantity (RQ) of 1 pound. It is listed as an emergency planning and community right-to-know act (EPCRA) superfund amendments reauthorization act (SARA) 313 reportable substance. 

The section of the Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act (SARA) that requires industry to develop comprehensive emergency response plans and mandates public disclosure of hazards of materials handled or stored in certain quantities. It requires facilities that store hazardous materials to provide officials and citizens with data on the types (flammables, corrosives, etc.), amounts on hand (daily, yearly), and their specific locations. Facilities are to prepare and submit inventory lists. Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs), and tier 1 and 2 inventory forms. It is also known as the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA). 

The Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA, also known as SARA 1986, Title III) is also administered by the EPA. The EPCRA does not regulate emissions but rather requires reporting of emissions of compounds that are on yet another list of about 300 compounds, claimed to be toxic. The number of lists maintained by EPA is large. One of the EPA s important documents is the List of Lists. Under EPCRA, companies are required to keep records and issue annual reports of emissions of compounds on the specified list (SARA 313). Data is compiled and reported annually through the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI). 

The EPCRA was created nnder title 111 of the 1986 Snperfnnd Amendments and Reanthorization Act (SARA). One of the provisions of the EPCRA created the Toxics Release Inventory (TRl), which lists 16 metals (Table 7.3). The Toxic Chemical Activity Threshold triggers the TRl reporting reqnirements nnder EPCRA Section 313. These reqnirements apply to all federal facilities with more than 10 employees if an activity threshold is exceeded. There are three activity thresholds. If the facility mannfactnres a toxic chemical (including creating, importing, or coincidental mannfactnre), the activity threshold is 25,000 pounds within one calendar year. The activity threshold is the same if the facility processes a toxic chanical by incorporating it into a product. However, if the facility otherwise uses the toxic chemical, the activity threshold drops to 10,000 pounds. More detailed definitions of the terms manufacture, process, and otherwise use are provided in Title 40 C.F.R. Part 372.3. 

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