Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of

The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) Tide III requires emergency planning based on threshold planning quantities (TPQ) and release reporting based on RQs in 40 CER part 355 (used for SARA 302, 303, and 304). The TPQ for acrolein is 500 lb (227 kg), and its RQ is 1 lb (0.454 kg). SARA also requires submission of aimual reports of release of toxic chemicals that appear on the Hst in 40 CER 372.65 (for SARA 313). Acrolein appears on that Hst. This information must be included in all MSDSs that are copied and distributed for acrolein. 

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). 

The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 renewed the national commiunent to correcting problems arising from previous mismanagement of hazardous wastes. 

R. H. Schulze, Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA Title 111), Trinity Consultants Incorporated, Richardson, TX, May 1987. 

U.S. Congress. 1986. Superfund amendments and reauthorization act of 1986. Title lII—Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know. Ninety-ninth Congress of the United States of America, 2nd Session Report. 

The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 established a 9 billion, five-year fund to pay for continued cleanup of 375 hazardous waste sites. Over 30,000 sites have been inventoried, over 1,100 are on the National Priority List for cleanup, hundreds have had short-term cleanups, but only a small number have had complete cleanups. 

The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-499) extended and amended the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA or Superfund). This public law (also known as SARA) directed the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) to prepare toxicological profiles for hazardous substances which are most commonly found at facilities on the CERCLA National Priorities List and which pose the most significant potential threat to human health, as determined by ATSDR and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The list of the 200 most significant hazardous substances was published in the Federal Register on April 17, 1987 and on October 20, 1988. 

Private Consultant, Albany, NY Dr. Bhola N. Banerjee, Private Consultant, Potomac, MD and Dr. Judith S. Beilin, Private Consultant, Washington, DC These experts collectively have knowledge of isophorone s physical and chemical properties, toxicokinetics, key health end points, mechanisms of action, human and animal exposure, and quantification of risk to humans. All reviewers were selected in conformity with the conditions for peer review specified in the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, Section 110. 

TRI. 1991. Toxic chemical release inventory reporting form R and instructions (revised 1990 version), section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Toxic Substances, Washington, DC. EPA-560/4-91-007. 

The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 renewed tlie national commitment to correcting problems arising from previous mismanagement of luizardous wastes. Wliile SARA was similar in many respects to the original law (i.e., CERCLA), it also contained new approaches to the program s operation. The 1986 Superfund legislation ... 

Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Chemical Lists (from the US EPA) - includes lists of chemicals subject to reporting requirements under Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) - http //www.epa.gov and also from the US National Library of Medicine s TOXNET system at http //toxnet.nlm.nih.gov... 

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