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Are landfills covered under Title III of SARA since they are covered by RCRA?
Yes, landfills are subject to certain Title III requirements. Subtitle A of Title III is intended to identify facilities which present a potential hazard for a chemical emergency and to provide a process for local emergency planning committees to engage with such facilities in determining the significance of the release…
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EPCRA extremely hazardous substances and relationship to CERCLA hazardous substances
How are EPCRA extremely hazardous substances (EHSs) related to CERCLA hazardous substances? There are currently about 360 EHSs defined under EPCRA section 302; over a third of them are also CERCLA hazardous substances. Aside from this overlap of listed substances, CERCLA and EPCRA also have closely related notification requirements when…
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Release Notification for Lead from Ammunition
Pursuant to 40 CFR 302.6, any person in charge of an onshore facility shall, as soon as he or she has knowledge of any release of a hazardous substance from a facility in a quantity equal to or exceeding the reportable quantity (RQ) in any 24-hour period, immediately notify the…
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EPCRA Section 312 applicability
Who is required to submit a Section 312 Tier I Form? The requirements of Section 312 ( 40 CFR Part 370) apply to the owner or operator of any facility that is required to prepare or have available a material safety data sheet for a hazardous chemical under the OSHA…
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MSDS reporting for various blends of gasoline
A service station stores both leaded and unleaded gasoline on-site. For the purpose of EPCRA 311 hazardous chemical inventory reporting, is the owner/operator of the facility required to submit separate material safety data sheets (MSDS) for each type of gasoline, or is a single MSDS sufficient? Section 311 of EPCRA…
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Two threshold planning quantities (TPQs)
Several substances on the list of extremely hazardous substances (EHSs) have two threshold planning quantities (TPQs) listed in 40 CFR Part 355, Appendix A. When would a facility use the higher TPQ? EHSs that are in solid form are subject to one of two different TPQs. A facility should use…
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Reporting hydrofluoric acid as a mixture
A facility has hydrofluoric acid which is a mixture of hydrogen fluoride and water. The MSDS specifies that the mixture is 50% hydrogen fluoride and 50% water. For purposes of reporting under Sections 311/312, should the facility report on the hydrofluoric acid mixture or the 50% hydrogen fluoride? Since the…
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Storage location for batteries in forklifts when complying with Tier II reporting
As part of Tier II Chemical Inventory Reporting, a facility must provide a brief description of the precise location of the hazardous chemical at the facility ( 40 CFR §370.42(i)(8)(i)). A facility is reporting forklift batteries on their annual Tier II Inventory Form. How should the facility list the storage…
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Reporting responsibility under EPCRA §302 for a facility with several unrelated companies?
A public warehouse is used by several unrelated companies to store extremely hazardous substances (EHSs). For purposes of emergency planning notification, who is responsible, under EPCRA Section 302, for notifying the State Emergency Response Commission if a threshold planning quantity (TPQ) of an EHS is present at the warehouse? The…
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Liability for damages that a release may cause
Once a facility properly notifies the National Response Center (NRC), is it exempted from any liability for damages that the release may cause? No. Proper and timely reporting of a release in accordance with Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) section 103 does not preclude liability for cleanup…
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States May Have More Stringent Tier II Reporting Requirements
Pursuant to the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) section 312, facilities meeting the general applicability requirements of 40 CFR 370.10 must submit Tier II inventory information by March 1st. Can states have more stringent requirements than the federal requirements? If so, how can I find out about the…
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Results Using 2025 Reference Case
Download EPA's IPM v6 including documentation, overview, System Summary Report, .DAT, .RPE, .RPT files, Gas Report, State Level Emissions, Generation and Heat Input Summary.
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Documentation for 2025 Reference Case
On this page you will find documentation about EPA’s Platform v6 assumptions, updates, changes, and enhancements, including the full support document as well as additional tables and attachments.
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Grant Terms and Conditions
Grant Terms and Conditions Office of Grants and Debarment. Pertinent guidance information about grant terms and conditions.
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Risk/Vulnerability Assessment at Red Hill: Additional Documents
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2015 Red Hill AOC: Corrosion and Metal Fatigue Practices: Additional Documents
Additional documents related to Red Hill AOC 5.0 - Corrosion and Metal Fatigue Practices.
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2015 Red Hill AOC: Tank Upgrade Alternatives; Additional Documents
Additional documents related to the Red Hill Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) Statement of Work (SOW) Section 3.0: Tank Upgrade Alternatives.
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2015 Red Hill AOC: Tank Inspection, Repair and Maintenance; Additional Documents
Additional documents related to the Red Hill Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) Statement of Work (SOW) Section 2.0: Tank Inspection, Repair & Maintenance.
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2015 Red Hill AOC: Release Detection at Red Hill; Additional Documents
Additional documents related to Red Hill AOC SOW 4.0 Release Detection and Testing