I will wrap up this series of posts on EPCRA regulations with the last of the required reports, the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Report. Let’s begin with identifying which facilities need to complete this report (see 40 CFR 372.22 for details). Facilities that have: More than 10 employees A certain North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) …
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EPCRA Emergency Release Notifications
I am on a quest to demystify the requirements of the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know (EPCRA) regulation. In the previous post I discussed the requirements of EPCRA Emergency Planning, today I am focusing on EPCRA emergency release notification. EPCRA standards require the reporting of a release of any Environmental Hazardous Substance (EHS) at or above…
EPCRA Emergency Planning Requirements
In my previous post I mentioned the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA) is composed of three major parts. In today’s post I will focus on Emergency Planning, the portion of the law which intends to prepare state and local governments to respond to the most likely hazardous chemical emergencies. EPCRA requires the…
Introduction to EPCRA
Environmental regulations have the tendency to confuse even the most intelligent of professionals. A group of regulations that I revisit often is Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know (EPCRA). This week I will post of series that will detail the requirements of EPCRA. The goal of EPCRA, as indicated by its name, is to facilitate emergency…