Environmental guidance regulatory bulletin

Under Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), a facility that meets or exceeds annual reporting thresholds, including the manufacture or process of any listed toxic chemical in quantities equal or greater than 25,000 pounds/year, or otherwise use of any listed toxic chemical in quantities equal or greater than 10,000 pounds/year, must submit a Form R report. On November 30, 1994, the US EPA promulgated a final rule that established an alternate reporting threshold of greater than 1 million pounds per year for manufacturing, processing, or otherwise using a listed chemical. If a facility subject to Section 313 reporting does not exceed this threshold, and if a facility`s total annual reportable amount does not exceed 500 pounds per year, then that facility may submit a certification statement for that chemical instead of the Form R report. The final rule will be effective for reporting on activities beginning January 1, 1995 pending Office of Management and Budget approval. Certification statements will be due each year with Form R reports on or before July 1 for the previous calendar year