E.P.A. Amends Community Right-to-Know Reporting Regulation

(10/17/08) E.P.A. has finalized reporting requirements under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA). These changes were suggested on June 8, 1998 and include clarification on how to report hazardous chemicals in mixtures, and changes to Tier I and Tier II forms. Facilities subject to these regulations, as well as state emergency response commissions, local emergency planning committees, and fire departments should become familiar with the new regulations. The final rule does not address EPA's suggested exclusion from particular notification requirements under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act and EPCRA for delivers of hazardous substances to the air where the source of the release is animal waste at farms. That suggestion will be addressed in a separate rulemaking package.

Information on the final rule: epa.gov/oem/content/epcra/index.htm

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