Also known as Title III of SARA, EPCRA was enacted by Congress as the national legislation on community safety. This law was designated to help local communities protect public health, safety, and the environment from chemical hazards.

EPA has an interpretive statement in response to questions raised about Clean Water Act (CWA) permitting requirements for the application of pesticides to or over the nation's waters. The statement reflects EPA’s belief that a CWA permit is not required where application of a particular pesticide to or over water is consistent with requirements under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). However, EPA is reinforcing for local officials, resource managers, agricultural producers, and other pesticide users the importance of applying pesticides in accordance with their label directions.

Questions submitted to the EPA about EPCRA and their answers.

Presented by EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson on 29 September 2009, these Principles present Administration goals for updated legislation that will give EPA the mechanisms and authorities to expeditiously target chemicals of concern and promptly assess and regulate new and existing chemicals.

Federal Acquisition and Community Right-to-Know
8 Aug 1995 and revoked by EO 13148
This EO requires Federal agencies, to the greatest extent practicable, to contract for supplies and services with companies that report publicly on the toxic chemicals they release into the environment.

Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management
24 January 2007
Executive Order 13423 "Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management", signed by President Bush on January 24, 2007. The order sets goals in the areas of energy efficiency, acquisition, renewable energy, toxics reductions, recycling, renewable energy, sustainable buildings, electronics stewardship, fleets, and water conservation. In addition the order requires more widespread use of Environmental Management Systems as the framework in which to manage and continually improve these sustainable practices.

Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance
5 October 2009
This EO sets sustainability goals for Federal agencies and focuses on making improvements in their environmental, energy and economic performance. The Executive Order requires Federal agencies to set a 2020 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target within 90 days; increase energy efficiency; reduce fleet petroleum consumption; conserve water; reduce waste; support sustainable communities; and leverage Federal purchasing power to promote environmentally-responsible products and technologies.

This letter addresses chemical information at RCRA sites, a review of changes in EPCRA, biofuels, and reporting options.

In this database, users can browse and search frequently asked questions about EPCRA, RMP, and Oil Pollution Prevention (which includes oil discharge regulations, SPCC, and FRP). In addition, users can submit their own question if they do not find a similar one in the Database.

This database is designed to enable users to locate documents, including publications, OSW memos, and other outreach materials, that cover a wide range of RCRA issues and topics.

Issued on December 2, 2005, the guidance document is intended to assist regional inspectors in reviewing a facility's implementation of the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) rule at 40 CFR part 112 and understanding the rule's applicability, and to help clarify the role of the inspector in the review and evaluation of the performance-based SPCC requirements. The guidance document is also available to owners and operators of facilities that may be subject to the requirements of the SPCC rule and the general public on how EPA intends the SPCC rule to be implemented. The document is designed to provide a consistent national policy on several SPCC-related issues.

Links to the state POCs with RCRA expertise. Particularly valuable for states with RCRA primacy.

This tool enables the user to find state-specific TRI reporting requirements such as state rules, where to send complete reports, how to obtain forms, and state and federal guidance resources.

This memorandum, dated 21 September 2006, provides guidance on applying EPCRA and explains how EO 13148 policy, goals, and requirements apply to DoD installations.

The ARIP database is a collection of information on accidental releases of hazardous chemicals at fixed facilities. The ARIP questionnaire consists of 23 questions about the facility, the circumstances and causes of the incident, and the accidental release prevention practices and technologies in place prior to, and added or changed as a result of, the event. The questionnaire focuses on several areas of accident prevention including hazard assessments, training, emergency response, public notification procedures, mitigation techniques, and prevention equipment and controls.

This is EPA's online warehouse of all publicly available chemical toxicity data and can be used to find all publicly available data about potential chemical risks to human health and the environment. ACToR aggregates data from over 500 public sources on over 500,000 environmental chemicals searchable by chemical name, other identifiers and by chemical structure.

Use this page to find health and safety information submitted to EPA under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). This information is intended for individuals interested in learning more about chemicals that are manufactured or imported into the United States.

View a listing of chemicals that are monitored by EPA's Major Program Systems: Air (AFS), Water (PCS), Hazardous Waste (RCRIS),Superfund (CERCLIS) and Toxics Release Inventory (TRIS).

A free program you can use to find out about the reactivity of substances or mixtures of substances (reactivity is the tendency of substances to undergo chemical change). It includes:

• a database of reactivity information for more than 6,000 common hazardous chemicals,
• a way for you to virtually "mix" chemicals--like the chemicals in a derailed tankcars --to find out what dangers could arise from accidental mixing.

A system of software applications used widely to plan for and respond to chemical emergencies. It is one of the tools developed by EPA's Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office (CEPPO) and NOAA, to assist front-line chemical emergency planners and responders. They can use CAMEO to access, store, and evaluate information critical for developing emergency plans. In addition, CAMEO supports regulatory compliance by helping users meet the chemical inventory reporting requirements of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA, also known as SARA Title III). CAMEO also can be used with a separate software application called LandView ® to display EPA environmental databases and demographic/economic information to support analysis of environmental justice issues.

This tool provides access to facility-level, form-by-form TRI data but does not include analyses of the TRI data, such as national trend analyses. These trends will be available in the spring Public Data Release after undergoing extensive data quality checks. In the reporting year 06 (RY06), e-FDR incorporates the changes finalized in the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and the TRI Burden Reduction Rule. For example, the NAICS Rule requires facilities to report NAICS codes instead of Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes, and the Burden Reduction Rule expands the eligibility to use the Form A in lieu of the more detailed Form R.

A search on the term “Toxics” and then a zip code will result in a list of facilities in that have reported toxic releases, including air emissions, water surface water discharges, releases to land, underground injections, and transfers to off site locations through the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI).

A database of questions about pesticides and their usage. Users can browse existing questions and answers as well as asking new questions.

This database consolidates human exposure data from studies that have collected chemical measurements from homes and child care centers. Data include the amounts of chemicals found in food, drinking water, air, dust, indoor surfaces and urine. ExpoCastDB users can obtain summary statistics of exposure data and download datasets.

This system provides complete and easy access to technical health and environmental effect information on chemicals that are manufactured in exceptionally large amounts. Information in this database are submitted through EPA's High Production Volume (HPV) Challenge Program. HPVIS allows users to search for summary information, test plans, and new data on high production volume chemicals as they are developed.

IRIS is an EPA database of human health effects that may result from exposure to various substances found in the environment. IRIS was initially developed for EPA staff in response to a growing demand for consistent information on chemical substances for use in risk assessments, decision-making and regulatory activities. The information in IRIS is intended for those without extensive training in toxicology, but with some knowledge of health sciences.

The Consolidated List of Chemicals Subject to the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) and Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act was prepared to help firms handling chemicals determine whether they need to submit reports under sections 302, 304, or 313 of EPCRA and, for a specific chemical, what reports may need to be submitted. It will also help sites determine whether they will be subject to accident prevention regulations under CAA section 112(r). These lists should be used as a reference tool, not as a definitive source of compliance information.

The National Response Center (NRC) is the sole federal point of contact for reporting oil and chemical spills. In addition to gathering and distributing spill data for Federal On-Scene Coordinators, the NRC serves as the communications and operations center for the National Response Team, which is chaired by EPA. The NRC has implemented an on-line query system that makes oil and chemical spill data available via the World Wide Web.

This tool provides an efficient and user-friendly way to determine compliance with applicable reporting requirements for releases of hazardous substances to the environment. The tool helps to expedite the determination of whether an RQ was exceeded within a 24-hour period and provides contact information for reporting releases to the appropriate regulatory authorities. This Version 2.0 is optimized for mobile devices (e.g., Blackberry, Blazer, Palm Pilots, etc.) for real-time analyses at the scene of a hazardous substance release.

RMP*Comp is an electronic tool used to perform the off-site consequence analysis required under the Risk Management Program rule published by the EPA on July 20, 1996, which implements Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act. Previously, EPA has referred to this tool as RMP Calculator or RMP Assistant.

This site allows you to search 4 environmental databases, including Envirofacts, for your zip code, to retrieve environmental information about your community. In addition, you can explore the databases below to learn more about your community. The four databases are:

• Envirofacts: Pollution, hazardous waste sites, and other regulatory information including facility name and address information, aerial image of the facility and surrounding area, map location of the facility, and links to other EPA information on the facility, such as EPA's inspection and compliance reports that are available through the Enforcement Compliance History Online (ECHO) database
• EnviroMapper: "Live" and customizable computer-generated maps of regulated sites throughout the United States
• Surf Your Watershed: Environmental conditions and activities in watersheds throughout the United States
• UV Index: Ultraviolet (UV) Index Forecast. A daily forecast of the expected intensity of Ultraviolet radiation from the sun.

This system provides information on substances and how they are represented in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations and information systems.

EPA has developed Tier2 Submit to help facilities prepare an electronic chemical inventory report. Tier2 Submit is free to download and fully compatible with CAMEOfm.

ToxCastDB users can search and download data from over 500 rapid chemical tests conducted on more than 300 environmental chemicals. Searching can be done by chemical name or CAS number.

This database captures thousands of in vivo animal toxicity studies on hundreds of chemicals. The system stores detailed study design, dosing, and observed treatment-related effects using standardized vocabulary. It also provides detailed chemical toxicity data, for the first time, in a publically accessible and searchable format and enables linkages to other public hazard, exposure and risk resources by integrating with ACToR (Aggregated Computational Toxicology Resource). It captures over 30 years and $2 billion of animal testing results.

A tool to help facilities determine and complete their Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) section 313 (TRI) reporting obligations.

This system provides fast and easy access to the TRI data to help communities identify facilities and chemical releases that warrant further study and analysis.

The inventory is a list of each chemical substance that is manufactured or processed in the United States.

This is a quarterly publication of the Chemicals Strategies Partnership. It provides up-to-date information and insight on the chemical management sector. View the newsletter archives below:

PCRC is maintained by the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS). The PCRC is one of the Compliance Assistance Centers developed by industry-government partnerships, with support from EPA's Office of Compliance.

EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs website on non-regulatory programs for reducing pesticide risk through environmental stewardship - partnerships, grants, and education. The site has information for industry professionals, growers, school teachers, and anyone interested in learning more about responsible pest management to reduce pesticide risk. It also contains information on grants available to support projects that demonstrate the effectiveness of Integrated Pest Management and biopesticides. Additionally, the site spotlights the Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program, the Agency's partnership program dedicated to reducing pesticide risk where people live, work, play, and farm. The site also features information on the Strategic Agricultural Initiative, IPM in Schools Program, Biopesticide Demonstration Grant Program, and other grant programs.

This site contains links to information on TRI chemical lists, tri pbt chemicals, list changes, toxicity, regulatory program information, fact sheets, and chemical specific guidance documents.

AIChE, was founded in 1908. AIChE is a professional association of more than 50,000 members that provides leadership in advancing the chemical engineering profession. Chemical engineers are at the forefront of research to assure the safe and environmentally-sound manufacture, use, and disposal of chemical products.

A nonprofit organization working to reduce chemical use, waste, risks and costs through the transformation of the chemical supply train.

The National Coalition for Pesticide-Free Lawns advocates safe, healthy, LIVING lawns and landscapes with the use of organic and least toxic practices and products that nurture healthy lawns and landscapes and protect the health of children, families, pets, wildlife and the environment from unnecessary exposure to toxic pesticides.

The NPEP program encourages public and private organizations to form voluntary partnerships with EPA to reduce the use or release of any of 31 Priority Chemicals (PCs). NPEP is part of EPA's National Waste Minimization Program and the Resource Conservation Challenge, a national effort to conserve natural resources and energy by managing materials more efficiently. EPA has established a National Waste Minimization Goal to act as a measurement of program success. Our goal is to work with industry and the public to reduce the use or release of 4 million pounds of priority chemicals by 2011

CCPA brings together manufacturers, insurers, government, academia, and expert consultants to lead the way in improving manufacturing process safety. CCPS and its sponsors are committed to protecting employees, communities, and the environment by developing engineering and management practices to prevent or mitigate catastrophic releases of chemicals, hydrocarbons, and other hazardous materials.

The NRC is the sole federal point of contact for reporting oil and chemical spills. In addition to gathering and distributing spill data for Federal On-Scene Coordinators, the NRC serves as the communications and operations center for the National Response Team, which is chaired by EPA. The NRC has implemented an on-line query system that makes oil and chemical spill data available via the World Wide Web.

The center provides FAQs on Superfund, EPCRA, TRI, and RMP. They also post a monthly summary of questions posed to the center and their answers. Reports include a representative selection of common questions and answers, as well as summaries of new publications and recent Federal Registers relevant to Information Center programs.

An independent federal agency investigating chemical accidents to protect workers, the publice, and the environment. The CSB determines the causes of accidents but does not issue fines or penalties. The immediate causes of accidents often involve equipment failures, human errors, unforeseen chemical reactions or other hazards. But the ultimate goal of the Board's investigations is to determine the root causes of accidents, which typically are deficiencies in safety management systems.

This program is an opportunity for individuals, groups, and organizations to compete for annual awards in recognition of innovations in cleaner, cheaper, smarter chemistry. The Program provides national recognition of outstanding chemical technologies that incorporate the principles of green chemistry into chemical design, manufacture, and use, and that have been or can be utilized by industry in achieving their pollution prevention goals.

This program is designed by the EPA to help communities work at the local level to address the risks from multiple sources of toxics in their environment. Through CARE various local organizations, including non-profits, citizens, businesses, schools and Federal, state, and tribal or local government agencies create collaborative partnerships to address toxics in their local environment. CARE helps communities to improve their environment through local action, providing technical support and federal funding directly to the collaborative partnerships working at the local level.

Provides information about EPA's Emergency Management programs, their emergency management partners, and locating information resources for cleanup or response activities.

This book, intended for safety managers, chemists, and engineers alike, helps both small and large companies address safe handling, processing and storing of chemicals that might become involved in uncontrolled chemical reactions. The Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS), in partnership with OSHA, the EPA, the American Chemistry Council, and Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association, has made this book available.

When there is a release of a reportable quantity (RQ) of any extremely hazardous substance or CERCLA hazardous substance, the facility must make emergency release notification to the State Emergency Planning Committee (SERC) and the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC). A written follow-up notification must be submitted to the LEPC and the SEPC.

Federal facilities that have chemicals held above the following thresholds must submit either copies of their MSDSs or a list of MSDS chemicals to the SERC, LEPC, and local fire department:

• for all extremely hazardous substances present in amounts >= 500 lb (227 kg, approximately 55 gal) or the threshold planning quantity, whichever is lower
• for gasoline (all grades combined) in amounts >= 75,000 gal (or approximately 283,900 L) when the gasoline is in tanks entirely underground at a retail gas station that was in compliance during the preceding CY with all applicable UST regulations
• for diesel fuel (all grades combined) in amounts >= 100,000 gal (or approximately 378,500 L) when the diesel is in tanks entirely underground at a retail gas station that was in compliance during the preceding CY with all applicable UST regulations
• for all other hazardous chemicals present at any one time in amounts >= 10,000 lb (4540 kg).

A quick guide on when you have to report gasoline or diesel.

This is the first set of characterizations based on EPA's scientific review of the screening-level hazard, or toxicity, data submitted by the U.S. chemical industry through EPA's HPV Challenge Program or other information collected by EPA. Companies were asked provide the public with basic health and safety data on chemicals that are manufactured in excess of a million pounds a year. The hazard characterizations include a summary of the data submitted, EPA's evaluation of the quality and completeness of the data, and an assessment of the potential hazards that a chemical or chemical category may pose. EPA will combine this information with human and environmental exposure information collected from EPA's Inventory Update Reporting to develop a risk characterization and determine if additional action is needed to ensure the safety of the HPV chemicals' manufacture and use. EPA intends to use this approach to assess risks and identify and take needed action on 3000 HPV chemicals by 2012.

This document (EPA/600/R-09/052F) was prepared by the National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) within EPA's Office of Research and Development. This edition provides information on various physiological and behavioral factors commonly used in assessing exposure to environmental chemicals.

Under Phase I of ToxCastTM, the chemicals will be examined via high throughput screening (HTS) bioassays. Phase I will be used to create chemical signatures of compounds which will then be compared to known toxicity data in this proof-of-concept phase. It is expected that patterns will emerge that are predictive of compounds that could cause harm to people and the environment. Results of Phase I are expected in 2008, and will be posted on the ToxCastTM Web site. Phase II will involve a larger, more diverse set of chemicals to test the predictability of patterns identified in Phase I. In Phase III, ToxCastTM will expand the list to thousands of environmental chemicals, delivering an affordable, science-based system for decision-makers.

The March 2007 E.O. 13423 Implementing Instructions, Section VIII.A provides: "No later than January 24, 2008 each agency, at all appropriate organizational levels ......shall develop written goals and support actions to identify and reduce the release and use of toxic and hazardous chemicals and materials .....and other pollutants that may result in significant harm to human health or the environment." This checklist identifies the minimum elements that each agency should consider in developing its toxic and hazardous chemicals goals and plans. The checklist was developed by the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive (OFEE) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in conjunction with the Interagency Environmental Leadership Workgroup and the Interagency Sustainable Acquisition and Materials Management Practices Workgroup. Completed and updated plans are to be forwarded to OFEE.

This report, developed by EPA's Office of Solid Waste, uses data submitted by facilities for the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) and Hazardous Waste Biennial Report and examines the trends for quantities and management of the 31 priority chemicals (PCs). Section 5 of the report addresses the generation and management of PCs at federal facilities. The information in this annual report can provide valuable guidance to Federal agencies evaluating their efforts to reduce or eliminate PCs as mandated under EO 13423, section 2, paragraph 2e(i). For further information about this Report, please contact Bill Kline at 540-341-3631 (kline.bill@.epa.gov).

This is an effort to help schools safely manage their chemicals and avoid costly and possibly dangerous accidents. Through the campaign, schools are connected with local chemical management experts and a web-based toolkit.

SFI is an approach that encourages pollution prevention in new chemical development through the transfer of EPA's chemical risk screening methodologies.

The P2 Framework is compilation of many of EPA's Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) most important computer-based methods for predicting risk-related information. The P2 Framework provides important methods to predict risk-related information that may not be readily available. Its purpose is to provide information that can inform decision making and help promote the design, development, and application of safer chemicals, products, and processes.

This course provides participants with an introduction to applied environmental chemistry principles and practices which underlie the release, fate and transport, sampling, analysis, and cleanup of chemicals contaminating environmental media with particular emphasis on soil and groundwater.

This 2-day course provides participants with a review of fundamental chemical concepts which underlie an understanding of applied environmental chemistry concepts and practices. This course is designed for environmental professionals who are not chemists, but who require a basic knowledge of chemistry and environmental chemistry in their work.

The course cover the TSCA "cradle to grave" regulation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). The course identifies the many uses of PCBs, including the non-liquid forms that pose particular compliance challenges for both regulators and regulated parties. Health and environmental concerns associated with PCBs are explained and then linked to key provisions in the regulations. This course is intended for Inspectors, Regulators, Auditors or those in the field with a need for detailed and comprehensive information concerning polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) regulations governing their use, management, and disposal. The course will be held at the EPA Region 7 Headquarters.

A system of software applications used widely to plan for and respond to chemical emergencies. It is one of the tools developed by EPA's Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office (CEPPO) and NOAA, to assist front-line chemical emergency planners and responders. They can use CAMEO to access, store, and evaluate information critical for developing emergency plans. In addition, CAMEO supports regulatory compliance by helping users meet the chemical inventory reporting requirements of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA, also known as SARA Title III). CAMEO also can be used with a separate software application called LandView ® to display EPA environmental databases and demographic/economic information to support analysis of environmental justice issues.

TSI is a part of the U.S.Department of Transportation (DOT) and was initially created in 1971 to support DOT's mission of ensuring safety and security in the nation's transportation system. They offer courses in hazardous materials transportation, hazardous waste transportation, and other forms of transportation.

Addresses inventorying chemicals, emergency planning, emergency releases, and community right-to-know.

This is a course offered to DoD students to learn proper environmental sampling technique. This include: * basic sampling techniques (grab/composite/multi-increment sampling, avoidance of cross contamination, use of preservatives, etc.) * specific sampling techniques for the following media: soil, potable water, waste water (including storm water), groundwater and hazardous waste * completion of environmental sampling paperwork (e.g. sample container labeling, field log books, chain of custody documentation) * health and safety considerations * field testing techniques (i.e. use of pH meter, conductivity / total dissolved solids meter, temperature indicator and dissolved oxygen meter) * Use of a flow-through cell for micro purging of monitoring wells.

Proceedings from the "Hazardous Waste Challenges at Federal Facilities" webinar conducted Tuesday, September 8, 2010, by the U.S. EPA Region II Enforcement & Compliance Assistance and Caribbean Environmental Protection Divisions.

This webinar will provide an introduction for community grassroots groups and others who serve as community leaders about how to access and use EPA s Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data. Webinar participants will learn about TRI basics, as well as about US EPA s recent pilot project with four communities.

Recordings, presentation slides and transcripts are available for all conference sessions. This year's conference involved over 80 speakers and covered a wide range of topics, such as the 25th anniversary of EPCRA, trends in TRI data, industry achievements in pollution prevention and toxics reductions, and how TRI can be used to build sustainability in communities.

Training on RCRA that was presented over a 3-day period by DOE. Training is in PDF files.

Offered by EPA, this webinar includes an overview of TRI P2 reporting requirements, tips for completing the P2 section of the Form R, a discussion of how EPA uses the P2 information collected under TRI, and perspectives on TRI and sustainability from EPA's Pollution Prevention Program. This was originally presented on 6 June 2012.

In-person and web-based training courses for staff involved with Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) reporting under Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA).