Alternate threshold; TRI reporting final rule

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, at 59 {und FR} 61488, the US Environmental Protection Agency (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 (defined below) 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 (OMB) approval. Certification statements will be due each year with Form R reports on or before July 1 for the previous calendar year