EPCRA: What you need to know
Governing Law and Regulations
Regulatory Agencies
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What Is SARA Title III?
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA, or Superfund) was amended in October 1986 to add the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA). Title III of SARA is also known as the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA). The two distinct goals of the Act are to encourage and support emergency planning for responding to chemical accidents and to provide local governments and the public with information about the possible chemical hazards in their communities.
SARA Title III contains four major components: Community Right-to-Know reporting, Emergency Planning and Notification, Emergency Release Notification, and Toxic Chemical Release Inventory (TRI) reporting. SARA Title III also provides for trade secret claims. Each of these components is summarized below and described in detail in other sections of this service. TABLE I in this section lists EPCRA's components, the corresponding section number, and the section of the service where the component is covered.
EPCRA COMPONENTS
Community Right-to-Know
These sections set forth two chemical reporting requirements. Under SARA Title III, facilities that are ...
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EPCRA Resources
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Recordkeeping for EHS Managers
Special Report - Print 2010 Update!
This special report shows EHS managers at a glance the EPA and OSHA
records they must keep on hand and for how long. It also contains a recordkeeping checklist to help you keep track of your records for major environmental laws and OSHA’s Hazard Communication
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Recordkeeping for EHS Managers
Special Report - Download2010 Update
This special report shows EHS managers at a glance the EPA and OSHA
records they must keep on hand and for how long. It also contains a recordkeeping checklist to help you keep track of your records for major environmental laws and OSHA’s Hazard Communication
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