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The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)

The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), also known as SARA Title III, was enacted in October 1986. This law provides an infrastructure at the state and local levels to plan for chemical emergencies. Facilities that store, use, or release certain chemicals, may be subject to various reporting requirements. Reported information is then made publicly available so that interested parties may become informed about potentially dangerous chemicals in their community. EPCRA requirements include:

• Emergency planning notification (EPCRA §302)
  
• Emergency release notification (EPCRA §304)
  
• Hazardous chemical inventory reporting (EPCRA §§311/312)
  
• Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) reporting (EPCRA §313)
  

EPCRA §§301-312 are administered by EPA's Office of Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response (OEPPR). EPA's Office of Information Analysis and Access (OIAA) implements the EPCRA §313 program.

EPCRA §§301-312 links maintained by EPA include:

EPCRA Information Web Page
Tier2 Submit Software
Tier II Reporting Form and Instructions
Interpretive Correspondence
Questions and Answers
Regulations and Federal Register Notices
Title III Consolidated List of Lists
LEPC Database
The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act Factsheet Adobe PDF File [65 KB]

EPCRA §313 links maintained by EPA include:

General Information
TRI Reporting Forms, Software, and Instructions
TRI Federal Registers
Call Center Training Modules
TRI Data
TRI Regional and State Contacts

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