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The List of Lists is a publication issued by EPA, which offers a consolidated chemical list of chemicals subject to reporting requirements under several environmental laws. The publication was prepared to help facilities handling chemicals determine whether they need to submit reports under the laws covered by the list, and for a specific chemical, what reports may need to be submitted. Caution should be used, however. The List of Lists is not a regulation and should be used only as a reference tool, not as a definitive source of compliance information.
The chemicals on the consolidated list are ordered both by the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) registry number and alphabetically. More than one chemical name may be listed for one CAS number because the same chemical may appear on different lists under different names. The chemical names on the consolidated lists generally are those names used in the regulatory programs developed under EPCRA, CERCLA, and CAA section 112(r), but each chemical may have other synonyms that do not appear on these lists.
Scope
The chemicals covered by the consolidated List of Lists include:
Extremely hazardous substances and their threshold planning quantities and reportable quantities listed under Sections 302 and 304 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) and regulation 40 CFR 355;
Hazardous substances and their reportable quantities under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) and regulation 40 CFR 302.4;
Toxic chemicals listed under Section 313 of EPCRA and regulation 40 CFR 372;
Specific hazardous wastes from the P and U lists along with their P or U codes under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and regulation 40 CFR 261.33; and
Regulated substances and their threshold quantities under Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and regulation 40 CFR 68.130.
The List of Lists publication also includes appendices with:
Reportable radionuclides listed under CERCLA and 40 CFR 302;
Waste stream codes, names, and reportable quantities for F and K listed and unlisted characteristic hazardous wastes under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and 40 CFR 261;
Chemical categories under Section 313 of EPCRA and 40 CFR 372.65;
Categories of hazardous substances listed under CERCLA and 40 CFR 302.4.
The List of Lists does not include all hazardous chemicals subject to the reporting requirements in EPCRA Sections 311 and 312 and regulation 40 CFR 370.
Note: The List of Lists only updates every few years. It does not update when the related regulations change. Therefore, the List of Lists may lag behind the regulations and be out-of-date. Moreover, the List of Lists is not an official regulation and should not be used as a definitive source for compliance.
Regulatory citations
40 CFR 68 — Chemical accident prevention provisions
40 CFR 261 — Identification and listing of hazardous waste
40 CFR 302 — Designation, reportable quantities, and notification
Regulated substance: Any substance listed pursuant to section 112(r)(3) of the Clean Air Act as amended, in 68.130.
Release: Any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing into the environment (including the abandonment or discarding of barrels, containers, and other closed receptacles) of any hazardous chemical, EHS, CERCLA hazardous substance, or toxic chemical.
Reportable quantity: For any CERCLA hazardous substance, the quantity established in Table 302.4 of 40 CFR 302.4, for such substance. For any EHS, reportable quantity means the quantity established in Appendices A and B of 40 CFR 355 for such substance. Unless and until superseded by regulations establishing a reportable quantity for newly listed EHSs or CERCLA hazardous substances, a weight of 1 pound shall be the reportable quantity.
Toxic chemical: A chemical or chemical category listed in 372.65.
Threshold planning quantity: For a substance listed in Appendices A and B of 40 CFR 355, the quantity listed in the column “threshold planning quantity” for that substance.
Threshold quantity: The quantity specified for regulated substances pursuant to section 112(r)(5) of the Clean Air Act as amended, listed in 68.130 and determined to be present at a stationary source as specified in 68.115.
Summary of requirements
Read through the Introductory pages and the Summary of Codes before turning to the consolidated list of chemicals. This will help you understand how the list works.
Use the List of Lists as a reference tool, not as a definitive source of compliance information.
Confirm your reporting requirements in the regulations listed in the Regulatory Citations section of this ez Explanation.
Watch the Federal Register for changes to the reporting regulations. (The List of Lists can quickly become out-of-date, since it is only updated every few years.)
