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Summary
Reporting is required to provide information to the public on releases and other waste management of EPCRA Section 313 chemicals in their communities and to provide EPA with release and other waste management information to assist the agency in determining the need for future regulations. Facilities reporting to the Toxic Chemical Release Inventory (TRI) must report the quantities of routine and accidental releases, and releases resulting from catastrophic or other one-time events of EPCRA Section 313 chemicals, as well as the maximum amount of the EPCRA Section 313 chemical onsite during the calendar year and the amount contained in wastes managed onsite or transferred off-site.
EPCRA Section 313 requires that reports be filed by owners and operators of facilities that meet all of the following criteria:
In 1993, Executive Order 12856 extended these reporting requirements to federal facilities, regardless of their Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) or NAICS code. Subsequent Executive Orders have not changed this requirement.
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