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• Primary purpose of Section 302 notification requirements

  What is the primary purpose of Section 302 notification requirements? Notifications indicating that a facility has one or more extremely hazardous substances in excess of the threshold planning quantity help to identify locations within the State where emergency planning activities can be initially focused. While the substances on the list…

  • Last published: May 8, 2024

• Counting Ammonia and Ammonium Hydroxide for Emergency Planning Notification under EPCRA section 302

  Ammonium hydroxide is a solution of ammonia in water. If a facility stores ammonium hydroxide (CAS #1336-21-6) in a large storage tank on site, should the facility include the quantity of ammonia in ammonium hydroxide for the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) section 302 emergency planning notification? The…

  • Last published: July 25, 2024

• How does the "active management" requirement in the definition of renewable biomass apply to land that changes status in the future?

  See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . In RFS2, EPA has interpreted the EISA requirement that existing agricultural land be "cleared or cultivated at any time prior to [December 19, 2007] and actively managed or fallow and nonforested" to apply to land that existed as…

  • Last published: August 2, 2024

• Local Emergency Planning Committee request of notification for exempt chemicals

  Under Section 312 , if a local emergency planning committee requests a Tier I/II from a facility owner/operator for a substance which is exempt (either under EPCRA, Section 311(e), or the OSHA Hazardous Communication Standard, 29 CFR 1910.1200(b)) , are they required to comply with the request? If the LEPC…

  • Last published: October 25, 2024

• What materials from non-federal forestlands meet the definition of renewable biomass in RFS?

  See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Slash and pre-commercial thinnings from non-federal forestland that is not ecologically sensitive forestland qualify as renewable biomass for purposes of RFS. Slash is defined in 40 CFR 80.1401 as the residue, including treetops, branches and bark, left on…

  • Last published: February 7, 2025

• EHSs and the EPCRA emergency planning requirements

  What is purpose of the list of extremely hazardous substances in regards to the emergency planning requirements of EPCRA? The extremely hazardous substances list and its threshold planning quantities are intended to help communities focus on the substances and facilities of most immediate concern for emergency planning and response. However…

  • Last published: April 22, 2024

• Does hydrogen sulfide present in the ground count towards the TPQ and RQ?

  A petroleum company is drilling for oil contained in the ground below their facility. Would the hydrogen sulfide present in the ground be counted toward the threshold planning quantity (TPQ) for this extremely hazardous substance (EHS) under Section 302? Also, if there is a reportable release of this EHS above…

  • Last published: April 22, 2024

• Calculating vulnerability zone distances for EHSs in solutions

  When calculating vulnerability zone distances, how would the quantity released (QR) be handled for an extremely hazardous substance (EHS) in solution? If the EHS is in solution, a facility can make a rough estimate of the QR using equation (1) on page G-2 of the "Technical Guidance for Hazards Analysis."…

  • Last published: April 22, 2024

• Threshold planning quantity (TPQ) for a non-reactive extremely hazardous substance (EHS) solid handled both as a solution and as a powder

  How does a facility apply the threshold planning quantity (TPQ) for a non-reactive extremely hazardous substance (EHS) solid that is handled both as a solution and as a powder? Facilities that handle both the powdered and solution forms of a particular non-reactive solid EHS will have to consider the quantities…

  • Last published: May 8, 2024

• Will LEPCs impose significant requirements on small businesses?

  Will the local emergency planning committees impose significant requirements on small businesses? Will EPA clarify the information requirements in the emergency planning guidance and in the rulemaking? The Agency's small business analysis does not indicate that emergency planning requirements will cause a significant burden to small facilities. Small facilities are…

  • Last published: May 30, 2024

• Does a renewable fuel producer have to report and maintain records on the feedstocks for every batch of renewable fuel they produce?

  See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . All renewable fuel producers must report and maintain records concerning the type and amount of feedstocks used for each batch of renewable fuel produced (see 80.1451(b)(1)(ii)(K) and 80.1454(b)(3)(vi)). With regard to the renewable biomass recordkeeping and reporting requirements…

  • Last published: August 2, 2024

• How does a renewable fuel producer document that the MSW feedstock that they are using to produce cellulosic ethanol meets the definition of separated MSW as defined in Section 80.1426(f)(5)(i)(C )? How does the producer quantify the portion of the final

  See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . The renewable fuel producer using separated MSW feedstock to produce renewable fuels such as cellulosic ethanol, cellulosic diesel, cellulosic naphtha, etc. must document that their feedstock meets the definition of separated municipal solid waste (MSW), which is "material…

  • Last published: August 2, 2024

• How does the "active management" requirement in the definition of renewable biomass apply to land that changes status in the future?

  See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . In RFS2, EPA has interpreted the EISA requirement that existing agricultural land be "cleared or cultivated at any time prior to [December 19, 2007] and actively managed or fallow and nonforested" to apply to land that existed as…

  • Last published: August 2, 2024

• Are palm oil plantations considered agricultural land or tree plantations under RFS2?

  See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Palm oil trees are planted and managed for the purpose of harvesting palm fruit and not for harvesting the trees themselves, in the same way that a fruit orchard is planted and managed to yield fruit and not…

  • Last published: August 6, 2024

• Section 302 notification requirements for transportation of EHSs

  How do Section 302 notification requirements apply to transportation of an extremely hazardous substance (EHS)? Although Section 302 reporting requirements do not apply to the transportation of any EHS, including transportation by pipeline, or storage of EHS under active shipping papers, transportation activities within a community should be addressed in…

  • Last published: May 8, 2024