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  • Liability of oil retailers at SPCC regulated farm

    If a farm is out of compliance of Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) regulations and is checked by EPA and/or has a spill, is the retailer that filled the tank liable? No, EPA considers the oil tank owner responsible for lack of compliance.

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  • CERCLA Release Reporting: CAS Registry Number vs. Hazardous Substance Name

    For the purposes of CERCLA release notification requirements, hazardous substances are listed in 40 CFR 302.4 with a Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) Registry Number. What are CAS Registry Numbers? When determining whether to report a release of a chemical or substance, how should a facility proceed if it appears that…

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  • CERCLA Hazardous Substances Defined

    CERCLA section 103 release reporting requirements apply to "hazardous substances." How are CERCLA hazardous substances defined? The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) defines "hazardous substance" by reference to the following authorities: Clean Water Act (CWA) section 311 (“CWA Hazardous Substances”), CWA section 307(a) (“CWA Toxic Pollutants”), Clean…

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  • FRP Site Plans with Varying Storage Contents

    The Facility Response Plan regulations require subject facilities to prepare and maintain a site plan diagram that includes, among other things, the contents of bulk oil storage tanks, drum oil storage areas, and surface impoundments ( 40 CFR Part 112 Appendix F ). When the contents of these storage units…

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  • SPCC Qualified Facilities Substantial Harm Criteria Certification

    Are SPCC qualified facilities required to complete and maintain a copy of the Certification of the Applicability of the Substantial Harm Criteria form located in Appendix C of 40 CFR Part 112? Yes, all SPCC regulated facilities, including qualified facilities, that do not meet the criteria of a substantial harm…

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  • SPCC Training Materials for Production Sector

    Does EPA offer any Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) training materials specifically for the production sector? Yes. EPA has developed a “train-the-trainer” presentation for the production sector. The presentation provides information for organizations to hold trainings on the SPCC rule. The presentation is available in the SPCC Rule: Train-the-Trainer…

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  • Release notification requirements for releases of aqueous film forming foam

    Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF), a substance commonly used by firefighters, contains ethanol, 2-(2-butoxyethoxy) which is categorized as a glycol ether. Glycol ethers meet the definition of hazardous substance in CERCLA 101(14) because they are hazardous air pollutants pursuant to 112(b) of the Clean Air Act. In 1990, the Clean…

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  • Who must be notified when a release occurs?

    In the event that a listed Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) hazardous substance or extremely hazardous substance is released in an amount equal to, or exceeding the reportable quantity (RQ) for that substance, the following parties must be notified: Community emergency coordinator for the local or tribal…

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  • Multiple Releases During 24-Hour Period

    CERCLA release notification requirements state that any person in charge of a vessel or an offshore or an onshore facility shall, as soon as he has knowledge of the release of a hazardous substance in a quantity equal to or exceeding the reportable quantity (RQ), immediately notify the National Response…

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  • Releases from a facility onto a public roadway that runs through the facility

    The EPCRA emergency notification regulations require facility owners and operators to immediately report releases into the environment of extremely hazardous substances or CERCLA hazardous substances if the releases exceed specific reportable quantities ( 40 CFR §355.42 ). The notification must be provided to the appropriate State Emergency Response Commission and…

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  • Reporting hazardous substance mixtures

    How are mixtures of hazardous substances (other than radionuclides) reported? EPA issued the "mixture rule" ( 40 CFR section 302.6(b) ), developed in connection with CWA section 311 regulations, as a method for determining when to report releases of mixtures or solutions. Under the mixture rule, if the quantities (or…

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  • Does EPCRA release reporting to State and local government agencies satisfy the CERCLA 103 requirement to report to the NRC?

    Are reports made to State and local government agencies relayed to the National Response Center (NRC) and, if so, does the original call satisfy reporting requirements under CERCLA section 103? Although reports are sometimes passed on to the NRC by State and local government agencies, a person responsible for reporting…

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  • Applicability of CWA broad generic categories to other provisions of CERCLA

    Are the Clean Water Act (CWA) broad generic categories for which no Reportable Quantity (RQ) has been established subject to other provisions of CERCLA? Yes. Releases of compounds within these categories, although not reportable under CERCLA section 103 (unless the compound is listed separately in 40 CFR 302.4, Table 302.4…

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  • Chemicals subject to reporting (EPCRA Section 304)

    What chemicals are subject to reporting under EPCRA Section 304? Chemicals subject to Section 304 notification requirements are CERCLA hazardous substances listed under 40 CFR Table 302.4 and the extremely hazardous substances listed under 40 CFR part 355 Appendix A and B .

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  • Applicability of EPCRA 304 to EHSs in abandoned receptacles

    Must any amount of a listed chemical contained within abandoned or discarded barrels, containers, or other receptacles be considered to determine if a specific reportable quantity has been exceeded under the SARA Section 304 notification requirements? Section 355.61 defines a release as "any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting emptying, discharging…

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