and Toxic Suostances
EPA 560'4-87-001
September 1987
&EPA Title III Section 313
Release Reporting
Requirements
A New Federal Law
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This brochure contains information
about a new federal law; the Superfund
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of
1986 (SARA). Title III of this law, also known
as the Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Act, contains provisions for
reporting of toxic chemical releases to the
air, water and land. These provisions are
outlined in Section 313 of Title III of SARA,
which mandates emissions reporting for
over 300 chemicals.
It is important that you read this infor-
mation to see if you are subject to section 313
reporting requirements. The first reports,
covering the 1987 calendar year, are due by
July 1, 1988. EPA is responsible for adminis-
tering this law, and developing a database
that will make report information available to
the public.
Section 313 of Title III is important.
I look forward to working, with you to make
this program a success.
Lee M. Thomas
Administrator,
Environmental Protection Agency
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A New Law
vender a new federal law, certain busi-
nesses are now required to submit reports each
year on the amounts of chemicals their facilities
release into the environment, either routinely or as
a result of accidents. The purpose of this report-
ing requirement is to inform government officials
and the public about releases of toxic chemicals
into the environment and to promote and encour-
age waste minimization efforts. Section 313
requires facilities to report releases to air, water,
and land. The reports must be sent to the United
States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
and to designated state agencies. The first annual
report, for the 1987 calendar year, is due by July
1, 1988. Those who fail to report as required are
subject to civil penalties of up to $25,000 a day.
EPA has prepared this brochure to alert busi-
nesses to their reporting obligations under Section
313 of Title III of the Superfund Amendments
and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), and to
help you determine whether your facility is cov-
ered under the new law. If you are covered, this
brochure will also help you prepare to meet your
reporting obligations. If you are uncertain
whether you are covered, it will tell you how to
get assistance.
The proposed Toxic Chemical Release Inven-
tory rule under Section 313 was published in the
Federal Register on June 4, 1987. The target date
for the final rule is December 31, 1987.
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lr-\ plant, factory, or other facility comes
under the provisions of Section 313:
If it conducts manufacturing
operations (that is, if it is included in
Standard Industrial Classification
(SIC) codes 20 through 39, listed on page 5);
a
If, in addition, it has 10 or more full-
time employees; and
D
If, in addition to the above, it
manufactures, imports, processes, or
in any other way uses any of the
toxic chemicals listed on pages 13-20
in amounts greater than the
"threshold" quantities specified
below. At present, 309 individual
chemicals and 20 categories of
chemicals are covered. The list may
be changed in future years.
a
Thresholds
Thresholds are volumes of chemicals that
trigger reporting requirements.
If you manufacture, import, or process any
of the listed toxic chemicals, the threshold quan-
tity will be:
a 75,000 pounds during calendar
year 1987;
D 50,000 pounds in 1988; and
a 25,000 pounds in 1989 and
subsequent years.
If you use any listed chemical in any other
way (without incorporating it into any product or
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producing it at the facility), the threshold quantity
is:
n 10,000 pounds in calendar year
1987 and in subsequent years.
What is meant by the terms "manufacture,"
"process," or "otherwise use"?
n Manufacture—means to produce,
prepare, import or compound one
of the chemicals on the list. For
example, if you make a dye for
clothing by taking raw materials
and reacting them, you are manu-
facturing the dye. You would also
be covered if you were a textile
manufacturer who imported a dye
on the list for purposes of applying
it to fabric produced at your plant.
n Process—in general, includes
making mixtures, repackaging, or
using a chemical as a feedstock,
raw material, or starting material
for making another chemical. Pro-
cessing also includes incorporat-
ing a chemical into an article (e.g.,
using dyes to color fabric [the fab-
ric is the article that the dye is
being incorporated into]).
Examples of processing include:
a The use of a solvent as a chain transfer
agent in the making of solution poly-
mers (e.g., certain resins used in paints
and coatings);
n Using a chemical as an intermediate in
the manufacture of a pesticide (e.g.,
using chemical A to make chemical B).
n Otherwise Use—applies to any
use of a toxic chemical at a cov-
ered facility that is not covered by
the terms "manufacture" or "pro-
cess" and includes use of a toxic
chemical contained in a mixture or
trade name product.
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Examples include:
n Using chlorine as a biocide in plant
cooling water;
Q Using trichloroethylene to degrease
tools;
n Using chlorine in waste water
treatment.
Warehouses on the same site as covered
facilities are covered at the threshold levels given
above. Stand-alone warehouses are not currently
covered.
How
to
Report
• or each facility covered by Section 313,
you must annually submit a report by July 1 of
toxic chemical releases during the previous calen-
dar year. The first reports, covering releases dur-
ing calendar year 1987, are due by July 1, 1988.
EPA is developing a reporting form (EPA
Form R) with instructions, and technical guidance
on how to calculate toxic chemical releases or
emissions from your facility. Draft versions of the
two documents are available now; final versions
will be ready by January 1988. Copies of the draft
reporting form and technical guidance can be
ordered by calling the Section 313 hotline or EPA
regional offices listed on pages 10-12.
You are not required to measure or monitor
releases for purposes of Section 313 reporting.
You may use readily available data to report the
quantities of chemicals that you use and the
amounts released into the environment. If you
have no data available, the law permits you to
report reasonable estimates. EPA's technical
guidance on calculating releases can help you in
making estimates. This guidance will be available
in January from the sources shown on pages 10-12.
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Siitojeet to
S@ef Idn 313
SIC Industry Group
20 Food
21 Tobacco
22 Textiles
23 Apparel
24 Lumber and Wood
25 Furniture
26 Paper
27 Printing and Publishing
28 Chemicals
29 Petroleum and Coal
30 Rubber and Plastics
31 Leather
32 Stone, Clay, and Glass
33 Primary Metals
34 Fabricated Metals
35 Machinery (Excluding Electrical)
36 Electrical and Electronic Equipment
37 Transportation Equipment
38 Instruments
39 Miscellaneous Manufacturing
For more information on SIC (Standard
Industrial Classification) codes, please consult
"Standard Industrial Classification Manual 1987,"
available from:
National Technical Information Service
5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA
22161
Phone: (703) 487-4650
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Y®oo Rffluosft
ou must report the following information
for each listed chemical manufactured, imported,
processed, or used at your facility in yearly
amounts which exceed the threshold:
The name and location of your
facility;
D
Whether you manufacture, import, or
process the chemical, or use it in
any other way;
D
The maximum quantity of the
chemical on site at any time during
the year;
D
The total quantity of the chemical
released during the year, including
both accidental spills and routine
emissions — separate estimates must
be provided for releases to air,
water, and land (e.g., deep well
injection, permitted landfill);
n
Off-site locations to which you
shipped wastes containing the
chemical and the quantities of that
chemical sent to those locations; and
D
Treatment or disposal methods used
for wastes containing the chemical
and estimates of their efficiency for
each chemical (efficiency of
treatment methods used on site).
D
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For purposes of Section 313, a release is
defined as any spilling, leaking, pumping, pour-
ing, 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 "toxic chemical" (i.e., any of
the chemicals on pages 13-20).
For each release estimate, you will be
required to indicate the principal method by
which the quantity was derived. The methods
include monitoring data, mass balance, emission
factors, and other approaches such as engineering
calculations. For example, if 40 percent of stack
emissions were derived using monitoring data, 30
percent by mass balance, and 30 percent by emis-
sion factors, monitoring data would be the princi-
pal method used to arrive at the estimate.
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Access to
Repurt s
he law requires facilities covered by Sec-
tion 313 to send toxic chemical release reports
both to EPA and to the state in which the facility
is located. At EPA, the Office of Toxic Substances
will be responsible for receiving and processing
the data.
EPA is required by law to make the data in
the reports available to the public through a com-
puter database. (You can claim the chemical iden-
tity to be a trade secret, but you must justify the
claim to EPA.) The database is intended to help
answer citizens' questions about chemical releases
in their community. The users of the data are also
likely to include researchers from government or
universities conducting environmental analyses.
EPA expects to use the data in a variety of ways,
including targetting problem pollution areas and
as a screening tool for developing standards and
regulations.
Can
Y
I o
I ou can begin planning now to make com-
pliance with Section 313 as easy and inexpensive
as possible. The steps are as follows:
Q] If you have 10 or more full-time
employees, check the SIC code
list on page 5 to determine
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whether your facility is covered.
(If you cannot tell from the list,
any EPA regional office can pro-
vide more detail.)
[2] Check the list of toxic chemicals
covered by Section 313 (pages
13-20) to see if any are manufac-
tured, imported, processed, or in
any other way used by your facil-
ity. If you are not certain whether
a chemical you handle is on the
list, contact your suppliers of for-
mulations, mixtures, and trade-
name products/mixtures. Your
trade association or the nearest
EPA regional office can also help
you.
OH Determine whether you handle
any chemical on the list in an
amount greater than the thresh-
olds on pages 2-3.
S If you meet the criteria, review
the draft reporting form and
instructions. Try to work up some
estimates.
[D Begin to keep records that would
be useful in estimating releases.
If you are not subject, simply
document this determination; no
report needs to be filed.
You should designate someone at your facil-
ity to be responsible for reporting under Section
313. That person should obtain reporting forms
and instructions and should be aware of the first
reporting deadline: July 1, 1988.
Copies of the draft forms and instructions
can be obtained by calling the EPA regional
offices listed on pages 10-12.
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Section 313 Hotline 202-554-1411
Chemical Emergency Preparedness
Program (CEPP) Hotline 800-535-0202
(for information on or
Sections 302-304, 202-479-2449
311-312, and (in Washington, D.C.
other parts of Title III) and Alaska)
Small Business Ombudsman 800-368-5888
Hotline ^ . . or
703-557-1938
(in Washington, D.C.
and Virginia)
EPA is developing a series of videotapes to
help explain Title III, Section 313 requirements,
how to complete the reporting form, how to
estimate emissions, etc. For more information on
the videotapes, call the Section 313 Hotline.
Section 313 EPA Regional Contacts
Region 1
Pesticides & Toxic Substances Branch
USEPA Region 1
JFK Federal Building
Boston, MA 02203
(617) 565-3273
Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine,
New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
Region 2
Pesticides & Toxic Substances Branch
USEPA Region 2
Woodbridge Avenue, Building 10
Edison, NJ 08837
(201) 321-6765
New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico,
Virgin Islands
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Region 3
Toxics & Pesticides Branch
USEPA Region 3
841 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 597-1260
Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania,
Virginia, West Virginia, District of Columbia
Region 4
Pesticides & Toxic Substances Branch
USEPA Region 4
345 Courtland Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30365
(404) 347-3222
Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Tennessee
Region 5
Pesticides & Toxic Substances Branch
USEPA Region 5
536 So. Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60605
(312) 886-6418
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,
Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin
Region 6
Pesticides & Toxic Substances Branch
USEPA Region 6
Allied Bank Tower
1445 Ross Avenue
Dallas, TX 75202-2733
(214) 655-7244
Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico,
Oklahoma, Texas
Region 7
Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Liaison
USEPA Region 7
726 Minnesota Avenue
Kansas City, KS 66101
(913) 236-2806
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska
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Region 8
Toxic Substances Branch
USEPA Region 8
999 18th Street
Denver, CO 80202-2413
(303) 293-1730
Colorado, Montana, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming
Region 9
Pesticides & Toxic Substances Branch
USEPA Region 9
215 Fremont Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 974-7054
Arizona, California, Hawaii,
Nevada, American Samoa, Guam,
Trust Territories of the Pacific
Region 10
Pesticides & Toxic Substances Branch
USEPA Region 10
1200 Sixth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 442-1270
Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington
Key
Dates to
Remember
June 4, 1987 EPA published proposed toxic
chemical release reporting rule
and form in the Federal Regis-
ter.
December 1987 Projected date for final rule for
Section 313
January 1988 EPA publishes technical guid-
ance to help businesses esti-
mate release quantities
July 1988 Deadline for submitting first
reports (for 1987 calendar year)
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Chemical
abstract service
(CAS) number
Chemical name
75070
60355
67641
75058
53963
107028
79061
79107
107131
309002
107051
7429905
1344281
117793
60093
92671
82280
7664417
6484522
7783202
62533
90040
104949
134292
120127
7440360
*
7440382
*
1332214
492808
7440393
*
98873
55210
71432
*See page 20.
Acetaldehyde
Acetamide
Acetone
Acetonitrile
2-Acetylaminofluorene
Acrolein
Acrylamide
Acrylic acid
Acrylonitrile
Aldrin
Allyl chloride
Aluminum (fume or dust)
Aluminum oxide
2-Aminoanthraquinone
4-A mi noazobenzene
4-Aminobiphenyl
l-Amino-2-methylanthraquin6ne
Ammonia
Ammonium nitrate (solution)
Ammonium sulfate (solution)
Aniline
o-Anisidi'ne
p-Anisidine
o-Anisidine hydrochloride
Anthracene
Antimony
Antimony Compounds
Arsenic
Arsenic Compounds
Asbestos (friable)
Auramine
Barium
Barium Compounds
Benzal chloride
Benzamide
Benzene
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Chemical
abstract service
(CAS) number
Chemical name
92875 Benzidine
98077 Benzole trichloride (Benzotrichloride)
98884 Benzoyl chloride
94360 Benzoyl peroxide
100447 Benzyl chloride
7440417 Beryllium
* Beryllium Compounds
92524 Biphenyl
111444 Bis(2-chloroethyl) ether
542881 Bis(chloromethyl) ether
' 108601 Bis(2-chloro-l-methylethyl) ether
103231 Bis(2-ethylhexyl) adipate.
75252 Bromoform (Tribromomethane)
74839 Bromomethane (Methyl bromide)
106990 1,3-Butadiene
141322 Butyl acrylate
71363 n-Butyl alcohol
78922 sec-Butyl alcohol
75650 tert-Butyl alcohol
85687 Butyl benzyl phthalate
106887 1,2-Butylene oxide
123728 Butyraldehyde
2650182 C.I. Acid Blue 9, diammonium salt
3844459 C.I. Acid Blue 9, disodium salt
4680788 C.I. Acid Green 3
569642 C.I. Basic Green 4
989388 C.I. Basic Red 1
2832408 C.I. Disperse Yellow 3
3761533 C.I. Food Red 5
81889 C.I. Pood Red 15
3118976 C.I. Solvent Orange 7
97563 C.I. Solvent Yellow 3
842079 C.I. Solvent Yellow 14
128665 C.I. Vat Yellow 4
7440439 Cadmium
* Cadmium Compounds
156627 Calcium cyanamide
133062 Captan
63252 Carbaryl
75150 Carbon disulfide
56235 Carbon tetrachloride
463581 Carbonyl sulfide
120809 Catechol
133904 Chloramben
57749 Chlordane
76131 Chlorinated fluorocarbon (Freon 113)
7782505 Chlorine
10049044 Chlorine dioxide
79118 Chloroacetic acid
*See page 20.
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Chemical
abstract service
(CAS) number
Chemical name
532274 2-Chloroacetophenone
108907 Chlorobenzene
510156 Chlorobenzilate
75003 Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride)
67663 Chloroform
74873 Chloromethane (Methyl chloride)
107302 Chloromethyl methyl ether
* Chlorophenols
126998 Chloroprene
1897456 Chlorothalonil
7440473 Chromium
* Chromium Compounds
7440484 Cobalt
* Cobalt Compounds
7440508 Copper
* Copper Compounds
120718 p-Cresidine
1319773 Cresol (mixed isomers)
108394 m-Cresol
95487 o-Cresol
106445 p-Cresol
98828 Cumene
80159 Cumene hydroperoxide
135206 Cupferron
57125 Cyanide
* Cyanide Compounds
110827 Cyclohexane
94757 2,4-D
1163195 Decabromodiphenyl oxide
2303164 Diallate
615054 2,4-Diaminoanisole
39156417 2,4-Diaminoanisole sulfate
101804 4,4'-Diaminodiphenyl ether
25376458 Diaminotoluene (mixed isomers)
95807 2,4-Diaminotoluene
334883 Diazomethane
132649 Dibenzofuran
96128 l,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP)
106934 1,2-Dibromoethane (Ethylene dibromide)
84742 Dibutyl phthalate
25321226 Dichlorobenzene (mixed isomers)
95501 1,2-Dichlorobenzene
541731 1,3-Dichlorobenzene
106467 1,4-Dichlorobenzene
91941 . 3,3'-Dichlorobenzidine
75274 Dichlorobromomethane
107062 1,2-Dichloroethane (Ethylene dichloride)
540590 1,2-Dichloroethylene
75092 Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)
*See page 20.
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Chemical
abstract service
(CAS) number
Chemical name
120832 2,4-Dichlorophenol
78875 1,2-Dichloropropane
542756 1,3-Dichloropropylene
62737 Dichlorvos
115322 Dicofol
1464535 Diepoxybutane
111422 Diethanolamine
117817 Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP)
84662 Diethyl phthalate
64675 Diethyl sulfate
119904 3,3'-Dimethoxybenzidine
60117 4-Dimethylaminoazobenzene
119937 3,3'-Dimethylbenzidine (o-Tolidine)
79447 Dimethylcarbamyl chloride
57147 1,1-Dimethyl hydrazine
105679 2,4-Dimethylphenol
131113 Dimethyl phthalate
77781 Dimethyl sulfate
534521 4,6-Dinitro-o-cresol
51285 2,4-Dinitrophenol
121142 2,4-Dinitrotoluene
606202 2,6-Dinitrotoluene
117840 n-Dioctylphthalate
123911 1,4-Dioxane
122667 1,2-Diphenyl hydrazine (Hydrazobenzene)
1937377 Direct Black 38
2602462 Direct Blue 6
16071866 Direct Brown 95
106898 Epichlorohydrin
110805 2-Ethoxyethanol
140885 Ethyl acrylate
100414 Ethyl benzene
541413 Ethyl chloroformate
74851 Ethylene
107211 Ethylene glycol
151564 Ethyleneimine (Aziridine)
75218 Ethylene oxide
96457 Ethylene thiourea
2164172 Fluometuron
50000 Formaldehyde
* Glycol Ethers
76448 Heptachlor
118741 Hexachlorobenzene
87683 Hexachloro-l,3-butadiene
77474 Hexachlorocyclopentadiene
67721 Hexachloroethane
1335871 HexachloronaphthaJene
680319 Hexamethylphosphoramide
302012 Hydrazine
*See page 20.
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Chemical
abstract service
(CAS) number
Chemical name
10034932 Hydrazine sulfate
7647010 Hydrochloric acid
74908 Hydrogen cyanide
7664393 Hydrogen fluoride
123319 Hydroquinone
78842 Isobutyraldehyde
67630 Isopropyl alcohol (mfg.-strong acid processes)
80057 4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol
7439921 Lead
* Lead Compounds
58899 Lindane
108316 Maleic anhydride
12427382 Maneb
7439965 Manganese
* Manganese Compounds
108781 Melamine
7439976 Mercury
* Mercury Compounds
67561 Methanol
72435 Methoxychlor
109864 2-Methoxyethanol
96333 Methyl acrylate
1634044 Methyl tert-butyl ether
101144 4,4'-Methylenebis(2-chloroaniline) (MOCA)
101611 4,4'-Methylene bis(N,N-dimethyl) benzenamine
101688 Methylene bis(phenylisocyanate) (MBI)
74953 Methylene bromide
101779 4,4'-Methylene dianiline
78933 Methyl ethyl ketone
60344 Methyl hydrazine
74884 Methyl iodide
108101 Methyl isobutyl ketone
624839 Methyl isocyanate
80626 Methyl methacrylate
90948 Michler's ketone
1313275 Molybdenum trioxide
505602 Mustard gas
91203 Naphthalene
134327 alpha-Naphthylamine
91598 beta-Naphthylamine
7440020 Nickel
* Nickel Compounds
7697372 Nitric acid
139139 Nitrilotriacetic acid
99592 5-Nitro-o-anisidine
98953 Nitrobenzene
92933 4-Nitrobiphenyl
1836755 Nitrofen
51752 Nitrogen mustard
*See page 20.
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Chemical
abstract service
(CAS) number
Chemical name
55630 Nitroglycerin
88755 2-Nitrophenol
100027 4-Nitrophenol
79469 2-Nitropropane
156105 p-Nitrosodiphenylamine
121697 N,N-Dimethylaniline
924163 N-Nitrosodi-n-butylamine
55185 N-Nitrosodiethylamine
62759 N-Nitrosodimethylamine
86306 N-Nitrosodiphenylamine
621647 N-Nitrosodi-n-propylamine
4549400 N-Nitrosomethylvinylamine
59892 N-Nitrosomorpholine
759739 N-Nitroso-N-ethylurea
684935 N-Nitroso-N-methylurea
16543558 N-Nitrosonornicotine
100754 N-Nitrosopiperidine
2234131 Octachloronaphthalene
20816120 Osmium tetroxide
56382 Parathion
87865 Pentachlorophenol (PCP)
79210 Peracetic acid
108952 Phenol
106503 p-Phenylenediamine
90437 2-Phenylphenol
75445 Phosgene
7664382 Phosphoric acid
7723140 Phosphorus (yellow or white)
85449 Phthalic anhydride
88891 Picric acid
* Polybrominated Biphenyls (PBBs)
1336363 Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
1120714 Propane sultone
57578 beta-Propiolactone
123386 Propionaldehyde
114261 Propoxur
115071 Propylene (Propene)
75558 Propyleneimine
75569 Propylene oxide
110861 Pyridine
91225 Quinoline
106514 Quinone
82688 Quintozene (Pentachloronitrobenzene)
81072 Saccharin (manufacturing)
94597 Safrole
7782492 Selenium
* Selenium Compounds
7440224 Silver
* Silver Compounds
*See page 20.
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Chemical
abstract service
(CAS) number
Chemical name
1310732 Sodium hydroxide (solution)
7757826 Sodium sulfate (solution)
100425 Styrene (monomer)
96093 Styrene oxide
7664939 Sulfuric acid
100210 Terephthalic acid
79345 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane
127184 Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene)
961115 Tetrachlorvinphos
7440280 Thallium
* Thallium Compounds
62555 Thioacetamide
139651 4,4'-Thiodianiline
62566 Thiourea
1314201 Thorium dioxide
13463677 Titanium dioxide
7550450 Titanium tetrachloride
108883 Toluene
584849 Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate
91087 Toluene-2,6-diisocyanate
95534 o-Toluidine
636215 o-Toluidine hydrochloride
8001352 Toxaphene
68768 Triaziquone
52686 Trichlorfon
120821 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene
71556 1,1,1-Trichloroethane (Methyl chloroform)
79005 1,1,2-Trichloroethane
79016 Trichloroethylene
95954 2,4,5-Trichlorophenol
88062 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol
1582098 Trifluralin
95636 1,2,4-Trimethyl benzene
126727 Tris(2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate
51796 Urethane (Ethyl carbamate) (monomer)
7440622 Vanadium (fume or dust)
108054 Vinyl acetate
593602 Vinyl bromide
75014 Vinyl chloride (monomer)
75354 Vinylidene chloride
1330207 Xylene (mixed isomers)
108383 m-Xylene
95476 o-Xylene
106423 p-Xylene
87627 2,6-Xylidine
7440666 Zinc (fume or dust)
* Zinc Compounds
12122677 Zineb
*See page 20.
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Section 313 requires emissions reporting on
the 20 chemical categories listed below, in addi-
tion to specific chemicals listed on pages 13-19.
The compounds listed below, unless other-
wise specified, are defined as including any
unique chemical substance that contains the
named chemical (i.e., antimony, arsenic, etc.) as
part of that chemical's infrastructure.
• Antimony Compounds
o Arsenic Compounds
« Barium Compounds
* Beryllium Compounds
« Cadmium Compounds
« Chlorophenols
o Chromium Compounds
« Cobalt Compounds
• Copper Compounds
• Cyanide Compounds—X+ CN~ where X =
H+ or any other group where a formal dissoci-
ation may occur. For example KCN or Ca(CN)2
• Glycol Ethers—includes mono- and di- ethers
of ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, and trie-
thylene glycol
R-(OCH2CH2)n-OR'
Where n = 1, 2, or 3
R = alkyl or aryl groups
R' = R, H, or groups which, when
removed, yield glycol ethers with the structure:
R-(OCH2CH)n-OH
Polymers are excluded from the glycol category
« Lead Compounds
• Manganese Compounds
» Mercury Compounds
« Nickel Compounds
« Polybrominated Biphenyls (PBBs)
• Selenium Compounds
« Silver Compounds
« Thallium Compounds
« Zinc Compounds
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LJ his brochure deals solely with SARA Sec-
tion 313 reporting requirements. Title III of
SARA, however, includes other planning and
reporting requirements that may affect your busi-
ness. The nearest EPA regional office can provide
complete details, but the basic requirements of
Title III are as follows:
Facilities {hat have on their premises
chemicals designated under Title III
as "extremely hazardous substances"
must cooperate with state and local
planning officials in preparing
comprehensive emergency plans
(Sections 302 and 303);
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Facilities must report accidental
releases of "extremely hazardous
substances" and CERCLA "hazardous
substances" to state and local
response officials (Section 304); and
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Facilities must make Material Safety
Data Sheets (MSDSs) available to
local and state officials and must also
report, to local and state officials,
inventories (including locations) of
chemicals on their premises for
which MSDSs exist (Sections 311
and 312).
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For more information on Title III, ask your
regional EPA office for the Title III Fact Sheet.
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