Guidelines for Reporting
Ammonia Spills in Missouri
This is only a guide and does not cover all spill reporting requirements. Ammonia users and manufacturers should review this sheet and the regulations before a
spill occurs. Additional information on reportable quantities for other specific chemicals and information about the reporting requirements can be found in the
regulations, or web sites and contacts below this table. Always remember to call your local responders first.
EPA Region 7
What Spills Must be
Reported
Who Must
Report
Where to Report
When to Report
Follow-up
Required
The
Regulation
The Law
Federal Requirements
Release of a Superfund
Amendments and Reauthorization
Act (SARA) extremely hazardous
substance or Comprehensive
Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act
(CERCLA) hazardous substance
(spill) equal to or greater than its
reportable quantity (RQ)
= 100 pounds of ammonia
The owner / operator
The Local Emergency
Planning Committee
(LEPC), Missouri
Emergency
Response
Commission (MERC)
or Local Responder,
usually 9-1-1
Call Immediately
(should not exceed 15
minutes after discovery)
Yes, written
report within 7
calendar days
40 Code of
Federal
Regulations
(CFR) 355.40
Emergency
Planning and
Community
Right-to-Know
Act (EPCRA)
Release of a hazardous substance
(spill) equal to or greater than its
Reportable Quantity (RQ)
= 100 pounds of ammonia
The person in
charge of the vessel
or facility
National Response
Center (NRC)
800-424-8802
Call Immediately
(should not exceed 15
minutes after discovery)
NO
40 CFR
302.6(a)
Comprehensive
Environmental,
Response,
Compensation,
and Liability Act
(CERCLA)
Discharge of a hazardous
substance (spill) equal to or above
its Reportable Quantity (RQ) that
threatens a waterway
= 100 pounds of ammonia
The person in
charge of the vessel
or facility
National Response
Center (NRC)
800-424-8802
Call Immediately
(should not exceed 15
minutes after discovery)
NO
40 CFR
117.21
Clean Water
Act (CWA)
Missouri State Requirements
A spill of a hazardous substance
or extremely hazardous substance
Any person having
control over the
substance
MDNR
573-634-2436
& the LEPC*
As soon as possible
If requested:
to MDNR &
LEPC
10 CSR 24-
3.010
RSMO
260.500-550

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1.	Local Government
Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) or Local Emergency Responders
Usually this is 9-1-1 or it may be listed in the front of the local phone book.
*Listing for LEPCs can be accessed on the Missouri Emergency Response Commission (MERC) Web site:
http://www. sema. state, mo. us/mercc. htm
(click on "LEPC Addresses")
2.	State of Missouri
Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR),
Environmental Emergency Response Section and the MERC: (573) 634-2436
For additional information:
http://dnr. m issouri.qov/env/emerqencv. htm or
Missouri Emergency Response Commission (MERC)
http://www.sema.state.mo.us/semapage.htm
3.	Federal Government
National Response Center (NRC): (800) 424-8802 or http://www.nrc.usca.mil/report.html
For response assistance:
EPA Region 7, 24-hour Emergency Response: (913) 281-0991
For additional information on reporting spills:
http://www.epa.aov/region7/toxics/index.htm
http://www.epa.aov/oerrpage/superfund/programs/er/triggers/haztrigs/hazregs.htm
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 Contact: George Hess, (913) 551-7540

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