Guidelines for Reporting
Ammonia Spills in Kansas
EPA Region 7
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 call your local responders first.
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 or operator
The Local
Emergency Planning
Committee (LEPC),
Commission of
Emergency Planning
and Response
(CEPR) and Local
Responder, (usually
9-1-1 in case of
transportation related
release)
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
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
Immediately
(should not exceed
15 minutes after
discovery)
NO
40 CFR 117.21
Clean Water Act
(CWA)
Kansas State Requirements

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What Spills Must be
Reported
Who Must Report
Where to Report
When to Report
Follow-up
Required
The
Regulation
The Law
A spill of a hazardous
substance or extremely
hazardous substance above its
Reportable Quantity (RQ)
= 100 pounds of ammonia
Any person having
control over the
substance
CEPR, LEPC and
local emergency
response (9-1-1 in
case of transportation
related release
Immediately
(should not exceed
15 minutes after
discovery)
Written follow-
up within 7
calendar days
K.A.R. 28-65-3
Kansas
Emergency
Planning and
Community
Right to Know
Kansas State Requirements
Discharge of 1,000 pounds or
more of dry fertilizer or 100
gallons or more of liquid
Responsible party
Kansas Department of
Agriculture
KDA: (785) 296-3786
Within 48 hours
Written follow-
up within 5
working days
K.A.R. 4-4-954
Kansas
Commercial
Fertilizer Law
Each accident involving
anhydrous ammonia
Responsible party
Kansas Department of
Agriculture
KDA: (785) 296-3786
Wthin 72 hours
Written follow-
up within 5
working days
K.A.R 4-10-2k
Kansas
Anhydrous
Ammonia Law
Substances or materials which
are contaminating or threaten
to contaminate soil or waters
Owner or person
responsible for
discharge
Kansas Department of
Health & Environment
(786) 296-1679, Day
(785) 296-0614, Eve
Immediately
NO
K.A.R. 28-48
K.S.A 1984
Supp. 65-171 d
Contacts
1.	Local Government
Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) or Local Emergency Responders
Commonly this is 9-1-1, or it may be listed in the front of the local phone book.
A list of LEPCs can be found at the Kansas Emergency Response Commission: http://www.accesskansas.org/kdem/LEPC.htm
2.	State of Kansas
Kansas Commission of Emergency Planning and Response (CEPR),
Kansas Division of Emergency Management: (785) 296-8013 or (800) 275-0297
Kansas Department of Agriculture: (785) 296-3786
Kansas Department of Health & Environment: (785) 296-1679, days; (785) 296-0614, evenings and weekends
Or: http://www.kdhe.state.ks.us/spill/index.htm
Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Suspected methamphetamine lab reporting: (800) KS-Crime or (800) 572-7463

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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.gov/region7/toxics/index.htm
http://www.epa.gov/oerrpage/superfund/programs/er/triggers/haztrigs/hazregs.htm
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 Contact: George Hess, (913) 551-7540

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