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 on the back of this sheet. 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 SARA extremely hazardous substance or CERCLA hazardous substance (spill) equal to or greater than its reportable quantity (RQ) = 100 pounds of ammonia The owner or operator The LEPC, CEPR and Local Responder, (usually 9-1-1 incase of transportation related release) Immediately (should not exceed 15 minutes after discovery) Yes, written report or online Form A within 30 calendar days 40 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 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 (911 in case of transportation related release Immediately (should not exceed 15 minutes after discovery) Written follow-up or online Form A within 7 calendar days K.A.R. 28-65-3 Kansas Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know ------- What Spills Must be Reported Who Must Report Where to Report When to Report Follow-up Required The Regulation The Law Kansas State Requirements - continued 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 Within 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 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 Commission on Emergency Planning and Response website: http://www.kansastag.gov/KDEM.asp?PagelD=212 2. State of Kansas Kansas Commission of Emergency Planning and Response (CEPR), Kansas Division of Emergency Management (785) 296-8013 or (800) 275-0297 Online Form A found at: http://spillreporting.kansastag.gov Kansas Department of Agriculture: (785) 296-3786 Kansas Department of Health & Environment: (785) 296-1679 Or: http://www.kdheks.gov/spill/kansas_spill_release_reporting_numbers.html Kansas Bureau Of Investigation, Suspected methamphetamine lab reporting (800) KS-Crime or (800) 572-7463 3. Federal Government National Response Center (NRC): (800) 424-8802, or http://www.nrc.uscg.mil/report.html For response assistance: EPA Region 7, 24-hour Emergency Response: (913) 281-0991 For additional information on reporting spills, EPA web sites: http://www.epa.gov/region7/toxics/index.htm http://www.epa.gov/superfund/programs/er/triggers/haztrigs/hazhowold.htm Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 Contact: George Hess (913) 551-7540* * H:\AWMD\CRIB\Education and Compliance Assistance\Outreach Materials we produced\State Ammonia Spill fact sheets\KS.ammonia.spills.doc (rev. 10/11) ------- |