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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <!DOCTYPE html> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"/> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=3, user-scalable=yes"/> <meta name="version" content="2020.0.0"/> <link rel="StyleSheet" href="../template/styles/topic.min.css" type="text/css"/> <link rel="StyleSheet" data-skin="true" type="text/css" href="../template/help_template_cameo_suite/layout.css"/> <link rel="StyleSheet" data-skin="true" href="../template/help_template_cameo_suite/userstyles.css" type="text/css"/> <link rel="StyleSheet" href="../template/help_template_cameo_suite/default.css" type="text/css"/> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/> <meta name="generator" content="Adobe RoboHelp 2022"/> <title>Regulatory Information</title> <meta name="topic-status" content="Complete"/> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../assets/css/default.css"/> <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-US"/> <meta name="rh-version" content="2022.4.179"/></head> <body class="rh-BODY-wrapper"> <div class="cookie-widget-holder" id="cookie-status-widget-holder"></div> <div class="RH-LAYOUT-HEADER-skip-content-container" id="skip-to-content"></div> <header class="RH-LAYOUT-HEADER-container" role="banner"> <div class="RH-LAYOUT-HEADER-logo-box "> <div class="RH-LAYOUT-HEADER-logo" id="logo-holder"></div> </div> <div class="RH-LAYOUT-HEADER-title" id="topic-title-holder"></div> <div class="search-placeholder-class" id="search-with-help"></div> </header> <main role="main" class="RH-LAYOUT-BODY-container"> <div class="RH-LAYOUT-SEARCHRESULTS" id="rh-searchresults"></div> <div class="RH-LAYOUT-LEFTPANEL-container" id="rh-leftpanel"></div> <div class="rh-layout-BODY-main" id="rh-layout-main"> <div class="RH-LAYOUT-TOOLBAR-toolbar-box" id="rh-toolbar"></div> <div class="rh-layout-BODY-body"> <div class="RH-LAYOUT-CENTERPANEL-container"> <div class="rh-layout-selectdetails" id="rh-selectdetails"></div> <div class="RH-LAYOUT-CENTERPANEL-topic-box" id="rh-topic"> <h1>Regulatory Information</h1> <p>The following categories of regulatory information聽are shown on chemical datasheets, when available.</p> <h2>EPA Consolidated List of Lists</h2> <p>Information from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) <a href="https://www.epa.gov/epcra/consolidated-list-lists" target="_blank">Consolidated List of Lists</a><img alt="External link." class="external_link" src="../assets/images/external_link.svg"/> includes:</p> <ul class="Disc"> <li><a class="dropspot" data-rhwidget="DropSpot" data-target="drop_down" href="#"><span data-open-text="true" data-skip-index="true">Regulatory Names</span><span data-close-text="true">Regulatory Names</span></a> <div class="droptext" data-targetname="drop_down"> <p>Names under which this chemical is regulated under several U.S. federal laws:</p> <ul class="Disc"> <li><a class="glossterm" href="#" data-rhwidget="ExpandSpot" data-target="glossary">EPCRA</a><span class="expanding-content" data-targetname="glossary">Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (also know as SARA Title III). Defines list of chemicals that are classified as Extremely Hazardous Substances (EHSs) and requires planning for and reporting of EHS releases from facilities (www.epa.gov/epcra).</span>:聽Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986</li> <li><a class="glossterm" href="#" data-rhwidget="ExpandSpot" data-target="glossary1">CERCLA</a><span class="expanding-content" data-targetname="glossary1">Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (also known as Superfund). Creates a framework for federal involvement in response and cleanup activities following hazardous substance releases. For more information, see www.epa.gov/superfund/superfund-cercla-overview.</span>:聽Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (also known as <a class="glossterm" href="#" data-rhwidget="ExpandSpot" data-target="glossary2">Superfund</a><span class="expanding-content" data-targetname="glossary2">The trust fund established under CERCLA to provide funding for cleanup of hazardous substances.</span>)</li> <li><a class="glossterm" href="#" data-rhwidget="ExpandSpot" data-target="glossary3">RCRA</a><span class="expanding-content" data-targetname="glossary3">Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976. Hazardous wastes regulated under RCRA are assigned 4-character identification codes (called RCRA chemical codes).</span>:聽Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976</li> <li><a class="glossterm" href="#" data-rhwidget="ExpandSpot" data-target="glossary4">CAA</a><span class="expanding-content" data-targetname="glossary4">Clean Air Act of 1990.</span>:聽Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act of 1990</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li><a class="dropspot" data-rhwidget="DropSpot" data-target="drop_down1" href="#"><span data-open-text="true" data-skip-index="true">EHS (EPCRA 302 TPQ/304 RQ)</span><span data-close-text="true">EHS (EPCRA 302 TPQ/304 RQ)</span></a> <div class="droptext" data-targetname="drop_down1"> <p>For chemicals designated as Extremely Hazardous Substances (EHSs) in Section 302 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, or EPCRA,聽(40 <a class="glossterm" href="#" data-rhwidget="ExpandSpot" data-target="glossary5">CFR</a><span class="expanding-content" data-targetname="glossary5">Code of Federal Regulations (www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/cfr/).</span> part 355) and subject to the reporting requirements of Section 304, two regulatory values are shown in CAMEO Chemicals:</p> <p><strong>Threshold Planning Quantity (TPQ):</strong> Facilities that store more than the threshold quantity of an EHS chemical must meet the reporting, community right-to-know, and emergency planning requirements of EPCRA.</p> <blockquote><strong>Note:聽</strong>For chemicals that are solids, there are two TPQs given (e.g., 500/10,000). In these cases, the lower quantity applies for solids in powder form with particle size less than 100 microns, or if the substance is in solution or in molten form. Otherwise, the 10,000 pound TPQ applies. If a solid EHS is in molten form, the facility must multiply the amount of EHS onsite by 0.3 before comparing to the lower listed TPQ. If a solid EHS is in solution form, the facility must multiply the amount of EHS onsite by 0.2 before comparing to the lower listed TPQ. The 12 solid reactive chemicals, as noted by footnote "a" in Appendix A and B in 40 CFR part 355, are exceptions. Those 12 chemicals have only one TPQ, so reducing factors are not to be used.</blockquote> <p><strong>Reportable Quantity (RQ):</strong> Any time an EHS chemical is released beyond the boundaries of a facility in an amount that exceeds the chemical's RQ, the owner or operator of the facility must immediately notify their <a class="glossterm" href="#" data-rhwidget="ExpandSpot" data-target="glossary6">LEPC</a><span class="expanding-content" data-targetname="glossary6">Local Emergency Planning Committee. Committee appointed by the State Emergency Response Commission, as required by EPCRA, to design and then regularly review and update a comprehensive emergency plan for an emergency planning district.</span> and <a class="glossterm" href="#" data-rhwidget="ExpandSpot" data-target="glossary7">SERC</a><span class="expanding-content" data-targetname="glossary7">State Emergency Response Commission. Appointed by each state governor under EPCRA. Designates emergency planning districts, appoints Local Emergency Planning Committees, supervises and coordinates the activities of planning committees, reviews emergency plans, receives chemical release notifications, and establishes procedures for receiving and processing requests from the public for information.</span>. For details, including exemptions to the reporting requirements, see the regulations.</p> <p>For more information on EPCRA, see <a href="https://www.epa.gov/epcra/what-epcra" target="_blank">EPCRA Overview</a><img alt="External link." class="external_link" src="../assets/images/external_link.svg"/>, <a href="https://www.epa.gov/epcra" target="_blank">EPCRA main page</a><img alt="External link." class="external_link" src="../assets/images/external_link.svg"/>, and <a href="https://www.epa.gov/epcra/emergency-planning-and-community-right-know-act-frequent-questions" target="_blank">EPCRA FAQs</a><img alt="External link." class="external_link" src="../assets/images/external_link.svg"/>.</p> </div> </li> <li><a class="dropspot" data-rhwidget="DropSpot" data-target="drop_down2" href="#"><span data-open-text="true" data-skip-index="true">CERCLA RQ</span><span data-close-text="true">CERCLA RQ</span></a> <div class="droptext" data-targetname="drop_down2"> <p>For chemicals designated as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, or CERCLA, (40 <a class="glossterm" href="#" data-rhwidget="ExpandSpot" data-target="glossary8">CFR</a><span class="expanding-content" data-targetname="glossary8">Code of Federal Regulations (www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/cfr/).</span> part 302), one regulatory value is shown聽in CAMEO Chemicals:</p> <p><strong>Reportable Quantity (RQ):</strong> Facilities or vessels that release more than the RQ of a listed chemical within any 24-hour period must immediately report it to the <a class="glossterm" href="#" data-rhwidget="ExpandSpot" data-target="glossary9">National Response Center</a><span class="expanding-content" data-targetname="glossary9">The central federal clearinghouse for information on hazardous chemical spills and other oil or hazardous substance releases. Responsible parties should contact the NRC (nrc.uscg.mil) in order to fulfill reporting requirements for spills of oil and hazardous substances (hotline: 1-800-424-8802).</span> (1-800-424-8802), as well as notifying their聽<a class="glossterm" href="#" data-rhwidget="ExpandSpot" data-target="glossary10">LEPC</a><span class="expanding-content" data-targetname="glossary10">Local Emergency Planning Committee. Committee appointed by the State Emergency Response Commission, as required by EPCRA, to design and then regularly review and update a comprehensive emergency plan for an emergency planning district.</span> and <a class="glossterm" href="#" data-rhwidget="ExpandSpot" data-target="glossary11">SERC</a><span class="expanding-content" data-targetname="glossary11">State Emergency Response Commission. Appointed by each state governor under EPCRA. Designates emergency planning districts, appoints Local Emergency Planning Committees, supervises and coordinates the activities of planning committees, reviews emergency plans, receives chemical release notifications, and establishes procedures for receiving and processing requests from the public for information.</span>. For details, including exemptions to the reporting requirements, see the regulations.</p> <p><strong>Note:</strong> For metals listed under CERCLA (antimony, arsenic, beryllium, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, nickel, selenium, silver, thallium, and zinc), no reporting of releases of the solid form is required if the mean diameter of the pieces of the solid metal released is greater than 100 micrometers (0.004 inches). The RQs shown on the consolidated list apply to smaller particles.</p> <p>For more information on CERCLA, see <a href="https://www.epa.gov/superfund/superfund-cercla-overview" target="_blank">CERCLA Overview</a><img alt="External link." class="external_link" src="../assets/images/external_link.svg"/>.</p> </div> </li> <li><a class="dropspot" data-rhwidget="DropSpot" data-target="drop_down3" href="#"><span data-open-text="true" data-skip-index="true">TRI (EPCRA 313)</span><span data-close-text="true">TRI (EPCRA 313)</span></a> <div class="droptext" data-targetname="drop_down3"> <p>Indicates whether this chemical is listed as a <a class="glossterm" href="#" data-rhwidget="ExpandSpot" data-target="glossary12">toxic</a><span class="expanding-content" data-targetname="glossary12">Poisonous; can injure or kill people or other organisms.</span>聽chemical under Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), which created the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) program.</p> <p>Emissions, transfers, and waste management data for listed chemicals must be reported annually as part of the community right-to-know provisions of EPCRA (40 <a class="glossterm" href="#" data-rhwidget="ExpandSpot" data-target="glossary13">CFR</a><span class="expanding-content" data-targetname="glossary13">Code of Federal Regulations (www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/cfr/).</span> part 372).</p> <p><strong>Note:</strong> See the <a class="glossterm" href="#" data-rhwidget="ExpandSpot" data-target="glossary14">EPA</a><span class="expanding-content" data-targetname="glossary14">U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (www.epa.gov).</span>'s Consolidated List of Lists for details about chemical categories (such as diisocyanates, dioxins and dioxin-like compounds, and polycyclic aromatic compounds); ammonium salts; stayed TRI chemicals; and Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS).</p> <p>For more information on the Toxics Release Inventory, see <a href="https://www.epa.gov/toxics-release-inventory-tri-program" target="_blank">TRI Program</a><img alt="External link." class="external_link" src="../assets/images/external_link.svg"/>聽and <a href="https://www.epa.gov/toxics-release-inventory-tri-program/what-toxics-release-inventory" target="_blank">TRI Overview</a><img alt="External link." class="external_link" src="../assets/images/external_link.svg"/>.</p> </div> </li> <li><a class="dropspot" data-rhwidget="DropSpot" data-target="drop_down4" href="#"><span data-open-text="true" data-skip-index="true">RCRA Code</span><span data-close-text="true">RCRA Code</span></a> <div class="droptext" data-targetname="drop_down4"> <p>4-character hazardous waste code assigned to the chemical under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).</p> <p><strong>Note:</strong> The source for the values shown in CAMEO Chemicals is the <a class="glossterm" href="#" data-rhwidget="ExpandSpot" data-target="glossary15">EPA</a><span class="expanding-content" data-targetname="glossary15">U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (www.epa.gov).</span>'s Consolidated List of Lists, which does not include all RCRA chemical codes. It includes specific chemicals from only the RCRA P and U lists, which cover discarded commercial chemical products.</p> <p>For more information on RCRA, see <a href="https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-resource-conservation-and-recovery-act" target="_blank">Summary of RCRA</a><img alt="External link." class="external_link" src="../assets/images/external_link.svg"/>.</p> </div> </li> <li><a class="dropspot" data-rhwidget="DropSpot" data-target="drop_down5" href="#"><span data-open-text="true" data-skip-index="true">CAA (RMP聽TQ)</span><span data-close-text="true">CAA (RMP聽TQ)</span></a> <div class="droptext" data-targetname="drop_down5"> <p>For chemicals regulated under the Clean Air Act (CAA) Section 112(r),聽(which mandates the Risk Management Plan, or RMP, regulations, 40 <a class="glossterm" href="#" data-rhwidget="ExpandSpot" data-target="glossary16">CFR</a><span class="expanding-content" data-targetname="glossary16">Code of Federal Regulations (www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/cfr/).</span> 68), one regulatory value is shown in CAMEO Chemicals:</p> <p><strong>Threshold Quantity (TQ):</strong> Facilities that use more than the TQ of a listed chemical in a process are subject to the CAA accidental release prevention provisions. Note that the TQ applies to the quantity of substance in a process, not at the facility as a whole.</p> <p><strong>Note:</strong> The CAA section 112(r) list includes several substances in solution that are covered only in concentrations above a specified level. These substances include ammonia (concentration 20% or greater) (CAS number 7664-41-7); hydrochloric acid (37% or greater) (7647-01-0); hydrogen fluoride/hydrofluoric acid (50% or greater) (7664-39-3); and nitric acid (80% or greater) (7697-37-2). Hydrogen chloride (anhydrous) and ammonia (anhydrous) are listed, in addition to the solutions of these substances, with different TQs. Only the anhydrous form of sulfur dioxide (7446-09-5) is covered. These substances are presented on the consolidated list with the concentration limit or specified form (e.g., anhydrous), as they are listed under CAA section 112(r). Flammable fuels used as a fuel or held for sale as a fuel at a retail facility are not subject to the rule.</p> <p>For more information on the CAA and the RMP Rule, see <a href="https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-clean-air-act" target="_blank">Summary of CAA</a><img alt="External link." class="external_link" src="../assets/images/external_link.svg"/>,聽<a href="https://www.epa.gov/rmp" target="_blank">RMP Rule</a><img alt="External link." class="external_link" src="../assets/images/external_link.svg"/>, and <a href="https://www.epa.gov/rmp/risk-management-plan-frequent-questions" target="_blank">RMP FAQs</a><img alt="External link." class="external_link" src="../assets/images/external_link.svg"/>.</p> </div> </li> </ul> <h2>CISA Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS)</h2> <p>Information from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency聽(CISA) <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/programs/chemical-facility-anti-terrorism-standards-cfats" target="_blank">CFATS</a><img alt="External link." class="external_link" src="../assets/images/external_link.svg"/> chemicals of interest聽table are also shown on chemical datasheets in CAMEO Chemicals, when applicable. CISA has identified over 300 chemicals of interest that present one or more of these categories of security issues:</p> <ul class="Disc"> <li><a class="dropspot" data-rhwidget="DropSpot" data-target="drop_down6" href="#"><span data-open-text="true" data-skip-index="true">Release</span><span data-close-text="true">Release</span></a> <div class="droptext" data-targetname="drop_down6"> <p><a class="glossterm" href="#" data-rhwidget="ExpandSpot" data-target="glossary17">Toxic</a><span class="expanding-content" data-targetname="glossary17">Poisonous; can injure or kill people or other organisms.</span>, <a class="glossterm" href="#" data-rhwidget="ExpandSpot" data-target="glossary18">flammable</a><span class="expanding-content" data-targetname="glossary18">Easy to ignite and burns readily.</span>, or <a class="glossterm" href="#" data-rhwidget="ExpandSpot" data-target="glossary19">explosive</a><span class="expanding-content" data-targetname="glossary19">A material synthesized or mixed deliberately to allow the very rapid release of chemical energy (that is, an explosion). Also, a chemical substance that is intrinsically unstable and liable to detonate under conditions that might reasonably be encountered.</span> chemicals or materials that, if released from a facility, have the potential for significant adverse consequences for human life or health.</p> </div> </li> <li><a class="dropspot" data-rhwidget="DropSpot" data-target="drop_down7" href="#"><span data-open-text="true" data-skip-index="true">Theft or Diversion</span><span data-close-text="true">Theft or Diversion</span></a> <div class="droptext" data-targetname="drop_down7"> <p>Chemicals or materials that, if stolen or diverted, have the potential to be misused as weapons or easily converted into weapons using simple chemistry, equipment or techniques, in order to create significant adverse consequences for human life or health.</p> </div> </li> <li><a class="dropspot" data-rhwidget="DropSpot" data-target="drop_down8" href="#"><span data-open-text="true" data-skip-index="true">Sabotage or Contamination</span><span data-close-text="true">Sabotage or Contamination</span></a> <div class="droptext" data-targetname="drop_down8"> <p>Chemicals or materials that, if mixed with readily available materials, have the potential to create significant adverse consequences for human life or health.</p> </div> </li> </ul> <p>The CFATS's chemicals of interest table includes minimum concentration values, screening threshold quantities (STQs), and details about the type of security threat the chemical poses.</p> <h2>OSHA Process Safety Management (PSM) Standard List</h2> <p>The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a <a href="https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/subtitle-B/chapter-XVII/part-1910/subpart-H/section-1910.119" target="_blank">standard for Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals</a><img alt="External link." class="external_link" src="../assets/images/external_link.svg"/>聽(29 <a class="glossterm" href="#" data-rhwidget="ExpandSpot" data-target="glossary20">CFR</a><span class="expanding-content" data-targetname="glossary20">Code of Federal Regulations (www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/cfr/).</span> 1910.119), which contains requirements for the management of hazards associated with processes using highly hazardous chemicals.</p> <p>The standard specifies a聽Threshold Quantity (TQ) value for covered chemicals, which is shown on chemical datasheets in CAMEO Chemicals, when applicable.</p> <h2>Example</h2> <p>Here is an example of the Regulatory Information portion of the chlorine datasheet:</p> <p><img alt="Regulatory Information section for the chlorine chemical datasheet." class="align-center" height="371" src="../assets/images/datasheet_chemical_regulatory_info.png" style="padding-bottom: 24pt;" title="" width="675"/></p> </div> <div class="RH-LAYOUT-BRS-container" id="rh-brs"></div> </div> <div class="RH-LAYOUT-RIGHTPANEL-container" id="rh-rightpanel"></div> </div> </div> </main> <script type="text/javascript">//<![CDATA[ gRootRelPath = ".." gCommonRootRelPath = ".." gTopicId = "3.0_6" //]]></script> <script src="../template/scripts/topicpage.js"></script> <script src="../whxdata/layoutconfig.js"></script> <script src="../whxdata/brsdata.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript">//<![CDATA[ setInterval(function(){ let items = document.querySelectorAll('.expanding-content, .droptext'); for (var i = items.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) { items[i].classList.add('loaded'); } }, 700); setTimeout(function(){ var resizeEvent = window.document.createEvent('UIEvents'); resizeEvent.initUIEvent('orientationchange', true, false, window, 0); window.dispatchEvent(resizeEvent); }, 200); //]]></script> </body></html>