EPA Reporting Calendar

As you start to prepare for the new year, make sure you don’t forget about your regulatory requirements! The beginning of the year means it’s time to file many regulatory reports, including your Tier II report. The annual Tier II filing deadline – March 1 – will be here before you know it, so it’s a good time to start planning for it now. Failure to comply with Tier II reporting requirements can be costly: Each violation of EPCRA Section 312 may result in civil penalties of up to $54,789 per day.

Do Your Chemicals Meet the Reporting Thresholds? And don’t forget about COVID-19 chemicals…

Each year you need to carefully review your facility to determine the quantity of chemicals stored onsite and understand if these quantities require reporting via the annual Tier II report. Remember because of COVID-19 your company may have purchased some EPA N-Listed disinfectant chemicals that meet the threshold. 

How SEA Can Help! A Typical Scope of Work

• SEA will acquire the data needed to perform a comprehensive evaluation of the reportable chemicals purchased, stored, manufactured, processed, or otherwise used. Among the site-specific data to be evaluated are the Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) of the chemicals purchased at the site during the previous calendar year and the inventory of chemicals purchased, stored, and used at the site during the same year. Typically, this data will be provided by the client or the client can make it readily available on site for SEA’s evaluation.
• With the information, SEA will determine the chemicals that were present on-site in exceedance of the applicable threshold quantities and will prepare the Tier II reports and notifications.
• SEA will submit the EPCRA Tier II report to the appropriate State and local emergency response agencies on or before the regulatory due date of March 1.
• SEA will provide the client with a summary report supporting the report thresholds and related calculations.

Your state's Environmental regulators and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) mission to protect human health and the environment includes the responsibility to effectively manage the state's hazardous waste. As part of this task, EPA and the states collect and maintain information about the generation, management, and final disposition of the nation's hazardous waste regulated by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).

SEA offers a variety of waste management and inspection services which include: general waste management consulting, environmental reporting, Waste Minimization Plans and Hazardous Waste Contingency Plans, waste characterization, lab packing, and consulting for universal, and special wastes.

Let SEA Help with your Hazardous Waste Reporting and Waste Management Needs!

Toxics release inventory (TRI) reporting is required by Section 313 of EPCRA. TRI reporting, also known as Form R reporting, is required each year. Facilities are required to perform a “threshold analysis” annually to determine whether they are subject to the TRI reporting requirements. The analysis must include a review of all materials used on-site during the reporting year. The total amount of each chemical used must be compared to the applicable reporting threshold. If a threshold is exceeded for any chemical, either a Form R or Form A report must be submitted to the EPA by July 1 each year.

The toxic release inventory is a complicated, high liability program that if not navigated correctly can result in an extreme risk to the company. It is important that whether the facility is subject to reporting or not that there is support documentation on the threshold analysis. EPA expects this documentation when they conduct onsite inspections. 

SEA has been helping clients with their TRI reporting for more than a decade. SEA will determine reporting applicability, determination of chemical(s) that need to be reported, and whether there are any appropriate exemptions. 

Let SEA reduce your TRI Form R Risk!

Regulatory obligations for greenhouse gases (GHG) are changing rapidly and are increasingly stringent. You may be required to estimate the anticipated carbon footprint for new development or report annual emissions for existing structures.

SEA provides consultation to determine if your facility is subject to mandatory reporting for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Your facility may be required to submit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory reports to the EPA if your business falls under one of the required source categories or exceeds the emission threshold for reporting as specified in federal regulation for GHG reporting. 

Contact SEA Today to discuss applicability to this program and if necessary reporting.