40 CFR Part 355 - EMERGENCY PLANNING AND NOTIFICATION | US Law

Authority:

Sections 302, 303, 304, 325, 327, 328, and 329 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA) (42 U.S.C. 11002, 11003, 11004, 11045, 11047, 11048, and 11049).

Source:

73 FR 65462, Nov. 3, 2008, unless otherwise noted.

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United States Code

U.S. Code: Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE

§ 11002 - Substances and facilities covered and notification

§ 11003 - Comprehensive emergency response plans

§ 11004 - Emergency notification

§ 11045 - Enforcement

§ 11047 - Exemption

§ 11048 - Regulations

§ 11049 - Definitions

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The following are ALL rules, proposed rules, and notices (chronologically) published in the Federal Register relating to 40 CFR Part 355 after this date.

2012-03-22; vol. 77 # 56 - Thursday, March 22, 2012

77 FR 16679 - Emergency Planning and Notification; Emergency Planning and List of Extremely Hazardous Substances and Threshold Planning Quantities

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Additional Documents

type	regulations.gov
FR Doc.	2012-6910
RIN	2050-AF08
	EPA-HQ-SFUND-2010-0586
	FRL-9651-1

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Final rule.

This rule is effective April 23, 2012.

40 CFR Part 355

Summary

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is taking final action to revise the manner for applying the threshold planning quantities (TPQs) for those extremely hazardous substances (EHSs) that are non-reactive solid chemicals in solution. This revision allows facilities subject to the Emergency Planning requirements that have a non-reactive solid EHS in solution, to first multiply the amount of the solid chemical in solution on-site by 0.2 before determining if this quantity equals or exceeds the lower published TPQ. This change is based on data that shows less potential for non-reactive solid chemicals in solution to remain airborne and dispersed beyond a facility's fence line in the event of an accidental release. Previously, EPA assumed that 100% of non-reactive solid chemicals in solution could become airborne and dispersed beyond the fenceline in the event of an accidental release.