FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—January 9, 2009—Ypsilanti, MI—On December 3, 2008 changes to EPCRA regulations become effective. These changes impact the Tier I and Tier II report format and calculations. Quantum is please to announce that FacTS™ EH&S Information Management System software supports these changes.
Tier I and II Forms
On the forms, facilities must now report their NAICS number rather than the SIC number. FacTS™ Tier I and II reports have recently been modified to print the Primary NAICS number stored in the Facility data entry record.
The chemical or common name of the chemical as provided on the Material Safety Data Sheet must now be printed on the Tier II forms. FacTS™ already prints the primary ingredient name of the CAS number in the PSDS record when the threshold is calculated by chemical, and prints the primary trade name of the product when the threshold is calculated by mixture.
EPA encourages facilities to contact their State to determine whether any additional requirements or formats are required by the State.
Chemicals in Mixtures
The EPA has changed the rules regarding calculating inventory for chemicals in mixtures:
- When determining whether the threshold quantity of an extremely hazardous substance (EHS) has been met, facilities must include the total quantity of that EHS present in the pure form as well as in any mixture, even if any mixture including the EHS is also being reported as a hazardous chemical.
- For hazardous chemicals that are mixtures and do not contain any extremely hazardous substance, facilities have an option when determining whether the threshold quantity is present: (1) add together the quantity present in its pure form and as a component in all mixtures (even if the mixture is also being reported as a hazardous chemical), or (2) consider the total quantity of each mixture separately.
Since this rule change was originally proposed in 1998, Quantum had already added logic to support both of these in the Regulatory Rollup feature of FacTS™.
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