In our上一篇博客万博app手机版官网下载在本系列中，我们讨论了如何利用环境报告的要求为您的业务带来更好的结果。在这篇文章中，我们将分三节讨论如何准备第二级（SARA第311/312节）、TRI（SARA第313节）和危险废物的环境报告。由于每个州或地方政府可能都有具体的报告要求，因此我们将概括地讨论这三份报告的监管背景、报告适用性、确定报告内容的步骤、报告提示和报告内容。

Tier II报告（SARA第311/312节）

Regulatory Background

Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA), also known as the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA), is intended to provide emergency planning agencies and local governments information about chemical hazards present in their communities. Under EPCRA, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) created a list of extremely hazardous substances (EHS). In addition, EPCRA provides authority for state and local governments, and even citizens, to bring civil actions against companies that violate the requirements of EPCRA.

谁需要报告？

SARA第311节和第312节讨论了二级报告。根据这些章节，如果设施中的EHS或危险或有毒化学品超过阈值报告量，则必须提交一份报告，提供这些化学品的清单以及安全数据表（SDS）的副本。每年3月1日前向州政府提交报告。

Under EPCRA, hazardous or toxic chemicals are those which have a SDSs and pose a physical or chemical hazard. The threshold reporting quantities for EHS varies by chemical and can be as low as one pound. The threshold reporting quantities for all other hazardous or toxic chemicals is 10,000 pounds.

Steps for Determining What to Report

Step 1: Compile a list of materials/chemicals you have at your facility to determine which of these materials/chemicals are considered hazardous or toxic and are EHS. The SDSs and EPA’s list of EHS can help you determine this.

第二步：确定你一次在现场使用的每种材料/化学品的最大数量。将此金额与阈值报告数量进行比较，以确定是否需要执行Tier II报告。采购和使用记录对这一步很有帮助。

Reporting Tips

确定需要报告的内容听起来很直截了当，但在编制可报告材料/化学品清单时，有几件事需要考虑。例如，当您订购其他物料时，您可能会在短时间内拥有超过10000磅的物料，或者如果您的工厂为多个地点或卫星办公室订购了一种物料，则您可能会拥有超过10000磅的物料，直到将其运到其他地点为止。如果你一天的体重超过10000磅，你就符合报告要求。

Another thing to consider as you compare your list of materials is the portion of the material that is hazardous, toxic, or an EHS. For example, if the material contains chemical A and other non-toxic materials, but the concentration of chemical A is 50%, then if you have 10,000 pounds of the material, you only have 5,000 pounds of chemical A. A close look at the SDSs is important to determine the ingredients of each material/chemical and the percent concentration of each ingredient.

报告内容

At the end of this exercise, you should end up with a list of materials/chemicals that have been present at your facility for at least one day and exceed the threshold reporting quantities. This is the information that needs to be reported to your state agency. For many states, in addition to the general Tier II reporting, you need to provide a list of all your SDSs to the local emergency response committee (LERC), usually your local fire department. For some states, when you file your Tier II report, the State provides the information to the LERC.

除了材料/化学品列表外，您还需要有关如何以及何处存储这些材料的信息。例如，罐，鼓或盒子中的材料是什么？储存在建筑物内外的材料吗？在一个特殊的区域？需要报告所有这些信息。

To help you understand the specifics of what your state requires, the EPA website has链接对每个州的一级二级报告程序和要求。

三报告(SARA Section 313)

Background

Toxic Release Inventory, or TRI, is section 313 of SARA. TRI reporting is required each year by July 1, and tracks the management and use of certain toxic chemicals. TRI is a public tool, meaning that individuals can look to see what TRI reports have been filed in their area. The data is usually available to the public around October of each year.

谁需要报告？

Unlike Tier II reporting, where anything that poses any type of hazard is covered, TRI only covers a specific list of chemicals, but that list includes over 750 individually listed chemicals and 33 chemical categories. Another difference between Tier II and TRI is that TRI only applies to facilities involved in manufacturing, metal mining, electric power generation, chemical manufacturing, and hazardous waste treatment. In addition, to meet the criteria of TRI, the facility must employ 10 or more full-time equivalent employees.

Steps for Determining What to Report

第1步：编制一份材料/化学品清单，如第二级报告所需的材料/化学品清单。

第2步：确定在工厂生产（作为初级产品或副产品）、加工或以其他方式使用的每种材料/化学品的数量。将此数量与阈值报告数量进行比较，以确定是否需要执行TRI报告。采购、使用、生产和处置记录对此步骤非常有用。

Reporting Tips

TRI可能看起来比Tier II简单一些，因为化学品的清单更具体。然而，有毒有害物质排放清单的报告临界值并不是基于某一化学品在任何时候存在的多少，而是基于制造、加工或以其他方式使用的化学品总量。因此，除了为第二层收集的购买和使用记录外，还需要收集生产和处置记录。

请记住，TRI中化学品的阈值报告量可能会因化学品的使用方式而异。例如，制造的化学品的阈值可能与加工或以其他方式使用相同化学品的阈值不同。所以，除了知道你的工厂里有什么化学物质，你还需要注意你是如何使用或生产这些材料的。意思是，你制造它，是你加工的一部分，还是用在其他方面？

例如，我们协助了一个评估他们是否需要在Tri下报告的设施。他们符合员工的类型和员工阈值的数量，因此最后一步是将所有材料与其设施进行比较。我们确定他们在两部分泡沫包装过程中使用的两种化学物质中的一种在TRI列表中。他们没有制造材料，并没有用作其制造过程的一部分，这只是他们用于运送最终产品的东西。根据他们的用法，他们需要报告，因为他们遇到了该化学品的“否则使用”阈值。

报告内容

Remember that for TRI you will also need to report how much of the materials was released, whether through the sanitary sewer or air emissions, recycled, or otherwise disposed. You can use records you keep for other regulatory programs to fulfill this requirement. For example, you can use the records and calculations used in your air emission inventory report to determine your air emissions for your TRI report. We will talk more about air emissions inventory reporting in our next blog.

危险的浪费(RCRA)

Regulatory Background

Hazardous waste is regulated under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the regulations govern hazardous waste identification, classification, generation, management, and disposal.

谁需要报告？

如果您产生危险废物，您通常需要获得危险废物识别号并报告您的活动。但是，具体的危险废物报告要求因州而异。有些国家要求每个产生废物的实体每年提交报告，而另一些国家只要求大量产生废物的实体每隔一年提交一次报告（两年一次报告）。危险废物，无论处于何种状态，都有处理和处置的具体要求，我们在这里不讨论。

Steps for Determining What to Report

第一步：确定你的废物

For hazardous waste reporting, you need to know全部的您的设施产生的废物。这不仅包括固体废物，还包括液体或气体废物。为了评估您的设施是否产生危险废物，您需要了解所有领域和工厂的流程所产生的所有废物以及每月生成这些废物的过程。对这一步骤有用的记录将是您拥有的任何处置记录或表现形式。

Step 2: Determine if your waste is hazardous.

Once you have your list of wastes, you need to evaluate each waste to determine whether it meets the definition of hazardous. Wastes can be determined to be hazardous because they are a listed waste, which means they are on a list of specific chemicals or wastes that are determined to be hazardous, or because they have a characteristic which makes them hazardous (like being flammable or toxic). Other wastes might be not hazardous but have special requirements for handling and disposal. These wastes are universal wastes or special wastes. There are different reporting requirements for those types of wastes.

Reporting Tips

For some wastes, you may want to collect your purchasing records. Perhaps as part of your manufacturing process your facility takes an x-ray of the product for quality purposes. This step would then likely generate waste developer or fixer, which is likely disposed of down a drain, rather than in a drum or other container. For these materials, the purchasing records would indicate how much developer and fixer you use each month.

确保保持所有废物测定的记录，即使您确定您的废物之一没有危险。如果您曾经审核，这是监管将要要求的事情之一。

报告内容

In addition to reporting how much waste you produced, you will also need to report where the waste went and how it was managed (such as burned for fuel, recycled, etc.). Your waste manifests should provide you with this information. Remember that what you need to report and how often you need to report will vary by state.

In Summary

For all of the evaluations discussed here, you need to keep your records so you can document how you determined your reporting requirements. The evaluation will need to be reviewed annually for any changes in materials, chemicals, or quantities, as that can change your reporting requirements. With proper evaluation and preparation, environmental reporting can be straight forward. In our next blog in our three-part series, “Environmental Reporting – Clean Air Act & Clean Water Act”, we will discuss the requirements for clean air act and clean water act reporting.

Braun Intertec has experienced consultants that can help you determine what reporting requirements apply to you and help you prepare and submit your environmental reports. Contact us for assistance or questions.