Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act

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The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act is a U.S. federal law that requires industries to report on the storage, use, and releases of hazardous chemicals to support emergency planning and inform the public about environmental risks.

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Generate an image of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act is a U.S. federal law that requires industries to report on the storage, use, and releases of hazardous chemicals to support emergency planning and inform the public about environmental risks.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
environmental law ⓘ
right-to-know law ⓘ
abbreviation TRI ⓘ
administeredBy EPA Office of Emergency Management ⓘ
United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
appliesTo certain industrial facilities ⓘ
facilities with extremely hazardous substances above threshold quantities ⓘ
codifiedIn United States Code ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createsProgram Toxics Release Inventory ⓘ
defines extremely hazardous substances list ⓘ
effectiveDate 1987 ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
establishes Local Emergency Planning Committees ⓘ
State Emergency Response Commissions ⓘ
implementedThrough 40 CFR Part 355 ⓘ
40 CFR Part 370 ⓘ
40 CFR Part 372 ⓘ
partOf Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ⓘ
policyArea chemical safety ⓘ
environmental protection ⓘ
public health ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 99-499 ⓘ
purpose improve community right-to-know about environmental risks ⓘ
inform the public about hazardous chemical storage and releases ⓘ
support emergency planning for chemical accidents ⓘ
relatedTo Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
Superfund program ⓘ
requires development of local emergency response plans ⓘ
reporting of hazardous chemical releases ⓘ
reporting of hazardous chemical storage ⓘ
reporting of hazardous chemical use ⓘ
requiresUnderSection304 emergency notification of releases ⓘ
requiresUnderSection311 material safety data sheet reporting ⓘ
requiresUnderSection312 hazardous chemical inventory reporting ⓘ
requiresUnderSection313 annual toxic chemical release reporting ⓘ
section Section 302 ⓘ
Section 303 ⓘ
Section 304 ⓘ
Section 311 ⓘ
Section 312 ⓘ
Section 313 ⓘ
shortName EPCRA ⓘ
signedBy Ronald Reagan ⓘ
titleWithinSARA Title III ⓘ
uscSections 11001–11050 ⓘ
uscTitle 42 ⓘ
yearEnacted 1986 ⓘ

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