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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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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United States Environmental Protection Agency enforces Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act shortName EPCRA
linked to: Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act createsProgram Toxics Release Inventory
linked to: Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
Office of Land and Emergency Management regulatesUnderStatute Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance enforces Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
Title III establishes Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
Title III relatedTo Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
State Emergency Response Commissions hasLegalBasisIn Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
Local Emergency Planning Committee legalBasis Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
Toxics Release Inventory legislatedBy Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
subject linked to: TRI
Toxics Release Inventory legislatedBy EPCRA Section 313
subject linked to: TRI
linked to: Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
Toxics Release Inventory legalBasis Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986
subject linked to: TRI
linked to: Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
Public Law 99-499 establishes Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
Public Law 99-499 titleIIIName Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986
linked to: Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 containsTitle Title III – Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
linked to: Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 establishes Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
United States environmental law keyStatute Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
Form R legalBasis Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
Form R legalBasis EPCRA Section 313
linked to: Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
99-499 creates Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
Title IV (Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986) hasShortName Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know provisions of SARA
subject linked to: Title IV
linked to: Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
Title IV (Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986) relatedTo Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
subject linked to: Title IV
Office of Compliance legalAuthority Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
Office of Site Remediation Enforcement legalAuthority Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (for certain cleanup-related matters)
linked to: Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
EPA regional enforcement divisions appliesStatute Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
EPA Region 6 administers Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
Superfund program relatedTo Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act