[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 40, Volume 24] [Revised as of January 1, 2002] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 40CFR372.27] [Page 480-482] TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) PART 372--TOXIC CHEMICAL RELEASE REPORTING: COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW--Table of Contents Subpart B--Reporting Requirements Sec. 372.27 Alternate threshold and certification. (a) With respect to the manufacture, process, or otherwise use of a toxic chemical, the owner or operator of a facility may apply an alternate threshold of 1 million pounds per year to that chemical if the owner or operator calculates that the facility would have an annual reportable amount of that toxic chemical not exceeding 500 pounds for the combined total quantities released at the facility, disposed within the facility, treated at the facility (as represented by amounts destroyed or converted by treatment processes), recovered at the facility as a result of recycle operations, combusted for the purpose of energy recovery at the facility, and amounts transferred from the facility to off-site locations for the purpose of recycle, energy recovery, treatment, and/or disposal. These volumes correspond to the sum of amounts reportable for data elements on EPA Form R (EPA Form 9350-1; Rev. 12/4/93) as Part II column B or sections 8.1 (quantity released), 8.2 (quantity used for energy recovery on-site), 8.3 (quantity used for energy recovery off-site), 8.4 (quantity recycled on- site), 8.5 (quantity recycled off-site), 8.6 (quantity treated on-site), and 8.7 (quantity treated off-site). (b) If an owner or operator of a facility determines that the owner or operator may apply the alternate reporting threshold specified in paragraph (a) of this section for a specific toxic chemical, the owner or operator is not required to submit a report for that chemical under Sec. 372.30, but must submit a certification statement that contains the information required in Sec. 372.95. The owner or operator of the facility must also keep records as specified in Sec. 372.10(d). (c) Threshold determination provisions of Sec. 372.25 and exemptions pertaining to threshold determinations in Sec. 372.38 are applicable to the determination of whether the alternate threshold has been met. (d) Each certification statement under this section for activities involving a toxic chemical that occurred during a calendar year at a facility must be submitted to EPA and to the State [[Page 481]] in which the facility is located on or before July 1 of the next year. (e) The provisions of this section do not apply to any chemicals listed in Sec. 372.28. [59 FR 61502, Nov. 30, 1994, as amended at 64 FR 58750, Oct. 29, 1999] Sec. 372.28 Lower thresholds for chemicals of special concern. (a) Notwithstanding Sec. 372.25 or Sec. 372.27, for the toxic chemicals set forth in this section, the threshold amounts for manufacturing (including importing), processing, and otherwise using such toxic chemicals are as set forth in this section. (1) Chemical listing in alphabetic order. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reporting Chemical name CAS No. threshold ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Aldrin.......................... 00309-00-2 100 Benzo(g,h,i)perylene............ 00191-24-2 10 Chlordane....................... 00057-74-9 10 Heptachlor...................... 00076-44-8 10 Hexachlorobenzene............... 00118-74-1 10 Isodrin......................... 00465-73-6 10 Lead (this lower threshold does 7439-92-1......... 100 not apply to lead when contained in a stainless steel, brass or bronze alloy) Mercury......................... 07439-97-6 10 Methoxychlor.................... 00072-43-5 100 Octachlorostyrene............... 29082-74-4 10 Pendimethalin................... 40487-42-1 100 Pentachlorobenzene.............. 00608-93-5 10 Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCBs). 01336-36-3 10 Tetrabromobisphenol A........... 00079-94-7 100 Toxaphene....................... 08001-35-2 10 Trifluralin..................... 01582-09-8 100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (2) Chemical categories in alphabetic order. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Category name Reporting threshold ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0.1 grams (Manufacturing; and the processing or otherwise use of dioxin and dioxin-like compounds if the dioxin and dioxin-like compounds are present as contaminants in a chemical and if they were created during the manufacturing of that chemical) (This category includes only those chemicals listed below). 67562-39-4 1,2,3,4,6,7,8- Heptachlorodibenzofuran 55673-89-7 1,2,3,4,7,8,9- Heptachlorodibenzofuran 70648-26-9 1,2,3,4,7,8- Hexachlorodibenzofuran 57117-44-9 1,2,3,6,7,8- Hexachlorodibenzofuran 72918-21-9 1,2,3,7,8,9- Hexachlorodibenzofuran 60851-34-5 2,3,4,6,7,8- Hexachlorodibenzofuran 39227-28-6 1,2,3,4,7,8-Hexachlorodibenzo-p- dioxin 57653-85-7 1,2,3,6,7,8-Hexachlorodibenzo-p- dioxin 19408-74-3 1,2,3,7,8,9-Hexachlorodibenzo-p- dioxin 35822-46-9 1,2,3,4,6,7,8- Heptachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin Lead Compounds 100 39001-02-0 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9- Octachlorodibenzofuran 03268-87-9 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9- Octachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin 57117-41-6 1,2,3,7,8- Pentachlorodibenzofuran 57117-31-4 2,3,4,7,8- Pentachlorodibenzofuran 40321-76-4 1,2,3,7,8-Pentachlorodibenzo-p- dioxin 51207-31-9 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzofuran 01746-01-6 2,3,7,8 Tetrachlorodibenzo-p- dioxin Mercury compounds 10 Polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) (This 100 category includes only those chemicals listed below). 00056-55-3 Benz(a)anthracene 00205-99-2 Benzo(b)fluoranthene 00205-82-3 Benzo(j)fluoranthene 00207-08-9 Benzo(k)fluoranthene 00206-44-0 Benzo(j,k)fluorene 00189-55-9 Benzo(r,s,t)pentaphene 00218-01-9 Benzo(a)phenanthrene [[Page 482]] 00050-32-8 Benzo(a)pyrene 00226-36-8 Dibenz(a,h)acridine 00224-42-0 Dibenz(a,j)acridine 00053-70-3 Dibenzo(a,h)anthracene 00194-59-2 7H-Dibenzo(c,g)carbazole 05385-75-1 Dibenzo(a,e)fluoranthene 00192-65-4 Dibenzo(a,e)pyrene 00189-64-0 Dibenzo(a,h)pyrene 00191-30-0 Dibenzo(a,l)pyrene 00057-97-6 7,12-Dimethylbenz(a)anthracene 00193-39-5 Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene 00056-49-5 3-Methylcholanthrene 03697-24-3 5-Methylchrysene 05522-43-0 1-Nitropyrene ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (b) The threshold determination provisions under Sec. 372.25(c) through (h) and the exemptions under Sec. 372.38(b) through (h) are applicable to the toxic chemicals listed in paragraph (a) of this section. [64 FR 58750, Oct. 29, 1999, as amended at 66 FR 4527, Jan. 17, 2001]