[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 15]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR68.42]

[Page 167]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 68_CHEMICAL ACCIDENT PREVENTION PROVISIONS--Table of Contents
 
                       Subpart B_Hazard Assessment
 
Sec. 68.42  Five-year accident history.

    (a) The owner or operator shall include in the five-year accident 
history all accidental releases from covered processes that resulted in 
deaths, injuries, or significant property damage on site, or known 
offsite deaths, injuries, evacuations, sheltering in place, property 
damage, or environmental damage.
    (b) Data required. For each accidental release included, the owner 
or operator shall report the following information:
    (1) Date, time, and approximate duration of the release;
    (2) Chemical(s) released;
    (3) Estimated quantity released in pounds and, for mixtures 
containing regulated toxic substances, percentage concentration by 
weight of the released regulated toxic substance in the liquid mixture;
    (4) Five- or six-digit NAICS code that most closely corresponds to 
the process;
    (5) The type of release event and its source;
    (6) Weather conditions, if known;
    (7) On-site impacts;
    (8) Known offsite impacts;
    (9) Initiating event and contributing factors if known;
    (10) Whether offsite responders were notified if known; and
    (11) Operational or process changes that resulted from investigation 
of the release and that have been made by the time this information is 
submitted in accordance with Sec. 68.168.
    (c) Level of accuracy. Numerical estimates may be provided to two 
significant digits.

[61 FR 31718, June 20, 1996, as amended at 64 FR 979, Jan. 6, 1999; 69 
FR 18831, Apr. 9, 2004]