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EPA/OPPTS RIN: 2070-AD09 Publication ID: Spring 1997 
Title: Reporting Threshold Amendment; Toxic Chemicals Release Reporting; Community Right-to-Know 
Abstract: The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) currently requires reporting from facilities which manufacture or process at least 25,000 pounds of a listed chemical, or otherwise use 10,000 lbs of a listed chemical. These thresholds were initially established under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-know Act (EPCRA) section 313(f)(1). Section 313(f)(2) of EPCRA gives the Administrator the power to establish a threshold amount for a toxic chemical different from the amount established by paragraph (1) and that such altered thresholds may be based on classes of chemicals. EPA is considering lowering the thresholds for those chemicals which it determines to be highly toxic at very low dose levels and/or have physical, chemical, or biological properties that make the chemicals persist for extended periods in the environment, and/or bioaccumulate through the food chain. Persistent bioaccumulative toxic chemicals are of particular concern in ecosystems such as the Great Lakes Basin due to the long retention time of the individual lakes and the cycling of the chemicals from one component of the ecosystem to another. EPA is currently conducting analysis to determine which chemicals present the specific problems described above, and to determine what the altered threshold value(s) should be. 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Economically Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Prerule Stage 
Major: Undetermined  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 372   
Legal Authority: PL 9909-499   
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
ANPRM  11/00/1997    
Additional Information: SAN No. 3880. ^PRFA: Y
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes  Government Levels Affected: Federal 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: Yes 
Agency Contact:
Susan B. Hazen
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances
7408,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 260-1024
Fax:800 553-7672
Email: hazen.susan@epamail.epa.gov