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EPA/OPPTS RIN: 2070-AD09 Publication ID: Spring 1998 
Title: TRI; 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 99-499   
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
ANPRM  04/00/1998    
Additional Information: SAN No. 3880 ^POTHER SECTORS AFFECTED: Manufacturing industries in SIC codes 20-39 plus the following industries and SIC codes: Metal Mining (SIC code 10 except SIC codes 1011, 1081, and 1094); Coal Mining (SIC code 12 except SIC code 1241); Electric Utilities (SIC codes 4911, 4931, 4939); Commercial Hazardous Waste Treatment (SIC code 4953); Chemicals and Allied Products-Wholesale (SIC code 5169); Petroleum Bulk Terminals and Plants (SIC code 5171); and, Solvent Recovery Services (SIC code 7389). ^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:
Maria Doa
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Research and Development
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 566-0718
Email: doa.maria@epa.gov