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EPA is considering a proposed rulemaking on the interpretation of used in routine agricultural operations” as it pertains to release reporting requirements under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA). This rulemaking would assist persons, including farms, in determining whether EPCRA release reporting requirements apply to their facility and whether certain substances are subject to reporting under EPCRA sections 311 and 312.For example, EPCRA section 304 requires all facilities at which a hazardous chemical is produced, used or stored” to report releases of reportable quantities of any EPCRA Extremely Hazardous Substance and of any hazardous substance listed under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA). The term hazardous chemical,” as defined in EPCRA sections 329(5) and 311(e), does not include any substance to the extent it is used in routine agricultural operations.”