| Reportable Substances |
Triggers |
Immediately Report To |
| Air Pollutants 1 |
Any emission exceeding any permit condition or limit. |
Implementing Agency 1 |
| CERCLA HS |
Release of a RQ into the environment. Continuous release of a RQ into the environment. 2 |
NRC |
| Wastewater Excursions HS |
RQ of aHS. Any excursion exceeding any permit condition or limit (NPDES, Pretreatment Limits) |
Local/State Authorities EPA regional Office3 |
| Oil (including petroleum fuel oil, sludge, oil refuse, oil mixed with waste, etc.) |
Spill into or upon the navigable waters ( including surface water, drainage ditches, etc.) or into or upon adjoining shorelines.4 |
NRC Local/State Authorities |
| Hazardous Material (including HW) (Special reporting requirements for releases from pipelines are not included in this table) |
A person is killed.
A person is injured requiring hospitalization.
Property damage exceeds 50,000.
Transportation arteries are closed > one hour.
Evacuate general public > one hour.
Fire, release, or contamination involving either radioactive material or etiological agents.
In the judgement of the carrier there exists a continuing danger to life. |
NRC Local/State Authorities |
| EHS CERCLA HS |
Release of a RQ into the environment. Continuous release of a RQ into the environment.2 |
LEPC(s) SERC(s) |
| Hazardous Waste |
Any release, fire, or explosion that could threaten human health or the environment outside the facility.
Report any off-site release from a TSD Facility > RQ.
Any release to the environment from a HW Tank or secondary containment system ( within 24 hours). |
NRC
Local/State Authorities |
| UST site or the surrounding area ( CERCLA HS & Petroleum Product) |
At an UST site or the surrounding area: Spill or overfill of a CERCLA HS > RQ or spill or overfilled of a petroleum product > 25 gallon or that causes a sheen. |
Implementing Agency3 |
| PCBs (At concentrations > 50 ppm) |
Release 10 lbs or more or a PCB (Note: PCB is also a CERCLA HS; RQ is a 1 pound) |
EPA Regional Office3 Local/State Authorities |
