Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) The owner or
operator of any facility which is required to prepare or have available a
material safety data sheet for a hazardous chemical under the Occupational
Safety and Health Act ( 29 USCA 651 et seq.) and regulations promulgated under
that Act ( 29 CFR 1910 ) shall prepare and submit an emergency and hazardous
chemical inventory form (hereafter in this Section referred to as an "inventory
form") to each of the following:
1) The
Manager of Hazardous Materials Compliance and Enforcement, Illinois Emergency
Management Agency, 110 East Adams, Springfield, Illinois 62701-1109.
2) The local emergency planning committee of
the planning district in which the facility is located.
3) The fire department with jurisdiction over
the facility.
b) The
facility owner or operator shall submit the inventory form annually on March 1.
The form shall contain data with respect to the preceding year.
c) Minimum Threshold Levels
1) As provided under
40 CFR
370.20 (October 15, 1987), the owner or
operator of a facility subject to this Section shall submit either the Tier I
form or the Tier II form:
A) On or before
March 1 of the first year after the facility first becomes subject to this
Section, covering:
i) all hazardous chemicals
present at the facility during the preceding calendar year in amounts equal to
or greater than 10,000 pounds; or
ii) all chemicals that are extremely
hazardous substances present at the facility in an amount greater than or equal
to 500 pounds (or 55 gallons) or the TPQ, whichever is less.
B) On or before March 1 of the
second year after the facility first becomes subject to this Section, and
annually thereafter, covering:
i) all
hazardous chemicals present at the facility during the preceding calendar year
in amounts equal to or greater than 10,000 pounds; or
ii) all chemicals that are extremely
hazardous substances present at the facility in an amount greater than or equal
to 500 pounds (or 55 gallons) or the TPQ, whichever is less.
2) The minimum
threshold for reporting in response to requests for submission of a Tier I form
pursuant to Section
620.240 of
this Subpart shall be zero.
d) The inventory form shall contain Tier I or
Tier II information as described in Section 312(d)(1) of the Act.
