Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act

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United States federal law environmental law right-to-know law

The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act is a U.S. federal law that requires industries to report on the storage, use, and releases of hazardous chemicals to support emergency planning and inform the public about environmental risks.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act canonical 18
EPCRA Section 313 2
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
environmental law ⓘ
right-to-know law ⓘ
abbreviation TRI ⓘ
administeredBy Office of Land and Emergency Management ⓘ
surface form: EPA Office of Emergency Management

United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
appliesTo certain industrial facilities ⓘ
facilities with extremely hazardous substances above threshold quantities ⓘ
codifiedIn United States Code ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createsProgram Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Toxics Release Inventory
defines extremely hazardous substances list ⓘ
effectiveDate 1987 ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
establishes Local Emergency Planning Committees ⓘ
State Emergency Response Commissions ⓘ
implementedThrough 40 CFR Part 355 ⓘ
40 CFR Part 370 ⓘ
Code of Federal Regulations ⓘ
surface form: 40 CFR Part 372
partOf Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
surface form: Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986
policyArea chemical safety ⓘ
environmental protection ⓘ
public health ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 99-499 ⓘ
purpose improve community right-to-know about environmental risks ⓘ
inform the public about hazardous chemical storage and releases ⓘ
support emergency planning for chemical accidents ⓘ
relatedTo Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
Superfund program ⓘ
requires development of local emergency response plans ⓘ
reporting of hazardous chemical releases ⓘ
reporting of hazardous chemical storage ⓘ
reporting of hazardous chemical use ⓘ
requiresUnderSection304 emergency notification of releases ⓘ
requiresUnderSection311 material safety data sheet reporting ⓘ
requiresUnderSection312 hazardous chemical inventory reporting ⓘ
requiresUnderSection313 annual toxic chemical release reporting ⓘ
section Section 302 ⓘ
Section 303 ⓘ
Section 304 ⓘ
Section 311 ⓘ
Section 312 ⓘ
Section 313 ⓘ
shortName Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: EPCRA
signedBy Ronald Reagan ⓘ
titleWithinSARA Title III ⓘ
uscSections 11001–11050 ⓘ
uscTitle 42 ⓘ
yearEnacted 1986 ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Environmental Protection Agency → enforces → Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act ⓘ
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act → shortName → Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: EPCRA
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act → createsProgram → Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Toxics Release Inventory
Office of Land and Emergency Management → regulatesUnderStatute → Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act ⓘ
Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance → enforces → Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act ⓘ
Title III → establishes → Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act ⓘ
Title III → relatedTo → Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act ⓘ
State Emergency Response Commissions → hasLegalBasisIn → Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act ⓘ
Local Emergency Planning Committees → legalBasis → Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act ⓘ
subject surface form: Local Emergency Planning Committee
TRI → legislatedBy → Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act ⓘ
subject surface form: Toxics Release Inventory
TRI → legislatedBy → Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act ⓘ
subject surface form: Toxics Release Inventory
this entity surface form: EPCRA Section 313
TRI → legalBasis → Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act ⓘ
subject surface form: Toxics Release Inventory
this entity surface form: Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986
Public Law 99-499 → establishes → Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act ⓘ
Public Law 99-499 → titleIIIName → Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 → containsTitle → Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Title III – Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 → establishes → Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act ⓘ
United States environmental law → keyStatute → Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act ⓘ
Form R → legalBasis → Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act ⓘ
Form R → legalBasis → Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: EPCRA Section 313
99-499 → creates → Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act ⓘ
Title IV → hasShortName → Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act ⓘ
subject surface form: Title IV (Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986)
this entity surface form: Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know provisions of SARA
Title IV → relatedTo → Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act ⓘ
subject surface form: Title IV (Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986)
Office of Compliance → legalAuthority → Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act ⓘ
Office of Site Remediation Enforcement → legalAuthority → Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (for certain cleanup-related matters)
EPA regional enforcement divisions → appliesStatute → Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act ⓘ
EPA Region 6 → administers → Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act ⓘ
Superfund program → relatedTo → Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act ⓘ