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.

Aliases (5)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal law → environmental law → right-to-know law →
abbreviation	TRI →
administeredBy	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 →
createsProgram	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 → 40 CFR Part 372 →
partOf	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	EPCRA →
signedBy	Ronald Reagan →
titleWithinSARA	Title III →
uscSections	11001–11050 →
uscTitle	42 →
yearEnacted	1986 →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Public Law 99-499 → Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 → Title III →	establishes
Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance → United States Environmental Protection Agency →	enforces
Local Emergency Planning Committee → Toxics Release Inventory ("Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986") →	legalBasis
Toxics Release Inventory → Toxics Release Inventory ("EPCRA Section 313") →	legislatedBy
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ("Title III – Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act") →	containsTitle
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act ("Toxics Release Inventory") →	createsProgram
State Emergency Response Commissions →	hasLegalBasisIn
Office of Land and Emergency Management →	regulatesUnderStatute
Title III →	relatedTo
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act ("EPCRA") →	shortName
Public Law 99-499 ("Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986") →	titleIIIName