Tier II Reports

FACILITY CHEMICAL REPORT:

Data Definitions Data Table Sources Assumptions & Predictions How to Report a Spill

FACILITY CHEMICAL REPORT DATA

FACILITIES FILE SARA TITLE III REPORTS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, COLUMBUS, OHIO.

From the submission of SARA Title III reports to the LEPC for Franklin County, which is CEPAC, the Columbus Public Health has a number of reporting facilities. The most common chemicals reported throughout the SARA reports are gasoline, diesel fuel, fuel oil, kerosene and propane.

FACILITY CHEMICAL REPORTS - DEFINITIONS

SARA Title III
SARA Title III stands for the Superfund Amendment Reauthorization Act of 1986. This act requires companies with inventories over the threshold reporting quantities for Extremely Hazardous Substance (EHS) and hazardous chemicals to file chemical inventory reports with the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) of their county. CEPAC is the LEPC for Franklin County.

CEPAC
CEPAC stands for the Chemical Emergency Preparedness Advisory Council of Franklin County, Columbus, Ohio.

HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS
Hazard chemicals fall under two definitions of health and physical hazard.

1. Health Hazard - means a chemical for which there is statistically significant evidence based on at least one study conducted in accordance with established scientific principles that acute or chronic health effects may occur in exposed individuals..

2. Physical Hazard - means a chemical for which there is scientifically valid evidence that it is: a combustible liquid; a compressed gas; explosive, flammable or organic peroxide; an oxidizer; pyrophoric (ignites spontaneously); unstable (reactive); or water reactive.

3. Hazardous chemicals have a threshold reporting quantity of 10,000 pounds or more for any single day (24 hour period) of the year, then you must report!

EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE (EHS)
An Extremely Hazardous Substance (EHS) is one of 354 specifically listed chemicals listed in the Ohio Administrative Code Section 3750-20-30 by the US EPA pursuant to SARA Title III. When these substances are released from their container, acute or chronic health effects may occur to exposed individuals. Some EHS substance have threshold reporting quantities of one pound, 10 pounds, 100 pounds, and 500 pounds or more for any single day of the year.

FACILITY CHEMICAL REPORTS
A company files a report when the amount of chemicals on site exceeds the threshold reporting quantities (TRQ) for hazardous chemicals and Extremely Hazardous Substances for any single day of the year. Once a company files a chemical inventory report, the report becomes an annual submission.3

FACILITY CHEMICAL REPORT DATA TABLE

Franklin County, Columbus, Ohio

Facility Type: # Count

2. Facilities with some chemicals

3. Facilities with Extremely Hazardous Substances *

* Please note that some companies with Extremely Hazardous Substances (EHS) may have more than one EHS on their premises.

SOURCES

Ohio State Emergency Response Commission (SERC), Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know, Ohio Revised Code Chapter 3750, Facility Compliance Manual, Revised 10/94.

The Chemical Emergency Preparedness Advisory Council (CEPAC), 240 Parsons Ave., Columbus, OH 43215.

The Columbus Public Health is the information coordinator for CEPAC and its address is 240 Parsons Ave., Columbus, OH 43215.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
CEPAC AT: (614) 645-6275
TO FAX: (614) 645-7342
TO E-MAIL: jerryp@columbus.gov
MAIL TO: CEPAC, 240 Parsons Ave., Columbus, OH 43215

ASSUMPTIONS AND PREDICTIONS

It is assumed that chemical companies who store, use or process chemicals know about the SARA Title III laws and their requirements for reporting from federal notices and regulations. Because of CEPAC working with the Fire Departments in Franklin County, it is assumed that most of the facilities using or storing chemicals are reporting their inventories. Each year a concerted effort is made to bring companies into compliance with the state and federal law.
Each Local Emergency Planning Committee has developed an emergency plan for the chemicals in its community. Franklin County has three hazardous material response teams who respond with the fire departments for actual chemical spills and incidents. Each year one or more mock exercises are practiced by the hazardous material teams.

HAZARDOUS MATERIAL:

Data Definitions Data Table Sources Assumptions & Predictions

HAZARDOUS MATERIAL DATA

THE MOST COMMON EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES (EHS)

From the submission of SARA Title III reports to the LEPC for Franklin County, known as CEPAC, the Columbus Public Health has determined the most common Extremely Hazardous Substances (EHS) by average volume in Franklin County.

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS - DEFINITIONS

EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE (EHS)
An Extremely Hazardous Substance (EHS) is one of 354 specifically listed chemicals listed in the Ohio Administrative Code Section 3750-20-30. When these EHS's are released from their container, acute or chronic health effects may occur to exposed individuals. Some EHS substances have threshold reporting quantities of one pound, 10 pounds, 100 pounds, and 500 pounds for any single day of the year.

SARA Title III, SECTIONS 311 AND 312
SARA stands for the Superfund Amendments Reauthorization Act of 1986. This act requires companies with inventories over the threshold reporting quantities for Extremely Hazardous Substances (EHS) and hazardous chemicals to file facility chemical inventory reports with the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) of their county. CEPAC is the LEPC for Franklin County.

LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE (LEPC)
The Chemical Emergency Preparedness Advisory Council (CEPAC) is the Local Emergency Planning Committee for Franklin County and Columbus, Ohio. There are 87 LEPC's in the state of Ohio, which were designated by the State Emergency Response Commission under the guidance of the Ohio EPA.

CAS#
CAS stands for the company name of Chemical Abstracts Service located in Columbus, Ohio. The CAS# is a number assigned to each chemical by the Chemical Abstracts Service company.

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS - DATA TABLE

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS - SOURCES

Ohio State Emergency Response Commission (SERC), Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know, Ohio Revised Code Chapter 3750, Facility Compliance Manual, Revised 10/95.

The Chemical Emergency Preparedness Advisory Council (CEPAC), 240 Parsons Ave., Columbus, OH 43215.

Columbus Public Health is the information coordinator for CEPAC and its address is 240 Parsons Ave., Columbus, OH 43215.

For More Information Contact:

CEPAC AT: (614) 645-6275
TO FAX: (614) 645-7342
TO E-MAIL:jerryp@columbus.gov
TO MAIL: CEPAC, 240 Parsons Ave., Columbus, OH 43215

ASSUMPTIONS AND PREDICTIONS

Reporting companies are allowed to use inventory range codes to report their volumes in pounds. The inventory range codes are as follows:

01 = 1 to 99 pounds 02 = 100 to 999 pounds 03 = 1,000 to 9,999 pounds 04 = 10,000 to 999,999 pds.

As you can see, these inventory range codes have a wide range, which allows the actual pounds for each chemical to be somewhat different than the reported pounds.

Each Local Emergency Planning Committee has developed an emergency plan for the chemicals in the community. Franklin County has three hazardous material response teams which respond with the fire departments for actual chemical spills, releases and incidents. Each year one or more mock exercises are practiced by the hazardous material teams.

HOW TO REPORT A SPILL

If you spill more than the Reportable Quantity (RQ) of a chemical or cause a visible film or sheen upon the surface of the water;

Call: 1. Your Local Fire Department (Columbus Fire Dept. = (614) 221-2345) or 911

2. CEPAC / your local LEPC = (614) 882-6614 (24 hrs.)

3. Ohio EPA (614) 224-0946

1-800-282-9378

The call shall be made within 30 minutes of knowledge of the release. In addition, calls to The National Response Center (NRC) shall be made for those reportable quantity releases involving CERCLA hazardous substances or oil to navigable waters as soon as possible. The National Response Center is 1-800-424-8802. Be prepared to relay as much of the information as possible.

After the release or discharge, a written follow-up emergency notice must be submitted within 30 days to the Ohio EPA Emergency Response Section and Franklin County Emergency Management and Homeland Security (below). See pages 17 –19 in the SERC Facility Reporting Compliance Manual for Reporting Spills.

Ohio EPA, DERR-ER

Ohio EPA, DERR-ER

Lazarus Government Center

50 W. Town St., Suite 700

P.O. Box 1049

Columbus, OH 43216-1049

ATTN: ER Records Mgmt. SERC Report

Franklin County Emergency Management & Homeland Security

5300 Strawberry Farms Blvd.

Columbus, OH 43230