Tier II Chemical Inventory Reports

Mission:

• Work with business and industry to improve participation in mandatory Tier II Chemical annual reporting and promote maximum utilization of Material Safety Data Sheets.
• Increase awareness and emphasize importance of reporting significant releases and up-to-date, accurate inventories.
• Obtain and provide the general public with information mandated under EPCRA and SARA Title III; support the adopted County Emergency Response Plan; utilize Tier II information to enhance the performance of first responders and supporting agencies within Collin County and the region.

What Chemicals Must be Reported
Hazardous Materials subject to regulation include:

• Extremely Hazardous Substances
• Hazardous Substances
• Hazardous Chemicals over 10,000 lbs.
• Toxic Chemicals
• EPA Response Management Plan List of Toxics & Flammables

It is the responsibility of the business/industry to determine what chemicals and corresponding Threshold Planning Quantities (TPQ) are to be reported. Please refer to Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) accompanying materials. For Frequently Asked Questions and lists, refer to the DSHS website at http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/tiertwo/about.shtm or the EPA at: http://www.epa.gov/

FAILURE TO REPORT CAN BE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL CIVIL VIOLATIONS IF:

• An incident occurs and no Tier II Report is on file with either of the above;
• A spill or release of a reportable nature is not reported within the specified time-frame as required by law, whether or not first responders were dispatched.

Further, responding agencies are entitled by law to recover the costs of securing, containing, and managing an incident.

Important Dates to Remember

ALL Tier II Reports and copies to the local Fire Marshal of jurisdiction and the Collin County LEPC are due March 1st of each year, for the previous year January 1 through December 31 (i.e., filing deadline March 1st, 2008 for January 1 through December 31, 2007). Copies to the Collin County Fire Marshal and LEPC may be sent on CD or floppy disk with a photocopy of the Cover Sheet and Site Plan (if available, paper or jpeg). When an email option becomes available, it will be posted on this page.

In the State of Texas Tier II Reports may be submitted any time between January 1 and March 1; avoid the rush and file early.

Effective September, 2006 all Tier II Reports required by the Texas Department of State Health Services must be prepared electronically; either via Tier II Submit http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/tiertwo/lepc.shtm or mailed to the State on disk with accompanying filing fee.

TIER 2 Submit & E-Plan

The Collin County LEPC, Fire Marshal's Office, and Homeland Security encourage stakeholders to submit their Tier II Reports through E-Plan. E-Plan is a nationwide program initiated by the EPA to utilize the most current technology to enhance incident first response. For more information go to: http://eplannews.utdallas.edu/home.htm.

The University of Texas/Dallas, EPA, Collin County LEPC, and Collin County Fire Marshal's Office, with the support of Collin County Homeland Security are working together to enhance first response in Collin County and the neighboring counties in the region.