 | In this NewsBrief: January 14, 2005
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| In this NewsBrief: January 14, 2005
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This is a summary of TIER II filing requirements. The filing for 2004 is due March 1, 2005. 1. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts requires any business which meets certain thresholds requirements to file a Toxic Use Report (TUR) with the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), which includes "Form R"s for each toxic substance. A facility which meets all three of the following threshold requirements is required to file a Toxics Use Report annually: - Employed the equivalent of at least 10 full-time employees (or the equivalent of 20,000 hours worked per year); AND - Falls within at least one of the following Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Codes: - 10 through 14 - Mining - 20 through 39 - Manufacturing - 40, 44 through 49 - Transportation - 50 and 51 - Wholesale - 72, 73, 75 and 76- Certain Services; AND - Manufactured, processed or otherwise used a TURA listed chemical at or above any one of the following specific reporting thresholds: - 25,000 pounds for a chemical that was manufactured or processed; - 10,000 pounds for a chemical that was otherwise used; - For designated Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxics (PBTs), 100 pounds, 10 pounds or 0.1 gram, depending on the chemical 2. The federal SARA 313 Form R reporting requirements are not as strict as the state's TUR program, and the Form R filed with the state is more than enough information to satisfy the federal, but the appropriate forms must still be filed separately with both the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the state DEP. 3. Finally, in addition, the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) administers EPA's SARA 312 Tier II requirements. There is no substantive difference between state and federal requirements for this filing, but the information must be prepared using the U.S. EPA's software. The information should then be provided on diskette to the State Emergency Response Commission (SERC), Local Emergency. Prepared by: Jamy Buchanan Madeja Buchanan & Associates 33 Mount Vernon Street Boston, MA 02108 (617)227-8410 phone (617)227-9943 FAX Date: January 26, 2005 Where: Riverway Lobster House, South Yarmouth, MA When: 6:30 pm Cost: $18 plus tax and tip, includes dinner Open to the public Fran Gardner from Gardner Associates will make a presenation on Conducting Your Business Safely, covering topics such as office safety, yard safety, fire prevention, hazardous materials training, confined space program and disaster training. Please contact Ren Nichols at Allen Harbor Marine for more information or to sign up for the dinner and meeting. Call 508-432-0353 or email Ren at ren@allenharbor.com. If you haven't renew your MMTA membership yet, we encourage you take this action on the BoatMA.com web site. It is easy and fast, and you can provide all the needed business and payment information by simply filling out a single on-line form! Click here to Renew Your Membership. Promote your business on the most visible boating web site in the region!
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