Federal Release Requirements

Air Pollutants ¹

Any emission exceeding any permit condition or limit.

Implementing Agency ¹

CERCLA HS

Release of a RQ into the environment. 

Continuous release of a RQ into the environment. ²

NRC

Wastewater 

Excursions HS

RQ of aHS. 

Any excursion exceeding any permit condition or limit (NPDES, Pretreatment Limits)

Local/State Authorities 

EPA regional Office³

Oil (including petroleum fuel oil, sludge, oil refuse, oil mixed with waste, etc.)

Spill into or upon the navigable waters ( including surface water, drainage ditches, etc.) or into or upon adjoining shorelines.4

NRC 

Local/State Authorities

Hazardous Material (including HW) (Special reporting requirements for releases from pipelines are not  included in this table)

A person is killed.

A person is injured requiring hospitalization.

Property damage exceeds 50,000.

Transportation arteries are closed > one hour.

Evacuate general public > one hour.

Fire, release, or contamination involving either radioactive material or etiological agents.

In the judgment of the carrier there exists a continuing danger to life.

NRC 

Local/State Authorities

EHS 

CERCLA HS

Release of a RQ into the environment. 

Continuous release of a RQ into the environment.2

LEPC(s) 

SERC(s)

Hazardous Waste

Any release, fire, or explosion that could threaten human health or the environment outside the facility.

Report any off-site release from a TSD Facility > RQ.

Any release to the environment from a  HW Tank or secondary containment  system ( within 24 hours).

NRC

Local/State Authorities

UST site or the surrounding area ( CERCLA HS & Petroleum Product)

At an UST site or the surrounding area: 

Spill or overfill of a CERCLA HS > RQ or spill or overfilled of a petroleum product > 25 gallon or that causes a sheen.

Implementing 

Agency³

PCBs (At concentrations >   50 ppm)

Release 10 lbs or more or a PCB (Note: PCB is also a CERCLA HS; RQ is a 1 pound)

EPA Regional Office3

Local/State Authorities