EPA seeks comments on EPCRA emergency notification reporting requirements
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This notice keeps alive the EPA’s paperwork approval for emergency release notifications under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act. Facilities that handle hazardous chemicals may still need to provide emergency notifications when a reportable release occurs. The EPA is asking for public comments before sending the information collection renewal to the Office of Management and Budget. Businesses, emergency planners, state and local response agencies, and community right-to-know groups can comment by August 25, 2026, using docket EPA-HQ-SFUND-2005-0008.
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Key Changes
- EPA plans to renew the information collection approval for EPCRA emergency release notifications.
- The current approval remains in place through March 31, 2027.
- Public comments are open for 60 days and due by August 25, 2026.
Obligations
What this law requires
Any person submitting comments on the proposed ICR renewal must submit them on or before August 25, 2026.
Comments submitted to EPA must reference Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-SFUND-2005-0008 and be submitted through regulations.gov or by mail to the EPA Docket Center.
Commenters should not include Confidential Business Information, profanity, threats, or other information restricted from public disclosure in docket comments, because EPA will place comments in the public docket without change unless such restricted content is included.
A person is not required to respond to an EPA information collection unless the collection displays a currently valid OMB control number.