[Comment: For dates of non-regulatory
government publications, publications of recognized organizations and
associations, federal rules, and federal statutory provisions referenced in
this rule, see paragraph (AA) of rule
3745-100-01 of the
Administrative Code titled "Referenced materials."]
Except as provided in rules
3745-100-14
and
3745-100-16
of the Administrative Code, the threshold amounts for purposes of reporting
under rule
3745-100-07
of the Administrative Code for toxic chemicals are as follows:
(A) With respect to a toxic chemical
manufactured (including imported) or processed at a facility during the
following calendar years:
(1) 1987 -
seventy-five thousand pounds of the chemical manufactured or processed for the
year.
(2) 1988 - fifty thousand
pounds of the chemical manufactured or processed for the year.
(3) 1989 and thereafter - twenty-five
thousand pounds of the chemical manufactured or processed for the
year.
(B) With respect to
a chemical otherwise used at a facility, ten thousand pounds of the chemical
used for the applicable calendar year.
(C) With respect to activities involving a
toxic chemical at a facility, when more than one threshold applies to the
activities, the owner or operator of the facility shall report if the facility
exceeds any applicable threshold and shall report on all activities at the
facility involving the chemical, except as provided in rule
3745-100-08 of the
Administrative Code.
(D) When a
facility manufactures, processes or otherwise uses more than one member of a
chemical category listed
in paragraph (C) of rule
3745-100-10
of the Administrative Code
by the administrator
of USEPA under 40 CFR Part 372.65 , the owner or operator of the facility
shall report if the facility exceeds any applicable threshold for the total
volume of all the members of the category involved in the applicable activity.
Any such report shall cover all activities at the facility involving members of
the category.
(E) A facility may
process or otherwise use a toxic chemical in a recycle/reuse operation. To
determine whether the facility has processed or used more than an applicable
threshold of the chemical, the owner or operator of the facility shall count
the amount of the chemical added to the recycle/reuse operation during the
calendar year. In particular, if the facility starts up such an operation
during a calendar year, or in the event that the contents of the whole
recycle/reuse operation are replaced in a calendar year, the owner or operator
of the facility shall also count the amount of the chemical placed into the
system at these times.
(F) A toxic
chemical may be listed
in rule
3745-100-10
of the Administrative Code
by the administrator
of USEPA under 40 CFR Part 372.65 with the notation that only persons who
manufacture the chemical, or manufacture the chemical by a certain method, are
required to report. In that case, only owners or operators of facilities that
manufacture that chemical as
described in rule
3745-100-10
of the Administrative Code
listed by the
administrator of USEPA under 40 CFR Part 372.65 in excess of the
threshold applicable to such manufacture in rules 3745-10-06,
3745-100-14,
and
3745-100-16
of the Administrative Code are required to report. In completing the reporting
form, the owner or operator is only required to account for the quantity of the
chemical so manufactured and releases associated with such manufacturing, but
not releases associated with subsequent processing or use of the chemical at
that facility. Owners and operators of facilities that solely process or use
such a chemical are not required to report for that chemical.
(G) A toxic chemical may be listed
in rule
3745-100-10
of the Administrative Code
by the administrator
of USEPA under 40 CFR Part 372.65 with the notation that the chemical is
in a specific form (for example, fume or dust, solution, or friable) or of a
specific color (for example, yellow or white). In that case, only owners or
operators of facilities that manufacture, process or use that chemical in the
form or of the color specified
in rule
3745-100-10
of the Administrative Code
by the administrator
of USEPA under 40 CFR Part 372.65, in excess of the threshold applicable
to such activity in rules 3745-100-06,
3745-100-14,
and
3745-100-16
of the Administrative Code, are required to report. In completing the reporting
form, the owner or operator is only required to account for the quantity of the
chemical manufactured, processed or used in the form or color specified
in rule
3745-100-10
of the Administrative Code
by the administrator
of USEPA under 40 CFR Part 372.65 and for releases associated with the
chemical in that form or color. Owners or operators of facilities that solely
manufacture, process or use such a chemical in a form or color other than those
specified
by rule
3745-100-10
of the Administrative Code
by the administrator
of USEPA under 40 CFR Part 372.65 are not required to report for that
chemical.
(H) Metal compound
categories are listed
in paragraph (C) of rule
3745-100-10
of the Administrative Code
by the administrator
of USEPA under 40 CFR Part 372.65. For purposes of determining whether
any of the thresholds specified in rules 3745-100-06,
3745-100-14,
and
3745-100-16
of the Administrative Code are met for the metal compound category, the owner
or operator of a facility shall make the threshold determination based on the
total amount of all members of the metal compound category manufactured,
processed or used at the facility. In completing the release portion of the
reporting form for releases of the metal compounds, the owner or operator is
only required to account for the weight of the parent metal released. Any
contribution to the mass of the release attributable to other portions of each
compound in the category is excluded.