Program Manager: Robert Cole (410) 293-1116 (mailto:rcole@usna.edu)

    Executive Order 12856 requires federal facilities to comply with the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA) which is also known as Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA). Navy policy is to comply with all requirements of EPCRA reporting to prevent pollution. EPCRA is intended to 1) encourage and support the establishment of a local emergency planning committee to plan for response to hazardous materials incidents that may occur in the community; 2) to provide local governments and the public with timely and comprehensive information about possible or potential chemical hazards in their communities; and 3) establish the framework for emergency planning through which the goals would be met. The Naval Academy is directly involved with Item #2 as discussed further below.

    EPCRA Sections 311 and 312 are the community right-to-know provisions. These sections require the submission of chemical hazard information for chemicals that exceed the reporting thresholds. The Naval Academy has the Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) required by section 311 and uses the Tier II inventory form to submit the annual information required by Section 312 by March 1 every year. 

    EPCRA Section 313 requires the annual submission of Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) reports for all releases and transfers of toxic chemicals that trigger a threshold based on usage throughout the calendar year. The Naval Academy does not have any chemical usage that triggers the requirement to submit TRI reports.