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2012 Chemical Data Reporting

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38. Submission Periods After 2012

38.1. When is the next principal reporting year and submission period?
EPA has changed the reporting frequency to every 4 years. After the 2012 submission period, the next submission period under the CDR rule will occur in 2016 and the principal reporting year will be 2015. The submission period will continue to occur in the year following the principal reporting year.


38.2. How will the timing of submission period change?
Beginning in 2016 and for each subsequent submission period, the submission period will begin June 1 and end September 30 (40 CFR 711.20).


38.3. What will be the method for determining need for CDR reporting?
For submission periods subsequent to the 2012 submission period, the determination of the need to report is based on whether, for any calendar year since the last principal reporting year, a chemical substance was manufactured (including imported) at a site in production volumes of 25,000 pounds or greater. For example, for the 2016 submission period, it would be necessary to examine the annual production volumes for the calendar years 2012 to 2015 for the site. If the production volume for a reportable chemical substance were 25,000 pounds or greater for any calendar year during that four year period, then it would be necessary to report the chemical substance, unless it were otherwise exempt.


38.4. What will be the reporting threshold for processing and use information?
Subsequent to the 2012 submission period, the threshold for reporting processing and use information will be 25,000 pounds (or 2,500 pounds for chemical substances subject to 711.8(b), see I.5.).


38.5. What will be the reporting threshold for specific regulated substances in 2016?
Beginning with the 2016 submission period, the reporting threshold will be reduced to 2,500 pounds for those chemical substances that are:

  • The subject of a rule proposed or promulgated under TSCA section 5(a)(2), 5(b)(4), or 6,
  • The subject of an order issued under TSCA section 5(e) or 5(f), or
  • The subject of relief that has been granted under a civil action under TSCA section 5 or 7. (40 CFR 711.8(b)).

For the 2016 submission period and submission periods thereafter, a manufacturer (including importer) of such chemical substances is required to report manufacturing information on the chemical substances if they are manufactured (including imported) in volumes of 2,500 pounds or more during any of the years since the last principal reporting year (e.g., 2012-2015). In addition to the manufacturing, processing and use information for the principal reporting year (e.g., 2015), the production volumes for each year since the last principal reporting year must also be reported (see I.6.). Also, information on the processing and use of the chemical substances must be reported if they were manufactured (including imported) in volumes of 2,500 pounds or more during any of the years since the last principal reporting year.


38.6. For which years will EPA be requiring production volume information?
For submission periods subsequent to the 2012 submission period, manufacturers (including importers) will be required to report the total annual volume (domestically manufactured and imported volumes in pounds) of each reportable chemical substance at each site for each complete calendar year since the last CDR principal reporting year. For example, for the 2016 submission period, manufacturers (including importers) of a reportable chemical substance will report the production volume of that chemical substance for each of the following calendar years: 2015, 2014, 2013, and 2012. In addition, such manufacturers will report manufacturing, processing and use information the principal reporting year 2015.

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