Who Must Report

CRTK Survey (chemical inventory data)

 New Jersey employers, whose businesses are assigned covered North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes listed in the New Jersey Worker and Community Right to Know regulations, are required to submit CRTK surveys listing the environmental hazardous substances (EHSs) present at their facilities in quantities that exceed 500 pounds, unless the EHS is on the federal Emergency Plannig and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA) Section 302 list of extremely hazardous substances www.epa.gov/emergencies/content/epcra/ with a lower reporting threshold.

In addition, Section 312 of EPCRA requires owners and operators of federal facilities and private sector facilities that are subject to the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Hazard Communication Standard to report their inventories of any chemical that requires a Materials Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) and is present on site in quantities that exceed 10,000 pounds, unless the chemical is an Extremely Hazardous Substance with a lower reporting threshold.

NOTE: New Jersey owners and operators covered by EPCRA Section 312 are required to submit the NJ Community Right to Know Survey rather than the federal Tier 2 form.

 Release and Pollution Prevention Report (environmental release and materials accounting data)

In addition to chemical inventory reporting, owners and operators of manufacturing, and select non-manufacturing companies, having the equivalent of 10 or more full-time employees and manufacturing, importing, processing or otherwise using toxic chemicals listed on the EPCRA Section 313 list in quantities that exceed specified thresholds, are required to annually report their releases of these chemicals for the previous year. Approximately 500 New Jersey companies are required to file Toxic Chemical Release Inventory (TRI) forms (Form Rs) listing their environmental releases. These companies are also required to submit to DEP the Release and Pollution Prevention Report (RPPR) listing environmental release, waste transfer, throughput, and pollution prevention progress information, and may also be subject to Pollution Prevention Planning Requirements.