Facilities in Alamance County may be subject to Tier II reporting due to hazardous materials stored onsite. Under Part 370 of the Hazardous Chemical Reporting: Community Right-to-Know Act and North Carolina Hazardous Chemicals Right-to-Know Act, facilities are required to submit annual reports that disclose their chemicals and respective quantities.

The State of North Carolina requires an annual Tier II report for any facility that stores 10,000lbs or more of a hazardous material, or stores an Extremely Hazardous Substance (EHS) at 500lbs or its Threshold Planning Quantity (TPQ), whichever is less. Tier II reports for the State are completed on E-Plan.

Alamance County has a lower chemical reporting threshold. In Alamance County, the reporting thresholds are 55 gallons or 500lbs (including motor fuels). Tier II reports for Alamance County are completed on Hazconnect.

Please note, if your facility meets both requirements for local and state reporting, you must submit your Tier II report on Hazconnect and E-Plan. Only submitting your Tier II report to one system does not satisfy the requirements of notifying the proper parties outlined in EPCRA. 

Please note: As of 1/19/2017 the Alamance County LEPC no longer requires facilities send in a hard copy (printed) Tier II report in addition to their electronic reports. The submitter’s name on the report will serve as an electronic signature.

The LEPC, Emergency Management, and local Fire Departments rely on Tier II reports for awareness of chemical inventories in our county. Information from Tier II reports is incorporated into emergency response plans, training programs, and strategic plans for public safety investments.

For more information on Tier II Reporting please contact the Emergency Management office at 336-227-1365.

Certain chemicals with the potential for greater harm to public safety and the environment are listed as Extremely Hazardous Substances (EHS’s) and are given lower reporting amounts called Threshold Planning Quantities (TPQ’s), which require reporting for amounts as low as 10 lbs. for some chemicals. For a list of EHS’s and their TPQ’s please consult the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Consolidated List of Lists.


Frequently Asked Questions

Facilities are required to report hazardous chemicals that were stored on site for more than a 24-hour period during the previous calendar year, including their maximum and average quantities and storage locations/conditions.

Hazardous chemicals are any substances for which a facility must maintain a Safety Data Sheet (SDS) under the OSHA Hazardous Communication Standard. Over 500,000 products have SDSs, which are normally obtained from the chemical manufacturer.
Facility identification (facility/company name, owner/operator, physical location, mailing address, etc.)

Contact information (including 24-hour emergency contacts for emergency situations)

Site plans (if available)

Emergency response plans (if available)
To submit a Tier II report in Alamance County go to: https://alamance.hazconnect.com/Account/Login.aspx.

If your facility is also required to submit a report the North Carolina State Emergency Response Commission, you can do so at https://www.erplan.net.
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As of 1/19/2017 the Alamance County LEPC no longer requires facilities send in a hard copy (printed) Tier II report in addition to their electronic reports. The submitter’s name on the report will serve as an electronic signature.
The primary purpose of Tier II reports are to provide public safety officials with information about chemical hazards within their jurisdictions, along with other stakeholders with valid right-to-know.

Fire Departments and other public safety agencies use Tier II reports for facility pre-planning and during emergency responses at or near Tier II facilities.

Emergency Management use the data to map potential sources in proximity to sensitive receptors, and to identify capability or planning gaps that need to be addressed.

Medical providers use the data to make informed decisions about patients that might have been exposed to a hazardous chemical during an incident.

LEPC’s use the information to understand hazards in their community and develop chemical emergency response plans under EPCRA.
Section 311(e) of SARA Title III excludes the following substances:

Any food, food additive, color additive, drug, or cosmetic regulated by the Food and Drug Administration:

Any substance present as a solid in any manufactured item to the extent exposure to the substance does not occur under normal conditions of use;

Any substance to the extent it is used for personal, family, or household purposes, or is present in the same form and concentration as a product packaged for distribution and use by the general public;

Any substance to the extent it is used in a research laboratory or a hospital or other medical facility under the direct supervision of a technically qualified individual;

Any substance to the extent it is used in routine agricultural operations or is a fertilizer held for sale by a retailer to the ultimate customer.
Contact Emergency Management at 336-227-1365 or by email at [email protected].
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Depending on the amount of chemicals your facility has on site you may need to also submit a report with the State Emergency Response Commission (SERC). If so, you can do so at https://www.erplan.net.

For more information about state reporting requirements please visit: http://www.ncdps.gov/Emergency-Management/Hazardous-Materials/Chemical-Safety-Reporting.
The Tier II reporting thresholds for Alamance County are 55 gallons or 500lbs of a hazardous substance. This includes motor fuels.