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Hazardous materials may be released to the environment either routinely during manufacturing and other ongoing processes or accidentally. Certain types of businesses are required to report such releases annually for a specified ~ist of chemicals. The paragraph below, quoted from the Office of State Fire Marshal, Hazardous Substance Information System (HSIS)4, summarizes the intent and content of the regulatory requirements for substances covered under the Toxic Release Inventory regulations. "The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program was established by section 113 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA) of 1986. Under this program certain businesses are required to submit reports each year on the amounts of toxic chemicals their facilities release into the environment, either routinely or as a result of accidents." There are additional reporting and planning requirements for materials deemed to be extremely hazardous. The paragraphs below, quoted from the Office of State Fire Marshal, Hazardous Substance Information System (HSIS)4, summarize the intent and content of the regulatory requirements for extremely hazardous materials. "SARA Title Ill, section 302 requires owners and operators to notify the State Emergency Response Commission (SERC) regarding the presence of Extremely Hazardous Substances (EHS) at their facilities. Section 303 requires facilities that possess a threshold p~anning quantity (TPQ) of an EHS to develop a contingency plan in case of an accidental release, and assist emergency planners and emergency response organizations in developing a plan to protect the community from possible injury from a release of dangerous chemicals." The full list of substances designated as Extremely Hazardous Substances (EHS) is given in Appendix 1 as Table A1.3 of the Phase Three Plan. In addition to the Oregon and Federal requirements, the City of Eugene also has a Toxics Righbto-Know program that was adopted by local voters in November 1996. The intent of this regulation is to make information about use and release of hazardous materials more available to the general public. The Eugene program requires affected businesses to provide materials balance accounting, meaning that inputs and outputs of hazardous substances must be reported and must balance. Annual reports are available at the Eugene Public Library and online at www.d.eugene.or, us/toxics. These additional reporting requirements apply to stationary facilities which employ the equivalent of ten or more full-time employees, are engaged in manufacturing, and have inputs of hazardous materials totaling 2,640 pounds or more of hazardous substances in a calendar year. The Federal Safe Drinking Water Act of 1986 required all states to have a Drinking Water Protection Program to guard against contaminants to groundwater; these requirements were extended in 1996) to include surface water sources. EPA certified Oregon's Wellhead Protection Program in 1995. Under this program, communities are required to delineate the drinking water protection areas around public drinking water supply wells and develop contamination source inventories, identifying potential Public Review Draft: October 12, 2004 14-6