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materials. Of these report locations, 1773, or about 40%, have reportable quantities of hazardous materials. For the Eugene/Springfield Metro Area, the HSIS database has hazardous materials reports for 3224 companies and other entities, including the Cities of Eugene and Springfield and the U of O that have hazardous materials. 1231 of these sites in the Eugene/Springfield Metro Area have reportable quantities. As shown in Table 14.2, the Eugene/Springfield Metro Area also has 739 sites with Section 112(0 chemicals, 378 sites with Section 313 Toxics Release Inventory chemicals, and 115 sites with Extremely Hazardous Substances. Over time, some sites with certain chemicals may no longer have such chemicals and existing or new sites may add chemicals. Overall, however, the data in Table 14.2 are representative of the overall hazmat inventory picture for Lane County and the Eugene/Springfield Metro Area. See annual updates of the HSIS database for current inventory data. For mitigation planning purposes, Extremely Hazardous Substances are of special concern. At present, the EPA maintains a list of 366 chemicals that are considered extremely hazardous or acutely toxic. This list was developed under the Superfund Amendments and the Reauthodzation Act. The designation of a substance as Extremely Hazardous is a regulatory designation that triggers mandatory reporting requirements. This designation is not a technical classification. That is, there are many other substances, besides these 366, which are in fact extremely hazardous to human health. Thus, for planning purposes, the consideration of extremely hazardous substances should not be limited only to those substances on EPA's list of EHS. 14.6 Hazardous Materials Transport: Truck Shipments, Rail Shipments and Pipelines t4.6.1 Overview and Truck Shipments Chapters 4 and 5 of the 2002 Regional All Hazard Mitigation Plan for Benton, Lane and Linn Counties (Phase Three) covers hazardous material transport by truck, rail and pipelines in detail. This section of the Eugene/Springfield Metro Area Mitigation Plan provides a brief summary. Hazardous materials may be transported once or many times during their "life cycle" of raw materials, manufacturing, incorporation in other products, wholesale and retail trade, use, waste disposal, and recycling. The transport of hazardous materials may be local within a single city or across a state, across the country or internationally. For the Eugene/Springfield Metro Area, a general perspective on hazardous materials incidents is provided by annual statistics of hazardous materials incidents5, prepared by the Office of State Fire Marshal. These incident reports include all reported hazardous material incidents, at fixed sites and during transportation, except generally excluding: a) motor fuels which are spilled in quantities less than 42 gallons, b) sewage overflows, Public Review Draft: October 12, 2004 14-8