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c. IJnidentified Chemicals: When specific chemical identity information is not available, but you have information indicating that a substance is reportable, provision is made to report the chemical in a generic category with the chemical identifier SG in lieu of a CAS number. For example, the generic name "chlorinated aromatic" is listed as an ingredi- ent/component on the MSDS and, instead of a CAS number, a phrase such as "SARA 313 Reportable" is used. If your facility uses 20,000 pounds of a solvent that contains 80% "chlorinated aromatic," you lrnow that you have used 16,000 pounds of a reportable hazardous substance. You would report the substance as SARA Generic, which appears on the City's list of reportable substances along with the chemical identifier SG. Compounds and Mixtures: When hazardous substances occur in compounds or mix- tures with other substances, facilities are required to report only the weight of actual hazardous substances. The Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) may give the percentage of hazardous substances contained in a mixture or compound, and the weight of each can then be calcu- lated. Otherwise, businesses are expected to use their best engi- neering judgment and to document it for purposes of audits. B. r ~ f' t See Appendix F, Questions 18.23 . and 49 !r See Appendix F, Questions 21, 25 D. Radioactive Materials: Companies must report the identity of radioactive materials for which they have inputs above 1 gram (0.0022 pounds), and must report the amount of input for radioactive substances whose input exceeds 2.2 pounds. Materials accounting, including all four inputs and all 11 outputs, is not required for radioactive substances. Exception: Sealed source radioactive materials, as defined by OAR 333-100-055(71), contained in smoke detectors, survey equipment, and snialllaboratory testing equipment, are not required to be reported. Articles: For purposes of reporting under this program, the Toxics Board has defined "article" as: a solid manufactured item which remains solid throughout the manufactur- ing process, the unit size of which weighs more than 1 gram (0.0022 pounds), that is used by a facility in whole or in part, without undergoing any chemical changes, in manufacturing of a product or a portion of a product, and that does not release a reportable hazardous substance under normal conditions of the processing of that item at the facility. E. See Appendix F, Questions 1-17 Any fumes, dusts, and grindings of reportable hazardous substances that are created during processing, or any portion of the original article that is sent to a public landfill, waterway, or otherwise released to the environment, are reportable. The remainder of the article which remains unchanged after processing is not reportable. However, if a facility's reporting is made easier by reporting the entire article as input, that practice is also acceptable. 9