Compliance

Compliance Chairman, Erik Sweet

Texas Tier II Reporting Requirements

 

Tier II Administration: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Tier II Chemical Reporting Program
Phone: 512-239-5060 or 1-800-452-2791 (toll-free within the state of Texas)
Email: tier2help@tceq.texas.gov

Pasadena Tier II Reporting: compliance@serlepc.com

 

 

Forward Tier II reports in the ZIP format (containing an XLS or XLSX file, NOT the PDF file)

SERLEPC Tier II reports are due March 1, 2023.

 

 

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Webpage: https://www.tceq.texas.gov/permitting/tier2/ EXIT

 

Special Instructions:

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s Tier II Online Reporting System is now available and all 2022 Tier II reports will need to be submitted using this system. See the comprehensive User Guide EXIT for guidance on all steps. All customers submitting a Tier II report will be required to use a valid customer number (CN), regulated entity number (RN), and TXT2 number.EXIT The Tier II Reporting Program will no longer be able to accept paper Core Data Forms (TCEQ-10400).

 

For more information on reporting and fees, please see: https://www.tceq.texas.gov/permitting/tier2/. EXIT

TCEQ Tier II Reporting Program

512-239-5060

Tier2help@tceq.texas.gov

http://www.texastier2.org/                                          

 

SERLEPC

The major legal responsibilities of LEPCs in Texas are listed below. The citations are from the EPCRA, Public Law 99-499. Each LEPC:

  1. Shall review local emergency management plans once a year, or more frequently as circumstances change in the community or as any facility may require
  2. Shall make available each MSDS, or TIER II Report, inventory form, and follow-up emergency notice to the general public, during normal working hours at a location designated by the SERLEPC.
  3. Shall establish procedures for receiving and processing requests from the public for information including Tier II information
  4. Shall receive form each subject facility the name of a facility representative who will participate in the emergency planning process as a facility emergency coordinator.
  5. Shall be informed by the community emergency coordinator of hazardous chemical releases reported by owners or operators of covered facilities.
  6. Shall be given follow-up emergency information as soon as practical after a release, which requires the owner/operator to submit a notice.
  7. Shall receive from the owner or operator of any facility a MSDS for each such chemical (upon request of the LEPC or fire department), or a list of such chemicals as described).
  8. Shall, upon request by any person, make available an MSDS to that person. Shall receive from the owner or operator of each facility an emergency and hazardous chemical inventory form.
  9. Shall respond to a request for Tier II information no later than 45 days after the date of receipt of the request.
  10. May commence a civil action against an owner or operator of a facility for failure to provide information, or for failure to submit Tier II information.

Effective November 1, 2015, the Southeast Regional LEPC (SERLEPC) only accepts its Tier II reports by email in a “Tier2Submit software electronic format”.

NOTE: Tier2 Submit Software requires that you have full control over the Tier2 Submit folders or Administrative Rights to your computer for you to be able to edit the records.

If you have any questions regarding these guidelines, please contact the Southeast Regional LEPC at telephone number 713-475-7088 or the Pasadena Office of Emergency Management at 713-475-5588.