(1) The owner or operator of a facility subject to the requirements of this section shall complete a toxic chemical release form as published under section 313(g) of Title III for each toxic chemical that was manufactured, processed, or otherwise used in quantities exceeding the toxic chemical threshold quantity established by subsection (2) of this section during the preceding calendar year at such facility. The form shall be submitted to the director annually on July 1 and shall contain data reflecting releases during the preceding calendar year.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 81-15,225

  • Director: means the Director of Environment and Energy. See Nebraska Statutes 81-15,196
  • Facility: means the buildings, equipment, structures, and other stationary items located on a single site or on contiguous or adjacent sites and owned or operated by the same person or by any person which controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such person. See Nebraska Statutes 81-15,199
  • Release: means to spill, leak, pump, pour, emit, empty, discharge, inject, escape, leach, dump, or dispose any hazardous chemical, extremely hazardous substance, or toxic chemical into the environment and includes the abandonment or discarding of barrels, containers, and other closed receptacles containing any such chemical or substance. See Nebraska Statutes 81-15,206
  • Title III: means the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act pursuant to Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, as amended. See Nebraska Statutes 81-15,208
  • Toxic chemical: means a substance on the list in Committee Print Number 99-169, as amended, of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, titled "Toxic Chemicals Subject to Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986" including any revised version as may be made pursuant to section 313 of Title III. See Nebraska Statutes 81-15,209
  • Year: shall mean calendar year. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801

(2) The requirements of this section apply to owners and operators of facilities that are required to file reports under section 313 of Title III and rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.