Tier II Reporting

Tier II Reporting – The Basics

Idaho facilities covered by the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA) must annually submit an emergency and hazardous chemical inventory form to the Idaho Office of Emergency Management (IOEM), the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC), and their local fire department. Facilities provide this information in Tier I or Tier II Form. Idaho requires use of the Tier2 Submit software or Tier II form (where applicable).

The deadline for 2023 submissions is March 1, 2024.

Tier II Reporting – The Specifics

Tier II Forms require basic facility identification information, employee contact information (both emergency and non-emergency), and information about chemicals stored or used at the facility, which include:

- The chemical name or the common name as indicated on the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)

- An estimate of the maximum amount of the chemical present at any time during the preceding calendar year and the average daily amount

- A brief description of the manner of storage of the chemical

- The location of the chemical(s) at the facility

- An indication of whether the owner of the facility elects to withhold location information from disclosure to the public (which must meet Federal provisions)

Please note that the list of required information in the Tier II Reports (beginning with Report Year 2018) has changed, as well as revisions to information which has been collected in past years. Click here for an overview of some of the changes.

Tier II Reporting – The Software

To help you comply with the annual chemical inventory reporting required by EPCRA, the Idaho Office of Emergency Management encourages electronic submission via Tier2 Submit software.

- Tier2 Submit is a free software available at.
  https://www.epa.gov/epcra/tier2-submit-software

- Completed Tier II Reports may be submitted to: tier2@imd.idaho.gov

- Reports must also be submitted to the facility’s LEPC & local Fire Department.

Significant Changes in Tier2 Submit 2023

- Improved easy access to the EPA’s Trade Secret and Confidential Location Information forms by adding download links next to those related checkboxes in the program.
- Added a right-click menu to the program to allow Copy, Paste, and Cut from the menu (as well as using the shortcut keys for those functions that were previously available).
- Updated state-specific fields for reporting year 2023.
- Updated the county boundary checks to use the latest files from the U.S. Census Bureau.
- Resolved issue in the 2022 version where you could not use the Browse dialog method to import multiple files at the same time (“batch mode”).
- Improved accessibility of system menus.
- Made many smaller user interface refinements and enhancements.
- Fixed several small bugs.
- Revised the help topics.