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Check my facility

The manual

How Tallymark works, step by step

Ten minutes to an answer, twenty more to the file. The first five steps are free.

  1. Type your address

    You do
    On the first page, type the street address of the site and press “Check my facility”.
    You will see
    We read the state from your address — “We read this as Utah” — and whether that state takes the file we build, and the due date. Then the next question opens.
    Why
    The state decides which thresholds apply, so it is the first thing we need. The address itself is enough — no county, no registration numbers.

  2. Say what kind of place it is

    You do
    Pick the closest: repair shop, gas station, warehouse, farm, and so on.
    You will see
    Nine kinds of place, one per card — “What sort of place is it?”. Tap one and a tick appears. “Why do you ask?” opens the reason: some rules only apply to certain kinds of site — a retail gas station gets a much higher fuel threshold than a repair shop does.

  3. Say what you keep

    You do
    Tap the chips for what you have — the ones sites like yours usually keep — or type the name on the container and pick it from the list. No CAS number needed.
    You will see
    “That’s 6 so far” and a card for each product with its CAS number. Batteries are added as the sulfuric acid inside them — that is what the rule counts.
    Why
    We look each product up in the EPA List of Lists. Extremely hazardous substances have a much lower threshold, and we say so next to the name.

  4. Say how much

    You do
    For each product, the most you had on site at any one time last year — not the total you bought — and where it is kept.
    You will see
    A box for each product. Units follow the product: gallons for liquids, pounds for solids, cubic feet for gases. We convert to pounds when we know the density, and say so.

  5. Read your answer

    You do
    Nothing — it is on the screen.
    You will see
    “Yes — you have to file” or “No — none of these reach a reporting threshold”, with the rule behind each product and which deadlines start. This part is free and needs no account.
    Why
    The answer is the same every time for the same inputs. There is no AI deciding it — a fine can hang on this, so it is plain arithmetic against the rule.

  6. Sign in with your email

    You do
    Type your email. We send you a 6-digit code and a link. Type the code in the same tab, or open the link.
    You will see
    “We email you a 6-digit code and a link — no password to forget by next year’s filing.”
    Why
    Tier II comes round once a year, and that is exactly when passwords have been forgotten. The code keeps you in the tab that holds your answers.

  7. Choose what you need

    You do
    If you have to file: the Single facility plan, $399 a year, builds the file your state takes, or the worksheet where it types. If you are not over a threshold: the HazCom program plan, $99 a year, keeps the list and builds the OSHA program.
    You will see
    The price before sales tax; the payment form shows your exact total before you pay. Paddle takes the payment. Refund terms are one link away.
    Why
    You pay for a year, not a file, because two of the deadlines have no fixed date — they start the day a chemical arrives or a sheet changes.

  8. Build the file

    You do
    Answer only what the filing needs: the county (we look it up from the address), who signs and their email, two phone numbers, your NAICS code, your D-U-N-S number, and how many people are on site.
    You will see
    A “Check your answers” page before anything is built — every blank shows as “Not provided”, and you can change any section.
    Why
    You certify this filing, so you read it once before it exists. We will not build a file with a blank the rule requires. EPA’s own program also refuses to submit without an email, a second phone, a NAICS code and a D-U-N-S number. We checked that with the program itself, so we ask for those four.

    After paying

  9. Download it and hand it over

    You do
    Press “Download the .t2s file”.
    You will see
    “You have the file. Now hand it over.” — numbered steps for your state: where it goes, what goes with it, the fee, and the copies your fire department and local committee need.
    Why
    The .t2s file is a zip. You do not open it — you hand it to the state, and you sign it. We cannot sign for you; the rule requires the owner or operator.

    After paying

  10. The other three papers

    You do
    Press the other download buttons on the same page.
    You will see
    The worksheet (every field in plain text), the Section 311 list, and the written OSHA HazCom program — all built from the same list.

    After paying

  11. Your account

    You do
    Open your account — the “Account” link at the top of the page once you are signed in, or tallymark.co/account.
    You will see
    Your sites, the deadlines we are counting, and “I have sent this” to stop a reminder. We email you before each deadline. You can delete the account and everything in it.
    Why
    Deleting is real: sites, lists, deadlines and the subscription go at once, and we cannot get them back.

    After paying

  12. Next year

    You do
    Come back and press “Start from this list”.
    You will see
    The list you gave us, ready to change before it becomes this year’s filing.

    After paying

What we do not do

Every sentence under “You will see” is checked against the live site by an automated test each day. If the site stops doing what this page says, that check goes red before you notice.

Start at step one — free