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Tier II reporting requirements in Nebraska
- Deadline
- 1 March, yearly
- Takes our file
- No
- Own thresholds
- No — federal
- Fee
- None stated
- Filing route read
- 2026-09-11
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How Nebraska takes it
Nebraska takes Tier II through the state’s own online system, where you key the data in. The system is run by the Department of Water, Energy, and Environment (DWEE), which took over from the Department of Environment and Energy in July 2025. Our answer is the worksheet you type from.
Nebraska’s own pages name no filing fee. That is not the same as the state saying there is none, so if it matters to your budget, ring them and ask.
This state does not take the file. Our answer works as the worksheet you type from, with the rule behind every number.
The filing is due 1 March each year and covers the calendar year before it. Nebraska does not pass it on for you — we checked. Filing closes the state’s copy only; your local committee and fire department each need their own from you.
Before you send it — what else Nebraska asks for
Watch your post in January. Nebraska’s environment department sends every covered facility a reminder postcard carrying the facility identification number and password you need to log in, and without it you cannot file. If it did not arrive, ring them on (402) 471-2186 rather than waiting. The reporting window itself runs 1 January to 1 March, so you cannot file in December. Filing online closes the state’s copy only: print the form and post or email it to your local emergency planning committee, and keep a copy for your fire department. Nebraska publishes contact lists for both.
Does Nebraska set its own limits?
Nebraska's own agency says it uses the federal thresholds, and we read that page rather than assuming it. We have not gone behind it to the state code, so we say that too.
Nebraska uses the federal numbers — 10,000 lb for a hazardous chemical, and the threshold planning quantity for an extremely hazardous substance. The Nebraska-only part is practical rather than numeric. The state posts you a reminder postcard each January. It carries the facility ID and password you need to log in, and without it you cannot file at all.
The words we read
Nebraska DEE, “SARA Title III — Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know” (dee.nebraska.gov, read in full 2026-09-11). It states the thresholds as the federal ones and does not set its own: a facility must file “if listed hazardous substances are present at any one time during the preceding calendar year at the facility in amounts either equal to or greater than amounts established by EPA”, and the annual duty is “an annual report listing the hazardous chemicals present at 10,000 pounds, or above the threshold planning quantity at the facility.”
Where we read this
- Nebraska DWEE, “SARA Title III — Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know” (dee.nebraska.gov), read in full 2026-09-11 (on 2026-09-07 the live page was unreachable; a 2014 notice reached through the Internet Archive said the same thing). Its own words: “This reporting is required annually, from January 1st to March 1st, and can be done online by following the Online DWEE Tier II System link.” On thresholds it states the federal ones: “a facility in Nebraska is required to submit a Tier II report if listed hazardous substances are present … in amounts either equal to or greater than amounts established by EPA” and “an annual report listing the hazardous chemicals present at 10,000 pounds, or above the threshold planning quantity at the facility.”Same page, on the postcard: “DWEE sends a reminder postcard (with facility identification numbers and passwords) to facilities subject to those regulations every January … The annual postcard from DWEE includes the necessary information to complete the online reporting. If you cannot find or did not receive this information, please contact the DWEE Tier II representative at (402) 471-2186.” The page names no filing fee anywhere in its 12,557 characters — that is a statement about the page, not proof that none exists. Nothing we saw says the system imports an EPA Tier2 Submit file, so we do not claim ours works here. DWEE Tier II administration: (402) 471-2186.On the department’s name: DWEE, “All About DWEE: The Nebraska Department of Water, Energy, and Environment” (dwee.nebraska.gov press release), as indexed on 2026-09-15: LB317, signed 7 May 2025, merged the Department of Environment and Energy with the Department of Natural Resources into the Department of Water, Energy, and Environment, effective 1 July 2025. Nebraska’s state sites did not resolve for us on 2026-09-15 (their name servers were unreachable), so this comes from the department’s own release as indexed, not from a direct read that day.Checked 2026-09-11
- Nebraska DEE, “SARA Title III — Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know” (dee.nebraska.gov, read in full 2026-09-11). It states the thresholds as the federal ones and does not set its own: a facility must file “if listed hazardous substances are present at any one time during the preceding calendar year at the facility in amounts either equal to or greater than amounts established by EPA”, and the annual duty is “an annual report listing the hazardous chemicals present at 10,000 pounds, or above the threshold planning quantity at the facility.”State guidance — the code wins where they differ
- Nebraska’s own Tier II pageWe can be right today and the state can change tomorrow. This link does not go stale.
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