Tier II reporting requirements in North Carolina

Where we read this

• NC Department of Public Safety, “EPCRA/Tier II Reporting” and the EPCRA/Tier 2 FAQs (ncdps.gov), read 2026-09-06 and 2026-09-12: facilities “must submit a Tier II report to the SERC, their LEPC, and their local fire department by March 1st”; “The SERC and most LEPCs and fire departments only accept submissions through E-Plan”; there is a fee schedule for section 312 reporting while “there are no fees associated with Section 311 submissions”; and “Federal laws allow LEPCs and local fire departments to determine their own requirements for notification. Many, but not all, local jurisdictions in North Carolina follow the federal Section 311 requirement of 90 days after a chemical comes on site.” Separately, the NC Hazardous Chemicals Right to Know Act sits at G.S. 95-173.Same FAQs, on the fee: “The funds obtained from the fees will be used to fund the state Regional Response Teams for hazardous materials, the administrative cost of E-Plan, and to fund Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) grants for hazardous materials preparedness.” · “The E-Plan system will automatically identify hazardous substances or extremely hazardous substances based on the supplied CAS number and generate an invoice.” · “All payments must be completed online by Visa, MasterCard, AmericanExpress or electronic check.” So E-Plan’s own $0 row for North Carolina does not mean the filer pays nothing — the state covers E-Plan’s cost out of the fee it charges. The page publishes no schedule.E-Plan, User’s Guide, read 2026-09-07: “You can use the Import Tier2 function to import an existing Tier2 Submit export file (ZIP), Tier2 submission file (T2S), or CAMEO export file (ZIP) into your E-Plan account,” and its FAQ has a page for exactly that. So the file we build goes across instead of being retyped; you still complete the fields North Carolina adds and pass E-Plan’s validation before submitting.NC Department of Public Safety, “EPCRA/Tier 2 FAQs” (ncdps.gov), read 2026-10-12: “Section 311 reports must now be submitted to the SERC in 15 days (reduced from the previous 90-day filing deadline).”Checked 2026-09-12
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 95-191 and § 95-194 (Hazardous Chemicals Right to Know Act), read 2026-09-07 on the text published by the N.C. Department of Labor. § 95-191: an employer compiles and maintains a Hazardous Substance List for hazardous chemicals held in quantities of “55 gallons or 500 pounds, whichever is greater.” § 95-191(b1): “In lieu of the information required by subdivisions (a)(1) through (a)(3), employers may substitute the information specified in section 312(d)(2) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, P.L. 99-499.” § 95-194: the employer gives the Fire Chief “(i) the name(s) and telephone number(s) of knowledgeable representative(s)” and “(ii) a copy of the Hazardous Substance List,” notifies the Fire Chief in writing of updates, and on request supplies safety data sheets and an emergency response plan.The state’s own code · N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 95-191, 95-194 (read 2026-09-07)
• North Carolina’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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