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Tier II reporting requirements in Tennessee

Deadline: 1 March, yearly
Takes our file: Via E-Plan
Own thresholds: No — federal
Fee: $25 (to E-Plan)
Filing route read: 2026-09-12

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How Tennessee takes it

Tennessee takes it through E-Plan, and E-Plan imports the file we build.

Tennessee charges $25 per facility — paid straight to E-Plan, not to the state, which adds no charge of its own.

The file we build is the one this state works from.

The filing is due 1 March each year and covers the calendar year before it. Tennessee 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 Tennessee asks for

Filing in E-Plan closes the state side and no paper goes to the SERC. Your LEPC and fire department are separate — Tennessee tells you to ring each of them and ask whether they still want a paper copy, and you can print one straight out of E-Plan if they do.

Does Tennessee set its own limits?

Tennessee'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.

Tennessee applies the federal thresholds unchanged. Filing is electronic through E-Plan only, which charges $25 per facility; Tennessee itself adds no fee. A printed copy of the E-Plan submission satisfies the local emergency planning committee, and approved first responders get E-Plan access free.

The words we read

Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, Tier II Frequently Asked Questions: Tennessee “will continue to require all facilities operating in Tennessee to electronically file Tier II reports using E-Plan,” and electronic submission “will fulfill” the requirement to file with the State Emergency Response Commission. On fees: “E-plan charges $25… The charge is paid directly to E-Plan, and the State of Tennessee has no additional charges.” TEMA states the reporting duty in the federal terms of EPCRA § 312 and sets no separate state threshold.

2026

Where we read this

Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, “Tier II Frequently Asked Questions” (tn.gov/tema/emergency-community/tier-ii-chemical-information), read 2026-09-06: Tennessee “requires all facilities operating in the state to electronically file Tier II reports using E-Plan”, due “on or before March 1st of each year”, and the inventory goes “to the fire department having jurisdiction over the facility, the respective county LEPC, and the SERC.” On what E-Plan settles: “Electronic submission of the Tier II report with E-Plan fulfills the SERC requirement, and a paper copy is not required. However, you should contact the appropriate LEPC to confirm whether they require a paper copy of the Tier II report. Similarly, contact the appropriate fire department … A paper copy of the electronic submission can be printed from E-Plan and supplied to the LEPC to meet this requirement.”E-Plan, 2025 User’s Guide (erplan.net/news/docs/EPlanTier2SubmitUsersGuide.pdf), read 2026-09-07 and 2026-09-12: “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 Tennessee adds and pass E-Plan’s validation before submitting. On the fee: “For Tier II filing year 2025, UT Dallas institutes an E-Plan administrative charge from the organizations that use E-Plan for their online Tier II report”; its table gives $25 per facility for Tennessee (a few states have covered the cost for their own facilities; Tennessee is not one of them). The figure is set per filing year, so we recheck it every year.Checked 2026-09-12
Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, Tier II Frequently Asked Questions: Tennessee “will continue to require all facilities operating in Tennessee to electronically file Tier II reports using E-Plan,” and electronic submission “will fulfill” the requirement to file with the State Emergency Response Commission. On fees: “E-plan charges $25… The charge is paid directly to E-Plan, and the State of Tennessee has no additional charges.” TEMA states the reporting duty in the federal terms of EPCRA § 312 and sets no separate state threshold.State guidance — the code wins where they differ · published 2026
Tennessee’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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