State sheet · TX
Tier II reporting requirements in Texas
- Deadline
- 1 March, yearly
- Takes our file
- No
- Own thresholds
- No — federal
- Fee
- $50–$500 a site
- Filing route read
- 2026-09-07
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How Texas takes it
Texas takes Tier II only through its own system, STEERS, where you key the data in. Our answer is the worksheet you type from.
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. Texas 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 Texas asks for
Texas makes you set up access before you can file, and that part is not instant. You complete a STEERS Participation Agreement, which you can sign electronically only with a Texas driver licence — a commercial licence (CDL) is not accepted, and then you post a paper copy instead. After that you wait for TCEQ staff to grant access. Start this well before 1 March; it is the step that makes people late. There are also filing fees. Texas also runs clocks between years: a new hazardous chemical or a new site needs a report within 90 days, and ammonium nitrate used in fertilizer within 72 hours.
Does Texas set its own limits?
Texas'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.
Texas takes it through STEERS, the state’s own online reporting system, rather than the federal file. TCEQ’s page does not state the fee — we have not read a Texas fee schedule, so we do not claim one.
The words we read
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Tier II “Am I Regulated?”: “Hazardous chemicals: 10,000 lbs.” · “Extremely hazardous substances (EHS): 500 lbs or the threshold planning quantity (TPQ), whichever is less.”
Where we read this
- TCEQ, “Tier II Reporting Steps” and “Step 2: Setting Up STEERS” (tceq.texas.gov), read 2026-09-07: “The Tier 2 Chemical Reporting Program requires all reports to be submitted using the State of Texas Environmental Electronic Reporting System (STEERS).” On access: “you will need to complete a STEERS Participation Agreement … It can be signed electronically with a valid Texas Drivers License (CDL’s not accepted), or a paper copy can be mailed in,” and “you will need to wait to be granted access by TCEQ staff.” Neither the reporting-steps page nor the online-reporting-help page says STEERS accepts a Tier2 Submit file. What we did find is the opposite direction — reports can be exported from STEERS in a Tier2Submit-compatible zip — so we do not claim our file works here.TCEQ, “Tier II Reports and Timelines” (tceq.texas.gov/permitting/tier2/reporting-steps/tier-ii-reports-and-timelines), read 2026-10-12: “New hazardous chemicals or new facility: 90 days”; “Ammonium Nitrate used in fertilizer: 72 hours”.Checked 2026-09-07
- Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Tier II “Am I Regulated?”: “Hazardous chemicals: 10,000 lbs.” · “Extremely hazardous substances (EHS): 500 lbs or the threshold planning quantity (TPQ), whichever is less.”State guidance — the code wins where they differ
- Texas’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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