State sheet · WA
Tier II reporting requirements in Washington
- Deadline
- 1 March, yearly
- Takes our file
- No
- Own thresholds
- No — federal
- Fee
- None
- Filing route read
- 2026-09-10
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How Washington takes it
Washington does not take the federal Tier2 Submit file. You file through Washington’s Tier Two Online.
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. Washington 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 Washington asks for
You need a Secure Access Washington (SAW) account before Tier Two Online will let you in, so set it up early. If your site dropped below every threshold or closed, Washington has an exemption form for that. The money part is easy — Washington says “Reporting is free. There are no fees to submit your Tier Two report.” The sending part is not. Filing online closes the state’s copy and only that. Ecology says submitting online fulfils the requirement to the State Emergency Response Commission, and that you do not need to send them anything else. But you must also send your report to your local emergency planning committee and your local fire department — and to the tribal emergency planning committee where one applies. If you send those on paper rather than by email, Washington wants a wet-ink signature on them.
Does Washington set its own limits?
Washington'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.
Washington says plainly: “Reporting is free. There are no fees to submit your Tier Two report.” It does not accept the federal Tier2 Submit file — you file through Washington’s Tier Two Online.
The words we read
Washington State Department of Ecology, Tier Two reporting: hazardous chemicals at “10,000 pounds or more”, extremely hazardous substances at “500 pounds OR the threshold planning quantity (TPQ), whichever is lower”.
Where we read this
- Washington State Department of Ecology, “Tier Two reporting” (ecology.wa.gov), read 2026-09-01 and 2026-09-10. It separates the layers in its own words. State copy: “By submitting your report online, you also fulfill the requirement of submitting your report to the State Emergency Response Commission (SERC). You do not need to send copies to us.” Local copies: “you must also send your report to: Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs). Local fire department.” The same page adds tribal emergency planning committees where applicable, and for the paper route “Print and mail (wet ink signature required)”. Fee: “Reporting is free. There are no fees to submit your Tier Two report.” Deadline: “Reports are due March 1 every year.”Washington Department of Ecology, Tier Two reporting, read 2026-10-12: “To access Tier Two Online, you must sign up for a Secure Access Washington (SAW) account”; facilities may file an exemption form “if they: Reduce the quantities of all products stored on-site below reporting thresholds. Close.”Checked 2026-09-10
- Washington State Department of Ecology, Tier Two reporting: hazardous chemicals at “10,000 pounds or more”, extremely hazardous substances at “500 pounds OR the threshold planning quantity (TPQ), whichever is lower”.State guidance — the code wins where they differ
- Washington’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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