Chemical Inventory Program

• Chemical Inventory Web User's Manual - A step by step instruction on how to use the various applications in the program.
• Chemical Inventory Web User's Quick Reference - A one page quick reference for updating inventories, generating waste pickup requests, and printing hazardous waste labels for the hazardous waste containers to be picked up.
• Chemical Database Online Training Resources - provides access information and training resources for the Web Program

• Updating Your Chemical Inventory
• Certifying That Your Chemical Inventory is Updated 

There are three Federal Laws that established the basis and the standards for collecting, storing, and maintaining chemical inventories, and producing regulatory reports from the data collected.

• The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (commonly known as CERCLA or Superfund) 42 U.S.C. s/s 9601 et seq. was enacted by Congress on December 11, 1980, provided broad Federal authority to respond directly to releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances that may endanger public health or the environment. 
• The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA), amended CERCLA on October 17, 1986, making several important changes and additions to the CERCLA program
• The Emergency Planning & Community Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA); 42 U.S.C. 11011 et seq. (1986), also known as SARA Title III, was enacted October 1986, provided an infrastructure at the state and local levels to plan for chemical emergencies, and to establish reporting requirements.

All Institutions or Companies that use or store hazardous chemicals must complete and submit a SARA Title III, Tier II report annually in February of every calendar year as part of the EPCRA emergency planning requirements.

Also under the Georgia Public Employees Hazardous Chemical Protection and Right-to-Know Rules Law, all University System of Georgia institutions must submit chemical lists to the Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPC) and the State Emergency Response Commission (SERC) in January and July of every calendar year.

In an effort to meet the requirement, the Chemical Safety Office has developed the Chemical Inventory Program and provides a web-based database for managing chemical inventories. This database is used to collect, store, and maintain an avalanche of data, for 'Cradle-to-Grave' management and tracking of all hazardous chemicals brought on site, and to compile reports from the data collected for institutional decision makers and federal, state, and local regulators.