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Guide to 2021 Environmental Reporting Deadlines: US EPA and Gulf Coast Region
February 22, 2021
By: Sushil Nadkarni
It’s a new reporting year and time to plan for environmental reporting and compliance deadlines. The following deadlines and reports are requirements under the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and various state-specific environmental agencies.
Upcoming Deadlines:
Federal (EPA)
- March 1st – EPCRA SARA Tier II (311 and 312)
- March 31st – Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report
- April 1st – Air Emissions Inventory – Class I, II
- July 1st – EPCRA Form R (TRI Report)
- September 1st – Small Quantity Generators (SQGs) of hazardous waste are being asked to submit a re-notification of their generator status
Louisiana (LDEQ)
- January 28th – Annual Industrial Storm Water Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR)
- March 1st – Hazardous Waste Annual Report
- Submit a signed copy of your annual report no later than March 10 of each year – Small MS4 Annual Report Form
- April 30th – Air Emissions Inventory
- No later than August 1 following the end of each reporting year – Industrial Solid Waste Generator Annual Report
- No later than August 1 following the end of each reporting year – Annual Report for Beneficial Use Facilities
- No later than August 1 following the end of each reporting year – Solid Waste Disposer Annual Report (Type I & Type II Landfills, Landfarms, & Surface Impoundments; Type III Construction Demolition Debris; & Woodwaste Landfills)
- No later than August 1 following the end of each reporting year – Solid Waste Non-Processing Transfer Station Annual Recycling Report
- October 1 – Solid Waste Annual Certification of Compliance Form – Permit holders must submit an annual CoC to the State by October 1 for the previous state fiscal year (i.e., July1 – June 30)
- Annually, from initial certification date – Emergency Debris Site Annual Certification Form
Florida (DEP)
- March 31st – Annual Report for Used Oil Handlers
- March 31st – Annual Industrial Stormwater Discharge Monitoring Report (Report is for the previous reporting year)
- April 1st – Annual Operating Report (AOR) (Certain facilities (Title V and synthetic non-Title V) must submit an operating report containing estimates of actual annual emissions to DEP each year.)
- April 1st – Title V Annual Air Emissions Fees
- July 1st – Annual Report for Used Oil Collection Centers
Texas (TCEQ)
- January 25th, March 1st – Hazardous Waste Annual Report for Generators. The date for paper filings by an SQG or CESQG is by January 25 of the year following the reporting calendar year. SQGs or CESQGs choosing to file electronically have a filing date of March 1. The TCEQ requires LQGs to file the report electronically by March 1.
- March 31st – Air Emissions Inventory
- March 31st – Annual Industrial Stormwater Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) is due for the previous reporting year.
- June 30th, December 31st – Semi-Annual Wastewater Report
- July 1st – Pollution Prevention (P2) Plan Annual Progress Reports. Small quantity generators who do not report on the TRI form R are not required to submit a P2 Annual Progress Report.
- Nov 30th – Air Emissions Fees
Other Programs
- NPDES Individual Permit DMRs – Typically due 28 days following monitoring period (Monthly, Quarterly, Semiannually, or Annually)
- Review Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP / PPC) and update – Annually
- SWPPP / PPC / BMP Training – Annually
- SPCC Plan Update – Every 5 years
- SPCC Discharge Prevention Training – Annually
- Air Quality Permit Renewal – 6 months prior to expiration
- Individual NPDES Permit Renewal – 6 months prior to expiration
- NSPS OOOO Report – January 13th
- NSPS OOOOa Report – October 31st
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For more 2021 reporting deadlines, check out our recent blog on the Southeastern US.
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Sushil Nadkarni
Regional Director
Mr. Nadkarni has 20 years of experience in Environmental, Health and Safety permitting and compliance services to clients in the Petrochemical, Oil & Gas, Manufacturing, Power, and Technology industry sectors. His experience includes Greenfield, and Brownfield capital projects strategy development, permitting, compliance auditing, risk mitigation, and agency negotiations in the U.S. Gulf Coast region. He is a Chemical Engineer with technical background in Air Quality consulting in the U.S. Gulf Coast, and North-Eastern states. He has performed National Account management roles for Fortune 500 and Fortune 100 companies while driving integrated service offerings to solve complex problems for clients.