Environmental Engineering And Compliance Blog

In our fast-paced digital world remediation project success depends on effective environmental data management.  For site managers, environmental consultants, field crews, and clients alike, success hinges on thorough and accurate environmental data collection at the outset of the project.   

To help ensure employee, public and environmental safety, NYC Community Right-To-Know Filing and SARA Title III requires that certain commercial, industrial and even public facilities fulfill these obligations:

The NYC Community Right-to-Know Program is a comprehensive effort to protect the public, employees and emergency responders from potentially harmful effects in the case of an accident. But lots of businesses use chemicals, and it can be confusing to know whether your business has to file a Community Right-to-Know Facility Inventory Form (FIF) each year.

Even if you’ve filed Community Right-to-Know reports in previous years, it pays to review the requirements, to ensure you understand the nuances and are properly prepared to report this year.

If you own or manage any industrial, commercial or public facility within New York City that stores, processes, uses or handles hazardous or extremely hazardous substances, you are required by law to comply with the NYC Community Right-to-Know Program. That includes filing an annual report.

If you own or manage an NYC-based industrial, commercial or public facility that processes, handles, uses or stores certain hazardous substances, the NYC Community Right-to-Know Program requires you to file certain reports each year. You have to file a Facility Inventory Form (FIF) for each location if you have multiple facilities.

If you own or manage an NYC-based industrial, commercial or public facility that processes, handles, uses or stores certain hazardous substances, the NYC Community Right-to-Know Program requires you to file certain reports each year. You have to file a Facility Inventory Form (FIF) for each location if you have multiple facilities.

The New York City Right-To-Know Program is all about hazardous substances. The point of the program is to ensure the best possible protection of employees, public health, the environment and emergency responders in the case of a spill, fire or other crisis.

Every year on March 1^st, facilities within New York City that store or use hazardous substances are required to file reports with the City’s Department of Environmental Protection. These Community Right-to-Know (RTK) filings are designed to facilitate accumulation and rapid access to detailed information necessary to protect the public and emergency responders.

Filing a NYC Community Right-to-Know annual report is the same under both Federal and City law. For multiple facilities, you must file a separate report for each location.