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SARA Reporting
On this page, SARA reporters can update chemical substances inventory including bulk oil that MIT tracks for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Emergency Planning and Community Right-to Know Act (EPCRA). For more information see http://web.mit.edu/environment/ehs/topic/epcra.html.
To add new substances
- Substances: from drop-down list, choose a substance.
For oils, no submission is required if oil is stored in a container with a capacity of less than 55 gallons
- Quantity: enter a number.
Different containers of the same substance in the same room can be aggregated
- Unit
of measure: from the drop-down list, select a unit of measure.
Please report gasses in pounds. The following table provides information on some common gases used at MIT.
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Gas Cylinders
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Chemical Name
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Size (scf)
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Weight (lbs)
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Ammonia (gas)
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5 and 50
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Argon (liquid)
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336
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24.3
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Carbon dioxide
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50
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Helium
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291
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21
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Hydrogen
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197
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14.3
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Hydrogen chloride (gas)
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8 and 60
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Nitrogen
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230
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16.7
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Oxygen
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251
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18.2
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Sulfur dioxide
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5 and 115
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- Room # - Room Name: column, select the room in
the roomset where you found the substance.
- Continue recording substances, repeat steps 1-4 from the drop-down lists. When you have
finished or run out of rows, click on the Add SARA
Substance(s) button.
Result: The substances and the connected data appear in
the table at the bottom of the screen and the selections in the top table
are cleared.
- You can continue to add substances to your report
(bottom table)
in this manner until you are done.
To edit SARA reports
If a SARA report for this roomset was submitted last year, the
report appears
in the table at the bottom of the page. If there have been changes
in the quantities
of these substances, make the changes in the appropriate fields.
To copy SARA Substances from Last Year
If there are no changes to the report from the previous year's report (all
measures and substance remain the same), click Copy SARA Substances
from Last Year.
Warning: Do not do this if you
have made changes or added
new substances!
Formaldehyde Use
If the roomset contains formaldehyde, briefly describe the procedure(s)
that use formaldehyde, including how much is used and solution concentrations,
how often the procedure is done, and whether it is performed in a fume hood, with
another type of exhaust ventilation, or on a laboratory bench.
If your lab submitted information in the previous year, that procedure
description is included. Please make any
changes directly to the text OR delete the previous information and add new
information as required.
- Number of People: Enter the number of people in the roomset who
work with formaldehyde.
- Procedure(s) Description: Describe the procedure(s) using formaldehyde.
Example:
We weigh out 4 gm of paraformaldehyde once a week
and dilute it with 100 ml of deionized water in a fume hood. This takes
about 15 minutes and we do it once per week.
Other Options
You have four options. You can click on
- Return to SARA Roomsets and you return to the
SARA Roomsets
list. No changes are saved.
- Save Changes and any changes you have made are saved.
You can come back later and finish the report.
- Submit Final Report saves and submits the SARA report
to the EHS office.
- Print SARA Worksheet opens an Adobe PDF that you can use as
you collect your data prior to entering your report.
Note: you will need Adobe's free Reader to view this PDF file.
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