EPCRA Trade Secret Forms and Instructions
Facilities that wish to claim trade secrets for chemicals reported under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) are required to submit a substantiation to justify the claim of trade secrecy as specified in the regulations at 40 CFR part 350. At the time an EPCRA report is submitted, the submitter is required to provide responses to the six questions on the substantiation form, as well as certify the assertions made in the claim. EPA requires that the information in a trade secret substantiation be completed following the instructions and using the substantiation form provided below.
All trade secrecy claims should be sent to the following address:
EPCRA Trade Secrets
c/o CGI Federal, Inc.
12601 Fair Lakes Circle
Fairfax, VA 22033
- Instructions for Completing the EPCRA Trade Secret Substantiation Form (pdf)
- Substantiation form to accompany claims of trade secrecy under EPCRA