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11.0 ANNUAL CHEMICAL INVENTORY 

SARA Title III requires the University to submit annual chemical inventories to state and local agencies. Chemicals used in research laboratories are exempt from SARA Title III, but chemicals in teaching laboratories and common storerooms for research laboratories are covered by the standard. ORS will send a notification letter and an inventory form to department heads on or around November 1 of each year. Each department must complete the supplied inventory form and return it to ORS no later than December 31. A separate inventory form should be used for each building, room, or outside location where hazardous chemicals are present. 

All inventory information requested on the form must be shown for each chemical, so that it can be easily incorporated into the combined University inventory. Inventory forms with incomplete information will be returned to the department for completion. ORS will compile the inventories, classify the chemicals, and submit the inventory report on or before March 1 to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, the Evanston and Chicago emergency planning and notification committees, and the Evanston and Chicago fire departments. 

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