Illinois requires every facility to file through the Tier II Manager online system run by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, and the state is unusually blunt about what happens if you send a paper copy instead: it gets shredded.
IEMA is the state's Emergency Response Commission, and Tier II Manager is its online filing system -- each facility's username is tied to its physical address, and there's no.t2s or email alternative.
Standard federal thresholds -- 10,000 pounds for hazardous chemicals, 500 pounds or the TPQ for extremely hazardous substances.40 CFR 370.10 Deadline is March 1st, covering the previous calendar year.
You gather your inventory, register or log into your account, and start a new report. Once it's certified, you print a final copy for your own records -- and this is the part worth underlining -- you print hard copies specifically for your LEPC and local fire department, not for IEMA. IEMA's own guidance says explicitly that hard copies mailed to them will not be accepted and will be shredded on arrival.
There's no filing fee at all in Illinois -- a genuine break from most of the states on this list, and one less thing to budget for during filing season.
Illinois only accepts entry through Tier II Manager -- HazRecord doesn't file into IEMA's system for you. What it does is keep your chemical inventory, thresholds, and storage locations organized year-round, so when it's time to log into Tier II Manager, you're transcribing clean, current data instead of reconstructing it from scratch. The hard copies for your LEPC and fire department still come from what Tier II Manager prints once you've certified your report there.
This guide is for general informational purposes only. It is not legal advice. Facilities remain responsible for verifying and submitting required reports to the appropriate federal, state, tribal, and local agencies.
HazRecord helps facilities organize chemical inventory, SDS records, storage locations, and Tier II reporting preparation in one place.