EPA’s new hazard classification rule will reshape Tier II reporting, and your actual deadline may be sooner than the federal date suggests. See where your facilities stand today.
Is your chemical inventory GHS ready?
GHS reclassification means reconciling your inventory against 118 granular hazard categories, up from about two dozen today. Run your numbers to see what it'll take to get compliant.
Safety Data Sheets you have on file. These should already be GHS-formatted per OSHA's 2015 rule. What's outstanding is applying that hazard data to each chemical in your system.
Roughly how many chemicals show up on a single facility's Tier II report. Each one needs its new classification entered for first-year reporting.
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Chemicals to reconcile against the new categories
Hours breakdown
Est. GHS mapping reconciliation
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Est. first-year reporting on new classifications
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What this could cost your team
Est. cost in-house
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Est. cost if outsourced
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With Encamp, none of this is your team's time to spend. We find the SDS's, use AI to extract the hazard data, and handle the reporting logic — portal filing included. We've helped reclaim 140,000 people hours for customers in RY25 and submitted over 106,000 Tier II reports since 2019.
What to do next
- Start with what has no SDS. These carry the most risk of being missed entirely, and there's nothing to extract from. Plan for fully manual research and classification.
- Map your SDS-covered chemicals to the new categories. Lighter lift, but still needs someone to pull the hazard data off the SDS and apply it. Don't assume it's already done.
- If Missouri's on your list, start there. Its deadline lands a full year ahead of the federal timeline.
- Confirm each facility's Tier II report reflects the updated classifications before you file. This is the first-year reporting step, done per facility, per chemical.
- Or skip the manual work. Encamp finds the SDSs, uses AI to extract the hazard data, and handles the reporting logic and portal filing for you.
GHS Chemical Inventory Reconciliation Checklist
A focused checklist for comparing your chemical inventory against the new GHS-aligned hazard categories and spotting gaps before they reach your state.
