17.2.2 Chemical Management Release Notes

New and Improved Features

• Provision of EPCRA Tier II Report - PMP-3956.
• Rename of Quick look up in Chemical Management home page - PMP-36045.
• Provision of configuration to show/hide for List of List functionality - PMP-37095.
• Provision of ability to import chemical hazard information through chemical import tool - PMP-37480.
• Upgrade of GHS Index report with larger images of pictograms and related texts - PMP-38931.
  
  

  Provision of EPCRA Tier II Report -  PMP-3956

• In the enhanced application, all the fields that are required for generating reports with respect to TIER II standards have been introduced in the following screens :
• Manage Chemical-Chemical Details
• Chemical Approval- New Request
• Group Chemicals
• Chemical Ingredients
• Chemical Upload template.

• The new fields that have been introduced in these screens are :
• CAS #
• EHS (Extremely Hazardous Substance)
• Maximum daily amount
• Average daily amount
• Maximum amount in largest container
• Pressure
• Temperature
• Type of Container
• Physical State.

• The TIER II report displays the following information:
• Chemical Description
• Associated Physical and Health Hazards
• Maximum and Average Inventory
• Type of Storage
• Storage Conditions
• Storage Locations
• Reportability under TIER II Guidelines.

• Submission of Tier II form is required under Section 302 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA). The purpose of this form is to provide State, local officials, and the public with specific information on potential hazards and amount of hazardous chemicals at the facility

• The report for TIER II can be generated from Cognos only

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Rename of Quick look up in Chemical Management home Page - PMP-36045

In the enhanced application, the search field for chemicals has been renamed from “Quick Look Up” to “Quick Look up Chemicals/Ingredients”

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  Provision of configuration to show/hide for List of List functionality - PMP-37095

The application has been enhanced to show the following changes related to EPCRA Lists.  

• The fields related to EPCRA List of List have been provided with configuration for show-hide.

• By default the fields of list of list will be displayed. However, if required, the fields can be hidden from all the screens.

• These fields are required for enabling the users to search and select any chemical, directly from the EPCRA List, into the facility and generate report outputs of all such chemicals which fall in the EPCRA List.

• These fields also enable users to identify which chemicals are hazardous and the associated reportable quantities.
  
  
  

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  Provision of ability to import chemical hazard information through chemical import tool - PMP-37480

In the enhanced application, new column of chemical hazard has been introduced in the chemical upload template. This will allow the user select predefined values from dropdown in the template

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Upgrade of GHS index report with larger images of pictograms and related texts - PMP-38931

In the enhanced application, the following two changes have been incorporated : 

(a) The fonts across the report has been increased both for pictograms as well as text for enabling better usability.

(b) Provision for generating report as per the sorting placed in the manage chemicals list has been introduced.

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