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Tier II Submit Software

Examples/Screenshots

Our example is a concrete admixture (additive) company. They sold chemicals that went into concrete.

After downloading the program, install the current year's Tier II Submit ....

start installing program Tier 2 submit


Accept the default folder info ....

accept the installation defaults


It does it's thing ....

installation progress bar display


It's installed ....

installation setup complete display


... Now, just click on "Finish"


Start the program, and then your information is inputted ....

welcome to Tier2 Submit 2003 screen


Enter facility address info ....

company name and address entry screen


Enter D&B and SIC code, number of employees, and your facility's geographic location (you can find this last item using a GPS receiver, or from a map) ....

Dun & Bradstreet, SIC, location, size


Enter all contacts ....

contact information entry screen


Click on each contact, and enter the specific info for each person ....

address and phone number for contact


No State info was required by Illinois in RY2003.

state field information, none in 2003


Enter Chemicals in Inventory by clicking "Chem Inventory List"

enter the chemical inventory list


After each chemical is entered, click on that chemical to add more info, such as ....

Enter Physical State and Quantity...

enter details about each chemical


Enter Storage Locations...

enter storage locations and amounts

 

Mixture Information. The next tab, "State Fields", shows that Illinois didn't require more info in RY2003. The same was true in RY2004.

enter information on mixtures


Close out "Chem in Inventory" and go to Facility Certification tab. Check and make sure everything's ok, including the dates. Your typed name with date is an "electronic signature", accepted by IEMA and the DeKalb County LEPC.

signature and optional attachments


Note that most of what you have done in the last two sections— entering identification information and your chemical inventory— will only be done once. Next year, this information will be there to reuse. The only things you will have to do is install the newest copy of the program, and review the information you enter for changes.


After you've checked the information, "Create Submission"...

select file / create submission


start validation of the data


If you have any fields that need to be filled out, often "Tier II Submit" will prompt you. But this one appears to be ok. Click "Create Electronic File"...

create an output zip file


The program compresses all the info into a "zip" file. It then asks you to give it a name. Chose a name that identifies the file, such as ....

naming the output zip file


And it's done. Click "Close"...

closing Tier 2 submit


Then send off the zip file, with a hardcopy if you wish. E-mail works well for this.


When we get your data, we'll start our database program, CAMEO, and import the file ....

starting up the CAMEO program


Here, we're telling it to "Import/Export" a file ....

select file import/export


We want to "Import data from a ZIP file", in other words, Tier II Submit ....

select input from a zip file


We locate where the file is ....

navigating to the input file


And import it. It takes all of 10 seconds ....

importing the Tier 2 data


And here's what we get. Just the way you sent it ....

chemicals at the regulated facility

Even the "Components" data...

chemical components data display


By the way, all that info took up only 5 kbytes.


Questions? See the EPA Tier II website or call the LEPC Information Coordinator, Frank Beierlotzer, at 815–758–5788.



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