15 C.F.R. § 713.2

Current through October 31, 2024

Section 713.2 - Annual declaration requirements for plant sites that produce, process or consume Schedule 2 chemicals in excess of specified thresholds

(a)Declaration of production, processing or consumption of Schedule 2 chemicals for purposes not prohibited by the CWC -

(1)Quantities of production, processing or consumption that trigger declaration requirements. You must complete the forms specified in paragraph (b) of this section if you have been or will be involved in the following activities:

(i)Annual declaration on past activities.

(A) You produced, processed or consumed at one or more plants on your plant site during any of the previous three calendar years, a Schedule 2 chemical in excess of any of the following declaration threshold quantities:

(1) 1 kilogram of chemical BZ: 3-Quinuclidinyl benzilate (see Schedule 2, paragraph A.3 in supplement no. 1 to this part);

(2) 100 kilograms of chemical PFIB: 1,1,3,3,3-Pentafluoro-2(trifluoromethyl)-1-propene or 100 kilograms of chemical Amiton: 0,0-Diethyl S-[2-(diethylamino) ethyl] phosphorothiolate and corresponding alkylated or protonated salts (see Schedule 2, paragraphs A.1 and A.2 in supplement no. 1 to this part); or

(3) 1 metric ton of any chemical listed in Schedule 2, Part B (see supplement no. 1 to this part).

(B) In order to trigger a declaration requirement for a past activity (i.e., production, processing or consumption) involving a Schedule 2 chemical, a plant on your plant site must have exceeded the applicable declaration threshold for that particular activity during one or more of the previous three calendar years. For example, if a plant on your plant site produced 800 kilograms of thiodiglycol and consumed 300 kilograms of the same Schedule 2 chemical, during the previous calendar year, you would not have a declaration requirement based on these activities, because neither activity at your plant would have exceeded the declaration threshold of 1 metric ton for that Schedule 2 chemical. However, a declaration requirement would apply if an activity involving a Schedule 2 chemical at the plant exceeded the declaration threshold in an earlier year (i.e., during the course of any other calendar year within the past three calendar years), as indicated in the example provided in the note to this paragraph.

Note to § 713.2(a)(1)(i)(B) : To determine whether or not you have an annual declaration on past activities requirement for Schedule 2 chemicals, you must determine whether you produced, processed or consumed a Schedule 2 chemical above the applicable threshold at one or more plants on your plant site in any one of the three previous calendar years. For example, for the 2004 annual declaration on past activities period, if you determine that one plant on your plant site produced greater than 1 kilogram of the chemical BZ in calendar year 2002, and no plants on your plant site produced, processed or consumed any Schedule 2 chemical above the applicable threshold in calendar years 2003 or 2004, you still have a declaration requirement under this paragraph for the previous calendar year (2004). However, you must only declare on Form 2-3 (question 2-3.1), production data for calendar year 2004. You would declare "0" production because you did not produce BZ above the applicable threshold in calendar year 2004. Since the plant site did not engage in any other declarable activity (i.e., consumption, processing) in the 2002-2004 declaration period, you would leave blank questions 2-3.2 and 2-3.3 on Form 2-3. Note that declaring a "0" production quantity for 2004, as opposed to leaving the question blank, permits BIS to distinguish the activity that triggered the declaration requirement from activities that were not declarable during that period.

(ii)Annual declaration on anticipated activities. You anticipate that you will produce, process or consume at one or more plants on your plant site during the next calendar year, a Schedule 2 chemical in excess of the applicable declaration threshold set forth in paragraphs (a)(1)(i)(A)(1) through (3) of this section.

Note to § 713.2(a)(1)(ii) : A null "0" declaration is not required if you do not plan to produce, process or consume a Schedule 2 chemical in the next calendar year.

(2)Schedule 2 chemical production.

(i) For the purpose of determining Schedule 2 production, you must include all steps in the production of a chemical in any units within the same plant through chemical reaction, including any associated processes (e.g., purification, separation, extraction, distillation, or refining) in which the chemical is not converted into another chemical. The exact nature of any associated process (e.g., purification, etc.) is not required to be declared.

(ii) For the purpose of determining if a Schedule 2 chemical is subject to declaration, you must declare an intermediate Schedule 2 chemical, but not a transient intermediate Schedule 2 chemical.

(3)Mixtures containing a Schedule 2 chemical -

(i)Mixtures that must be counted. When determining the total quantity of a Schedule 2 chemical produced, processed or consumed at a plant on your plant site, you must count the quantity of each Schedule 2 chemical in a mixture, in the following circumstances:

(A)Schedule 2A chemicals in mixtures. The concentration of each Schedule 2A chemical in the mixture is 10% or more by volume or weight, whichever yields the lesser percentage;

(B)Schedule 2B chemicals in mixtures. The concentration of each Schedule 2B chemical in the mixture is 30% or more by volume or weight, whichever yields the lesser percentage.

(ii)How to count the quantity of each Schedule 2 chemical in a mixture. You must count, separately, the quantity of each Schedule 2A or Schedule 2B chemical in a mixture when determining the total quantity of a Schedule 2 chemical produced, processed or consumed at a plant on your plant site. Do not count the total weight of a mixture.

(iii)Determining declaration requirements for production, processing and consumption. If the total quantity of a Schedule 2 chemical produced, processed or consumed at a plant on your plant site, including mixtures that contain 10% or more concentration of a Schedule 2A chemical or 30% or more concentration of a Schedule 2B chemical, exceeds the applicable declaration threshold set forth in paragraphs (a)(1)(i)(A)(1) through (3) of this section, you have a declaration requirement and must separately declare each Schedule 2A or Schedule 2B chemical.

Note 1 to § 713.2(a)(3) -Example: If, during the past calendar year, a plant on your plant site produced, processed, or consumed a mixture containing 130 kilograms of PFIB with a concentration of 12%, the total amount of PFIB produced, processed, or consumed at that plant for CWCR purposes would be 130 kilograms, which exceeds the declaration threshold of 100 kilograms for that Schedule 2A chemical. Consequently, you must declare 130 kilograms of production, processing, or consumption of PFIB at that plant site during the past calendar year.

Note 2 to § 713.2(a)(3) -Example: If, during the past calendar year, a plant on your plant site produced, processed, or consumed a mixture containing 130 kilograms of PFIB with a concentration of 8%, the total amount of PFIB produced, processed, or consumed at that plant for CWCR purposes would be 0 kilograms, which would not trigger a declaration requirement. This outcome is based on the fact that the concentration of PFIB in the mixture is less than 10% and, for CWCR purposes would not have to be "counted."

Note 3 to § 713.2(a)(3) -Example: If, during the past calendar year, a plant on your plant site produced a mixture containing 300 kilograms of thiodiglycol with a concentration of 32% and also produced 800 kilograms of pure thiodiglycol, the total amount of thiodiglycol produced at that plant for CWCR purposes would be 1,100 kilograms, which exceeds the declaration threshold of 1 metric ton for that Schedule 2B chemical. Consequently, you must declare production of thiodiglycol at that plant site during the past calendar year.

Note 4 to § 713.2(a)(3) -Example: If, during the past calendar year, a plant on your plant site processed a mixture containing 300 kilograms of thiodiglycol with a concentration of 25% and also processed 800 kilograms of pure thiodiglycol, the total amount of thiodiglycol processed at that plant for CWCR purposes would be 800 kilograms and would not trigger a declaration requirement. This outcome is based on the fact that the concentration of thiodiglycol in the mixture is less than 30% and, therefore, would not have to be "counted" and added to the 800 kilograms of pure thiodiglycol processed at that plant during the past calendar year.

(b)Types of declaration forms to be used -

(1)Annual declaration on past activities. You must complete the Certification Form and Forms 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-3A, and Form A if one or more plants on your plant site produced, processed or consumed more than the applicable threshold quantity of a Schedule 2 chemical described in paragraphs (a)(1)(i)(A)(1) through (3) of this section in any of the three previous calendar years. Form B is optional. If you are subject to annual declaration requirements, you must include data for the previous calendar year only.

(2)Annual declaration on anticipated activities. You must complete the Certification Form and Forms 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-3A, 2-3C, and Form A if you plan to produce, process, or consume at any plant on your plant site a Schedule 2 chemical above the applicable threshold set forth in paragraphs (a)(1)(i)(A)(1) through (3) of this section during the following calendar year. Form B is optional.

(c)Quantities to be declared -

(1)Production, processing and consumption of a Schedule 2 chemical above the declaration threshold -

(i)Annual declaration on past activities. If you are required to complete forms pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)(i) of this section, you must declare the aggregate quantity resulting from each type of activity (production, processing or consumption) from each plant on your plant site that exceeds the applicable threshold for that Schedule 2 chemical. Do not include in these aggregate production, processing, and consumption quantities any data from plants on the plant site that did not individually produce, process or consume a Schedule 2 chemical in amounts greater than the applicable threshold. For example, if a plant on your plant site produced a Schedule 2 chemical in an amount greater than the applicable declaration threshold during the previous calendar year, you would have to declare only the production quantity from that plant, provided that the total amount of the Schedule 2 chemical processed or consumed at the plant did not exceed the applicable declaration threshold during any one of the previous three calendar years. If in the previous calendar year your production, processing and consumption activities all were below the applicable declaration threshold, but your declaration requirement is triggered because of production activities occurring in an earlier year, you would declare "0" only for the declared production activities.

(ii)Annual declaration on anticipated activities. If you are required to complete forms pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)(ii) of this section, you must declare the aggregate quantity of any Schedule 2 chemical that you plan to produce, process or consume at any plant(s) on your plant site above the applicable thresholds set forth in paragraphs (a)(1)(i)(A)(1) through (3) of this section during the next calendar year. Do not include in these anticipated aggregate production, processing, and consumption quantities any data from plants on the plant site that you do not anticipate will individually produce, process or consume a Schedule 2 chemical in amounts greater than the applicable thresholds.

(2)Rounding. For the chemical BZ, report quantities to the nearest hundredth of a kilogram (10 grams). For PFIB and the Amiton family, report quantities to the nearest 1 kilogram. For all other Schedule 2 chemicals, report quantities to the nearest 10 kilograms.

(d)"Declared" Schedule 2 plant site. A plant site that submitted a declaration pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of this section is a "declared" plant site.

(e)Declared Schedule 2 plant sites subject to initial and routine inspections. A "declared" Schedule 2 plant site is subject to initial and routine inspection by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons if it produced, processed or consumed in any of the three previous calendar years, or is anticipated to produce, process or consume in the next calendar year, in excess of ten times the applicable declaration threshold set forth in paragraphs (a)(1)(i)(A)(1) through (3) of this section (see part 716 of the CWCR). A "declared" Schedule 2 plant site that has received an initial inspection is subject to routine inspection.

15 C.F.R. §713.2

71 FR 24929 , Apr. 27, 2006, as amended at 88 FR 42618 , July 3, 2023

As amended at 88 FR 42618 , 7/3/2023