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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

- : No reportable quantity.

English answer:

no quantity required to be reported by regulations

Added to glossary by Vito Smolej
Apr 17, 2009 19:35
15 yrs ago
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English term

- : No reportable quantity.

English Tech/Engineering Mechanics / Mech Engineering MSDS
It's tough without the context, I admit. It can well mean
a) no quantity to be reported about
b) quantity too small to be reported
c) no quantity found, that would need to be reported
d) ... etc

Your experience in terms of contexts, where this fragment is used, would be much appreciated
Responses
2 no quantity required to be reported by regulations
5 +1 pls see below
5 negligible quantity
5 reportable quantity RQ
4 Amount not detected, below our lowest range.

Discussion

Gary D Apr 18, 2009:
@ Natalie I used this as an example only... as it is easier to understand, than for instance, what you wrote. Whether it is blood alcohol content or hazardous waste/substances it is still based on a reportable threshold of what is reportable and what is not and the level required to be reportable.. therefore B, is the more correct answer
Natalie Apr 17, 2009:
Hi Vito All these are well known things in the context of MSDS - there are special tables of substances indicating the amounts of released or spilled or even stored substances that should be reported to corresponding regulatory authorities. The regulations establish the reportable level for various substances depending on how hazardous these substance are. (To Gary D: this has nothing to do with alcohol content in blood...)
Gary D Apr 17, 2009:
"B" is more correct You may have a blood alcohol requirement for reporting before you play sport for instance and you can be reported if you have a reading of .03% you are tested and it is found that you have .005% but the testing equipment may have a error factor of + - .007% . In this case your reading would fall into the error factor and be regarded as unrecordable as it is too low/small/little to be accurate or reliable.
Vito Smolej (asker) Apr 17, 2009:
That's exactly my problem... I can narrow it down to /hazardous substances/OSHA requirements/list of hazardous substances/components of the product, for which MSDS has been produced

... but after that I am as much at a loss as regards the context as you.
Mark Nathan Apr 17, 2009:
Any idea at all what we are talking about? For example, is it physical quantities of certain substances, as in the presence of such substances below a certain concentration not being considered noteworthy and therefore not reportable. Or is it units of something more abstract like mechanical stress, electrical charge etc.

Responses

19 mins
Selected

no quantity required to be reported by regulations

A quick google suggests that this is used mainly in a regulatory context.

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Note added at 21 mins (2009-04-17 19:57:14 GMT)
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This would also support the conspiracy theory that governments prefer to poison us rather than provide healthcare.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "the suggestion verbalizes in a concise fashion, what the other answers have suggested - with the exception of those mentioning "negligible": in the MSDS context they are simply wrong . The answer matches my gut feeling to (see the question). Thanks everybody!"
17 mins

negligible quantity

no reportable quantity => negligible quantity
Peer comment(s):
neutral Natalie : Not quite so - pls see the explanation in my answer below||You are wrong: the amounts may be quite large for substances which have low toxicity
2 mins
no substances at levels that would be subject to the reporting requirements of this section..therefore NEGLIGIBLE
neutral Veronica Prpic Uhing : In MSDS (and in chemistry) “negligible” pertains to quantification, in ea., water solubility, pressure of vapor in equilibrium with its non-vapor phase - negligible, meaning it is hardly/not water soluble etc., not RQ
1 hr
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+1
19 mins

pls see below

In the context of MSDS the 'reportable quantity' means the following:

Reportable Quantity (RQ) -- Quantity of a hazardous substance that triggers reports under CERCLA. If a substance exceeds its RQ, the release must be reported to the National Response Center, the SERC, and community emergency coordinators for areas likely to be affected.
http://teachmefinance.com/Scientific_Terms/Reportable_Quanti...

If you are not sure what CERCLA is:
CERCLA = Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/policy/cercla.htm

There are special tables for chemical substances that need to be reported when:
-stored
-spilled/released
-both

An example of such table can be found here:
http://www.ingham.org/HD/LEPC/pamphlets/hazwaste/saratitle3/...
Peer comment(s):
neutral airmailrpl : no substances at levels that would be subject to the reporting requirements of this section..therefore NEGLIGIBLE [Click here to delete your reply]
35 mins
Unfortunately, you are wrong. The amounts may be quite large but if the substance is not on CERCLA lists, there is no need to report the spill.
agree Veronica Prpic Uhing
1 hr
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21 mins

reportable quantity RQ

RQ is regulated
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/policy/release/rq/index.htm#adj...
on - MSDS
ea., This product contains no substances at levels that would be subject to the reporting requirements of this section.
http://www.monsterjanitorial.com/msds/cleaningmsdssheets/doc...

so it is your option c)
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3 hrs

Amount not detected, below our lowest range.

Typical in analysis when the amount obtained is lower than the minimum that is to be reported.
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