Who is Tier2Flow for?

Operators running roughly 3 to 15 locations that each hold enough of a hazardous chemical to trip an EPCRA Tier II reporting threshold, such as ag retail co-ops, propane distributors, and cold storage or food processing facilities with ammonia refrigeration.

Who signs the Tier II certification?

The facility does. Federal rules permit the owner, operator, or an officially designated representative to certify, and several states narrow this to an officer or employee of the facility. Tier2Flow prepares the complete report and the customer certifies it.

What is the Tier II deadline?

EPCRA Section 312 requires the Tier II report for the prior calendar year to be submitted by March 1. A state may set an earlier date or add requirements.

Does Tier2 Submit file the report for you?

No. EPA Tier2 Submit builds the report file. It does not submit to a state portal and does not deliver the LEPC and fire department copies that Section 312 also requires.

Reporting year 2026 · due March 1, 2027

Tier II reports for all your locations. Filed by March 1.

$395 per facility, flat. The state portal, the LEPC, and the fire department — every site, every jurisdiction, one invoice. Filed on time or you get every dollar back and we cover the late fee.

Book 15 minutes Reserve your spot — $500 refundable

Deposit is credited against your total and fully refundable through December 1, 2026. 3-facility minimum.

176 days until the March 1, 2027 deadline

The math

Three ways to get this done. One of them is not insane.

Consultants price Tier II per facility, per year, and a multi-site operator pays that price again at every location. We price it the same way and then stop at $395.

Consultant

$750–$8,500 / facility

Per site, per year. Scoped as a project, so the tenth location costs about what the first one did. Usually bundled with work you did not ask for.

A 6-site operator: $4,500–$51,000 a year.

Tier2Flow

$395 / facility / year

Flat. Every location, every state you operate in, LEPC and fire department copies included. State filing fees passed through at cost, no markup.

A 6-site operator: $2,370 a year.

Do it yourself

8h / facility

Tier2 Submit is free and it builds the file. It does not file it, does not know your state's portal, and does not mail the LEPC or the fire chief.

A 6-site operator: about 48 hours of your EHS manager's February.

How many locations?

Tier2Flow

$2,370

$198/mo on a 12-month term

Consultant range

$4,500–$51,000

per year, per site pricing

You keep

$2,130+

and 48 hours of staff time

Know before you file

Tier II requirements, state by state

March 1 is federal. Almost nothing else is. The portal, the fee, the penalty, and who is allowed to put their name on the certification all change at the state line — which is the entire problem when you run sites in three of them.

0 of 10 states fully verified. Anything we have not confirmed directly with the state commission reads “Confirm with SERC” rather than showing a number we are not sure of. We would rather show you a gap than a guess.

State	Deadline	Filing portal	State fee per facility	Who may certify
IowaIA core	March 1 federal	Confirm with SERC	Confirm with SERC	Confirm with SERC
NebraskaNE core	March 1 federal	Confirm with SERC	Confirm with SERC	Confirm with SERC
IllinoisIL	March 1 federal	Confirm with SERC	Confirm with SERC	Confirm with SERC
MinnesotaMN	March 1 federal	Confirm with SERC	Confirm with SERC	Confirm with SERC
KansasKS	March 1 federal	Confirm with SERC	Confirm with SERC	Confirm with SERC
MissouriMO	March 1 federal	Confirm with SERC	Confirm with SERC	Confirm with SERC
IndianaIN	March 1 federal	Confirm with SERC	Confirm with SERC	Confirm with SERC
WisconsinWI	March 1 federal	Confirm with SERC	Confirm with SERC	Confirm with SERC
South DakotaSD	March 1 federal	Confirm with SERC	Confirm with SERC	Confirm with SERC
North DakotaND	March 1 federal	Confirm with SERC	Confirm with SERC	Confirm with SERC

See the full table — all 10 states

What you get

We prepare. You certify. Everything else is ours.

Per site, per reporting year. The scope is written down because the parts people get dinged for are the parts nobody remembers are in scope.

Chemical inventory Built from your SDS library, purchase records, and tank list — not from a form we email you and hope you fill in.
Threshold screening Every location checked against the 10,000 lb hazardous-chemical threshold and the lower of 500 lb or the TPQ for extremely hazardous substances.
Report preparation Prepared in EPA Tier2 Submit and in whatever format your state's portal actually accepts, which is not always the same thing.
State filing Submitted through the correct portal for each state you operate in. Filing fees paid on your behalf and passed through at cost.
LEPC copy Delivered to the right district for each site, with the receipt documented. This is the one that gets missed.
Fire department copy Delivered to the department with jurisdiction over each site, with the receipt documented.
Site plans and attachments Facility maps and supplementary attachments prepared where the state requires them.
An inspection-ready packet Per site: confirmation numbers, receipts, dated copies, filed where you can find them when someone shows up asking.

You certify. Several states require an officer or employee of the facility to sign the certification, so we prepare the complete report and you put your name on it. That is a deliberate limit: you keep control of what gets attested to, and we never sign an inventory we did not walk.

Founding cohort, reporting year 2026

Filed by March 1, or you pay nothing and we cover the late fee.

We are taking a small number of multi-site operators for the 2026 reporting year at a founding rate. The deposit holds your spot and is refundable right up until we start work, so the only thing you are risking between now and December is the ten minutes it takes to send us your site list.

Price$395 per facility per year, 3-facility minimum. Billed $33/facility/month on a 12-month term, or annually if you prefer one PO.
Deposit$500 flat, credited against your total. Fully refundable through December 1, 2026.
BalanceDue January 15, 2027, when we start preparing your reports.
The guaranteeEvery facility filed by March 1, 2027 or you get a full refund and we pay your late fees, up to $1,000 per facility.
State feesPassed through at cost. We show you the receipt.
Who signsYou do. We prepare the complete report; your responsible officer certifies it.

Book 15 minutes Reserve your spot — $500 refundable

On the call I will tell you straight whether you are better off keeping this in house. If you have one site in one state, you probably are.

Straight answers

Questions worth asking before you send anyone money

Who is this actually for?

Operators running roughly 3 to 15 locations that each hold enough of something to trip a Tier II threshold — ag retail and farm-supply co-ops with anhydrous ammonia, fertilizer and bulk fuel; propane distributors; cold storage and food processing with ammonia refrigeration. If you file one report for one site, keep doing it yourself.

We already use Tier2 Submit. Why would we pay for this?

Tier2 Submit is free, it is fine, and it builds the file. It does not submit to your state's portal, it does not handle a second state's portal that wants something different, and it does not deliver the LEPC and fire department copies that Section 312 also requires. The software was never the expensive part. The eleven-jurisdiction scavenger hunt in February is.

Who signs the certification?

You do. Federal rules let the owner, operator, or an officially designated representative certify, and several states narrow that to an officer or employee of the facility. We prepare the complete report and your responsible officer signs it. You keep control of the attestation, which is where the liability actually sits.

What happens if you miss the deadline?

Full refund, and we pay your late fees up to $1,000 per facility. That is in the agreement, not just on this page.

What do you need from us, and when?

A site list and a contact per location to start. Chemical inventories, SDS access and tank data by January 15, 2027. If your inventory is a shoebox and three spreadsheets, that is normal and it is what you are paying us to sort out.

Do you handle RMP, PSM, or TRI?

No. Tier II only, done properly. If you need Risk Management Plan or Process Safety Management work we will tell you on the call and point you somewhere real.