# Nitric acid — US federal chemical regulatory reporting thresholds by program (CERCLA, EPCRA, CAA)

For Nitric acid, cas no. is 7697-37-2; cercla rq (lbs) is 1000; regulatory categories is 1, verified against its source on 2026-08-05.

- **Substance:** Nitric acid _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **CAS No.:** 7697-37-2 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **CERCLA RQ (lbs):** 1000 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Regulatory categories:** 1 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **EPCRA TPQ (lbs):** 1,000 _(per ecfr.gov, not stated by the source above)_
- **EPCRA RQ (lbs):** 1,000 _(per ecfr.gov, not stated by the source above)_

## What the source says

> Nitric acid | 7697-37-2 | 1 | | 1000 (454)

## What ecfr.gov says

> 7697-37-2 | Nitric Acid | | 1,000 |

Source: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/chapter-I/subchapter-J/part-355

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/chapter-I/subchapter-J/part-302/section-302.4
- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/chapter-I/subchapter-J/part-355

Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2027-08-05.
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