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1 Summary of requirements  





2 Origins  





3 Reporting requirements  





4 Accessing TRI data  



4.1  TRI National Analysis  





4.2  Data access  







5 See also  





6 References  





7 External links  














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Production-Related Waste Managed by Industry in 2015, reported to TRI

The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) is a publicly available database containing information on toxic chemical releases and other waste management activities in the United States.

TRI-ME, the TRI computer reporting program

Summary of requirements[edit]

The database is available from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and contains information reported annually by some industry groups as well as federal facilities. Each year, companies across a wide range of industries (including chemical manufacturing, metal mining, coal- or oil-burning electric utilities, and other industries) that manufacture, process, or otherwise use more than a certain amount of a listed chemical must report it to the TRI. For most listed chemicals, facilities must report if they manufacture 25,000 pounds or process or otherwise use 10,000 pounds of the chemical, but some chemicals have lower reporting thresholds.[1]

Origins[edit]

The inventory was first proposed in a 1985 New York Times op-ed piece written by David Sarokin and Warren Muir, researchers for an environmental group, Inform, Inc.[2] Congress established TRI under Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA), and later expanded it in the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 (PPA).[3][4] The law was developed out of concern about Union Carbide's releases of toxic gases in the 1984 Bhopal disaster (India) and a smaller 1985 release at its plant in Institute, West Virginia.[5]

Reporting requirements[edit]

Facilities are required to report to the TRI if they meet all of the following requirements:

If certain criteria are met, the facility may be allowed to complete a "Form A" certification statement instead of the more detailed "Form R." Form A may only be used for chemicals that are not considered chemicals of special concern, for which amounts manufactured, processed, or otherwise used at the facility do not exceed 1 million pounds, and which do not exceed 500 pounds of annual reportable amount (i.e., total quantity released/disposed of, treated, recycled, and combusted for energy recovery) in the calendar year.[7]

Facilities must report quantities of listed chemicals released to the air through stacksorfugitive emissions; quantities directly discharged to water on-site or to a publicly owned treatment works; released or disposed of to land, such as in a landfillorinjection well; and quantities of waste transferred off-site for disposal or release. The PPA added requirements for facilities to report information on quantities of production-related waste managed on- and off-site through recycling, combustion for energy recovery, treatment, and disposal of other releases, and to report information on quantities of waste managed due to one-time or non-production-related events. Facilities also report information on any source reduction activities undertaken to prevent pollution.[citation needed]

Accessing TRI data[edit]

TRI National Analysis[edit]

Every year, EPA publishes the TRI National Analysis, which interprets the reported TRI data and examines trends in releases, waste management practices, and pollution prevention (P2) activities. The National Analysis includes an analysis of trends in releases and waste management, as well as analyses of important industry sectors, chemicals of special concern, and a "Where You Live" tool that maps the data.[8]

Data access[edit]

The TRI data can be accessed in multiple ways through EPA's website.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Reporting for TRI Facilities". Toxics Release Inventory Program. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 2022-03-10.
  • ^ Sarokin, David J.; Muir, Warren R. (1985-10-07). "Too Little Toxic-Waste Data". Opinion. The New York Times.
  • ^ United States. Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act. Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 99–499 Approved October 17, 1986.
  • ^ United States. Pollution Prevention Act of 1990. Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 101–508, title VI, §6602. Approved November 5, 1990.
  • ^ "What is the Toxics Release Inventory?". EPA. 2020-09-29.
  • ^ EPA. "Toxic Chemical Release Reporting: Community Right-to-Know; Definitions." Code of Federal Regulations, 40 CFR 372.3
  • ^ "TRI Reporting Forms and Instructions - Section B". TRI Program. EPA. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  • ^ "Toxics Release Inventory National Analysis". EPA. 2022-03-03.
  • ^ "Toxics Release Inventory Program". EPA. 2022-03-03.
  • ^ "TRI Search". Envirofacts. EPA. 2021-10-20.
  • ^ "Release Chemical Report". TRI Explorer. 2022-03-11.
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