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K Blake Kidd May 5, 2015
Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA) Section 313
2015 Environmental Trade Fair and Conference
Air Quality Division ••
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TRI Topics
• Background
• Reporting
• TRI Facts and Trends
• Information Resources
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Background
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What is TRI?
• Established under EPCRA
• Publicly accessible United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) database contains information on disposal and other releases of over 680 toxic chemicals from more than 20,000 United States industrial facilities
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What is TRI? cont.
• Goals of TRI o Provides communities with information regarding toxic
chemical releases and waste management activitieso Supports informed decisions by industry, government,
nongovernmental organizations, and the public
• Multimedia reporting:o Airo Watero Underground injectiono Land
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TRI Regulations• Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act Title III, Section 313
• EPCRA
• Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 372
• Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 370
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TRI Chemicals
• Approximately 680 chemicals and chemical categories are currently on the TRI list.
• Persistent bioaccumulative toxins (PBT) chemicals have lower thresholds and different reporting requirements.
• Twenty chemicals and chemical categories are subject to PBT and lead rules, including dioxin and dioxin-like compounds.
• The EPA maintains the list.
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Trigger Amounts for TRI Reporting
Facilities must report if site-level usage totals at least:
• For each non-PBT chemical: o 25,000 pounds, manufactured; oro 25,000 pounds, processed; oro 10,000 pounds, otherwise used.
• For PBT chemicals:o 10 or 100 pounds, depending on the chemical; oro 0.1 grams of dioxin or dioxin-like compounds.
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TRI Industry SectorsCommon Sectors Reporting Releases in Texas
• Chemicals• Electric utilities• Petroleum• Hazardous waste/Solvent recovery• Primary metals• Paper • Food/Beverage/Tobacco • Fabricated metals• Plastics and rubber• Stone/Clay/Glass
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Reporting
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Reporting CriteriaFacilities must meet all three criteria
• 10 or more full-time employees or 20,000 man hours as defined by the EPA
• Industry sector must be covered by the North American Industry Classification System code list found in Table I of the January 2014 EPA publication 260-R-14-001, Toxic Chemical Release Inventory Reporting Forms and Instructions
• Manufacture, process, or otherwise use more than the triggering amount for that classification of a TRI chemical
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Reporting Criteria, cont.Additionally, PBTs have lower reporting thresholds:
• >100 pounds of aldrin, lead, lead compounds, methoxychlor, polycyclic aromatic compounds, pendimethalin, tetrabromobisphenol A, trifluralin
• >10 pounds of benzo(g,h,i)perylene, chlordane, heptachlor, hexachlorobenzene, isodrin, mercury, mercury compounds, octachlorostyrene, pentachlorobenzene, polychlorinated biphenyls, toxaphene
• >0.1 grams of dioxin and dioxin-like compounds
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Reporting Process • Submit TRI reports to EPA using TRI-MEweb by July 1st following the reporting year.
• Each chemical must be reported using either Form A or Form R.
• Facilities determine which reporting form to use by following the EPA guidance document, Toxic Chemical Release Inventory Reporting Forms and Instructions available at: www2.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2014-02/documents/rfi_RY2013_120413.pdf .
• When using TRI-MEweb, the submission is automatically submitted to the TCEQ.
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TRI Facts and Trends
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2013 Texas TRI
• Number of TRI Facilities: 1,718
• Total On-site Disposal or other Releases: 223.8 million (MM) pounds
• Ranks 24th out of 56 states/territories on total releases per square mile
• Total forms submitted: 8,705
From 2013 dataset released March 2015
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Chemical Releases by MediaAir Release Totals: 62.6 MM pounds
Ethylene: 11.2 MM pounds (17.9%)Methanol: 8.2 MM pounds (13.1%)Ammonia: 4.9 MM pounds (7.8%)
Water Release Totals: 15.4 MM poundsNitrate Compounds: 14.2 MM pounds (92.2%)
Underground Injection Release Totals: 81.3 MM poundsAmmonia: 16.5 MM pounds (20.3%)Acrylonitrile: 10.3 MM pounds (12.7%)Acetonitrile: 8.0 MM pounds (9.8%)
Land Release Totals: 40.9 MM poundsBarium Compounds: 17.3 MM pounds (42.3 %)Manganese Compounds: 7.6 MM pounds (18.6%)Zinc Compounds: 3.5 MM pounds (8.6%)
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Industry Sources for Major ChemicalsAir: Ethylene: Refineries, Chemical Plants, Bulk Terminals Methanol: Chemical Plants, Paper Ammonia: Chemical Plants, Refineries
Water: Nitrate Compounds: Refineries, Food/Beverages/Tobacco,
Chemical Plants
Underground Injection: Ammonia: Chemical Plants, Refineries Acrylonitrile: Chemical Plants Acetonitrile: Chemical Plants
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Industry Sources for Major Chemicals, cont.
Land: Barium Compounds: Electric Utilities Manganese Compounds: Electric Utilities Zinc Compounds: Primary Metals, Electric Utilities
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2003-2013 TRI Trends for Texas
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Resources
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EPA Online Training
Toxic Chemical Release Inventory Reporting Forms and Instructions
http://www2.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-01/documents/rfi_ry2014_111914.pdf
TRI Basic Training http://www2.epa.gov/toxics-release-inventory-tri-program/training-tri-reporting-ry-2014#basic
TRI Advanced Training http://www2.epa.gov/toxics-release-inventory-tri-program/training-tri-reporting-ry-2014#advanced
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TRI Training Workshops and Webinars
Live Workshops
Baton Rouge: May 14th, 2015
Training WebinarBasic Concepts: May 26, 2015, 12pm – 3 pm CDT
Advanced Concepts: May 28, 2015, 12pm - 3 pm CDTBasic Concepts: June 8, 2015, 12pm – 3 pm CDT
More information available at http://region6.tri-training.com/
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TRI Information Sources
EPA TRI home page
http://www2.epa.gov/toxics-release-inventory-tri-program
EPA TRI Explorer http://www.epa.gov/triexplorer/
EPA Envirofactshttp://www.epa.gov/enviro/
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Contact InformationEPA Region 6 Enforcement Coordinator
Morton Wakeland, Jr. (214) 665 - 8116
TRI Information Center (operated by the EPA)
(800) 424 - 9346
Central Data Exchange hotline
(888) 890 – 1995
TCEQ TRI Hotline
Blake Kidd (512) 239 - 4TRI {4874}