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EPA is Taking an Important Step to Provide Communities with AdditionalInformation about the Release of Hydrogen Sulfide into the Environment
The Agency is announcing that it is considering lifting the 1994 Administrative Stay of the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) reporting requirements for hydrogen sulfide. EPA is now presenting its rationale for why the Stay should be lifted, based on an updated evaluation that includes new information on human health and environmental effects of hydrogen sulfide.
This review is part of Agency efforts to examine the scope of TRI chemical coverage and provide communities with more complete information on toxic chemical releases.
The Toxics Release Inventory – Made Easy Web-based (TRI-MEweb) Application for Reporting Year 2009 is Now Available. - The TRI-MEweb application allows facilities across the U.S. to file, via the Internet, a paperless report, significantly reducing data errors, and receiving instant receipt confirmation of their submissions to US EPA and their State. The TRI-MEweb application is now available on the US EPA TRI Web site for facilities to report RY 2009 chemical release data in compliance with EPCRA reporting requirements. The deadline to report chemical releases for RY 2009 is midnight July 1, 2010. Learn more here.
TRI Reporting Aids and Assistance Materials
By law, if your facility is in a covered industry, you must file your Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) reports by July 1 of each year. The TRI Compliance Assistance web page contains access to the resources necessary for industrial facilities to report their releases and transfers of certain toxic chemicals to meet EPCRA Section 313 requirements. Please note that the TRI Program is no longer offering in-person TRI training workshops.
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Sharing thoughts and ideas: ToxicRisk.com
If you are a keen reader of this website, you may have noticed a comment that was left by Mike Meuser under our previous blog post, Suggestions for the Spring 2010 TRI Webinar.
We found this to be an interesting comment that was left and then realized that it was also from the same person who had sent us some feedback via our website. This is what this website was created for: sharing thoughts and ideas as well as resources within a community of people who have an interest in the EPA's Toxics Release Inventory Program.
The following is the text of the message we received from Mike.
Hello - Thought I'd mention the work my son and I did using 2007 TRI data.
ToxicRisk.com is a map-based website that enables users to investigate facilities listed in the EPA Toxic Release Inventory (TRI), number of schools within 1 mile and within 5 miles of the facility, plus links to a database about the toxic history of the facility. Users can also research a chemical to learn more about associated risks, and can find icons on the maps naming individual schools.
Years ago Aran and I created the first interactive toxic maps on the internet using TRI data - our Santa Cruz Toxic Releaes Inventory - http://www.mapcruzin.com/projects/proj_seek.htm
This led to our being hired to do the first two years of TRI mapping for Environmental Defenses Scorecard.org
Later we did several mapping projects, based on TRI and other EPA data, for the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition - http://www.mapcruzin.com/svtc_ecomaps/index.html
Right now I'm working on a subset of 2008 TRI data for MapCruzin.com and making available GIS shapefiles of the data. The shapefiles are free and available under the creative commons share and share alike agreement.
Mike Meuser
http://www.mapcruzin.com
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This was a wonderful example of someone sharing their experience working with TRI data. We look forward to hearing from other members of this community to see the various ways they work with TRI information. Hopefully, we'll be able to open new paths for communication between community members.
We would love to hear more about your thoughts, ideas and experiences.
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Interesting site, however...
...I find it a little difficult to look through/work with because of all the Google Ads. It seems like there is a good amount of information but it is buried by adverts scattered throughout the content. Merely an observation.