TRI

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TRI is the Toxics Release Inventory, a U.S. EPA-managed public database that tracks the management and release of certain toxic chemicals by industrial and federal facilities.

Aliases (7)
  • Toxics Release Inventory ×56
  • EPA TRI ×1
  • EPA TRI Explorer web tool ×1
  • TRI Data and Tools ×1
  • TRI Explorer ×1
  • TRI National Analysis ×1
  • TRI Program ×1

Statements (56)
Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal government program
environmental database
pollutant release and transfer register
abbreviation TRI
administeredBy EPA Office of Environmental Information
alsoKnownAs EPA TRI
TRI Program
appliesToJurisdiction United States
chemicalScope TRI chemical categories
TRI-listed toxic chemicals
country United States
covers certain industrial facilities
facilities in specified North American Industry Classification System codes
federal facilities
dataAccessibleVia EPA TRI Explorer web tool
downloadable data files
online public database
web APIs
dataType chemical-specific release quantities
facility-level environmental data
pollution prevention information
waste management quantities
geographicCoverage U.S. territories
all U.S. states
hasPart TRI Data and Tools
TRI Explorer
TRI National Analysis
inception 1987
legalBasis Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986
Pollution Prevention Act of 1990
legislatedBy EPCRA Section 313
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
managedBy U.S. EPA
operator United States Environmental Protection Agency
purpose to encourage pollution prevention and reduction of toxic chemical releases
to provide the public with information on releases and other waste management of toxic chemicals
to support community right-to-know about local chemical hazards
regulates reporting of listed toxic chemicals above threshold quantities
reportingForm Form A
Form R
reportingFrequency annually
tracks annual quantities of certain toxic chemicals managed as waste
off-site transfers of toxic chemicals for treatment or disposal
pollution prevention activities related to listed chemicals
releases of listed toxic chemicals to air
releases of listed toxic chemicals to land
releases of listed toxic chemicals to water
usedBy community groups
industry
regulators
researchers
usedFor environmental research
policy analysis
risk screening
tracking pollution prevention progress
website https://www.epa.gov/toxics-release-inventory-tri-program

Referenced by (8)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Toxics Release Inventory ("TRI National Analysis")
Toxics Release Inventory ("TRI Explorer")
Toxics Release Inventory ("TRI Data and Tools")
hasPart
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
Toxics Release Inventory
abbreviation
Toxics Release Inventory ("TRI Program")
Toxics Release Inventory ("EPA TRI")
alsoKnownAs
Toxics Release Inventory ("EPA TRI Explorer web tool")
dataAccessibleVia

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