Toxics Release Inventory

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The Toxics Release Inventory is a U.S. EPA public database that tracks the management and release of certain toxic chemicals by industrial and federal facilities to inform communities and support pollution prevention efforts.

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Toxics Release Inventory program 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal program
environmental database
pollution reporting program
basedOn Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act NERFINISHED
Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
covers certain manufacturing sectors
certain mining sectors
electric utilities
federal facilities
hazardous waste treatment facilities
industrial facilities
dataAvailableFromYear 1987
dataPublishedBy United States Environmental Protection Agency NERFINISHED
dataType facility-level chemical release data
pollution prevention activity data
waste management data for toxic chemicals
hasFeature annual reporting by facilities
chemical-specific reporting thresholds
facility identification information
geographic information on facilities
publicly accessible online database
trend analysis of releases over time
hasPurpose increase public access to information on toxic chemicals
inform communities about local chemical releases
support pollution prevention efforts
track management of certain toxic chemicals
track releases of certain toxic chemicals
legalAuthority Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
Section 6607 of the Pollution Prevention Act
monitors air releases of toxic chemicals
energy recovery of toxic chemicals
land disposal of toxic chemicals
off-site transfers of toxic chemicals
recycling of toxic chemicals
source reduction activities
treatment of toxic chemicals
water discharges of toxic chemicals
operatedBy United States Environmental Protection Agency NERFINISHED
shortName TRI NERFINISHED
startYear 1987
subjectOf public right-to-know provisions
supports community right-to-know
corporate environmental performance benchmarking
environmental justice analysis
pollution prevention planning
usedBy community organizations
industry
policy makers
regulators
researchers
website https://www.epa.gov/toxics-release-inventory-tri-program

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Form R regulatesUnderProgram Toxics Release Inventory
this entity surface form: Toxics Release Inventory program
Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 relatedTo Toxics Release Inventory