Toxic Release Inventory Reporting Deadline is July 1

The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) was established by Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act, or EPCRA 313. Facilities that are covered under EPCRA 313 must complete a TRI chemical form for each TRI chemical for which they’ve exceeded an activity threshold. There are more than 600 chemicals and chemical categories on the TRI chemical list. If a facility exceeds an activity threshold for a chemical, AND they are in a "covered sector," AND they exceed the employee levels, it is required to submit a TRI report.

Completing the TRI forms is a two-step process: First, you determine if your facility is required to report to TRI and, if so, you determine which TRI chemicals you handle in your facility and then which of these you would need to report. Step 2 is the release and waste management reporting. This is the information that you would put on a TRI form. Note that a new requirement this year is that TRI reports must be submitted to the U.S. EPA electronically via EPA’s TRI-MEweb program; no paper submittals will be accepted. Remember, these reports are for the preceding calendar year’s activities. For the calendar year of 2013, TRI reports are due Tuesday, July 1, 2014.

Click here for more information on TRI. Click here to view EPA’s tutorial Webinar on how to use the required TRI-MEweb program. For more information, you may also contact NRMCA's Gary Mullings or Kevin Walgenbach.