Toxic Chemical Release Inventory Reporting Forms and

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ID UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Table of Contents

Toxics Release Inventory Reporting Forms and Instructions i

I. TRI Reporting Software v

II. Chemical and Industry Guidance vii

III. General Guidance vii

IV. Chemical-Specific Guidance . viii

V. Industry-Specific Guidance . ix

A. General Information 1

A.1 Who Must Report . 1

A.2 How to Report to TRI . 1

A.2.a The Toxic Chemical Release Reporting Form, EPA Form R . 1

A.2.b The Alternate Threshold Form A Certification Statement . 1

A.3 How to Submit Forms . 2

A.3.a How to Submit Form R(s) and/or Form A(s) to EPA via the Internet (EPA’s Central Data

Exchange (CDX))2

A.3.b How to Send Your Disks Containing Form R(s) and/or Form A(s) . 2

A.3.b.1 Labeling Your Submission Diskette 2

A.3.b.2 Submitting by Diskette to States 2

A.3.c How to Submit Paper Form R(s) and/or Form A(s) . 3

A.4 Trade Secret Claims . 3

A.5 Recordkeeping . 4

A.6 How to Revise or Withdraw TRI Data . 4

A.7 When the Report Must Be Submitted . 6

A.8 How to Obtain Forms and Other Information . 7

B. How to Determine if Your Facility Must Submit a Form R or is Eligible to Use the Form A . 9

B.1 Full-Time Employee Determination . 9

B.2 Primary SIC Code Determination 9

B.2.a. Multi-Establishment Facilities 11

B.2.b. Auxiliary Facilities . 12

B.2.c. Property Owners 12

B.3 Activity Determination . 12

B.3.a. Definitions of “Manufacture,” “Process,” and “Otherwise Use” 12

B.3.b. Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxic (PBT) Chemicals and Chemical Categories Overview 14

B.3.c. Activity Exemptions 15

B.4 Threshold Determinations . 21

B.4.a. How to Determine if Your Facility Has Exceeded Thresholds 22

B.4.b. Threshold Determinations for On-Site Reuse Operations . 23

B.4.c. Threshold Determinations for Ammonia 23

B.4.d. Threshold Determinations for Chemical Categories 23

B.4.e Threshold Determination for Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxic (PBT) Chemicals 24

B.4.f. Mixtures and Other Trade Name Products . 24

B.5 Release and Other Waste Management Determinations for Metals, Metal Category Compounds,

and Nitrate Compounds . 25

C. Instructions for Completing EPA Form R . 31

Part I. Facility Identification Information . 31

Section 1. Reporting Year 31

Section 2. Trade Secret Information . 31

2.1 Are you claiming the EPCRA section 313 chemical identified on page 2 a trade secret?

Section 3. Certification . 31

Section 4. Facility Identification . 31

4.1 Facility Name, Location, and TRI Facility Identification Number 31

4.2 Full or Partial Facility Indication 32

4.3 Technical Contact . 32

4.4 Public Contact 32

4.5 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code 32

4.6 Latitude and Longitude . 33

4.7 Dun & Bradstreet Number . 33

4.8 EPA Identification Number 33

4.9 NPDES Permit Number(s) . 33

4.10 Underground Injection Well Code (UIC) Identification Number . 33

Section 5. Parent Company Information . 33

5.1 Name of Parent Company . 34

5.2 Parent Company's Dun & Bradstreet Number 34

Part II. Chemical Specific Information . 35

Section 1. EPCRA Section 313 Chemical Identity 35

1.1 CAS Number 35

1.2 EPCRA Section 313 Chemical or Chemical Category Name 35

1.3 Generic Chemical Name 36

1.4 Distribution of Each Member of the Dioxin and Dioxin-like Compounds Category 36

Section 2. Mixture Component Identity 36

2.1 Generic Chemical Name Provided by Supplier 36

Section 3. Activities and Uses of the EPCRA Section 313 Chemical at the Facility 37

3.1 Manufacture the EPCRA Section 313 Chemical . 37

3.2 Process the EPCRA Section 313 Chemical (incorporative activities) . 37

3.3 Otherwise Use the EPCRA Section 313 Chemical (non-incorporative activities) 38

Section 4. Maximum Amount of the EPCRA Section 313 Chemical On-site at Any Time During the

Calendar Year . 38

Section 5. Quantity of the EPCRA Section 313 Chemical Entering Each Environmental Medium On-

site 40

5.1 Fugitive or Non-Point Air Emissions 40

5.2 Stack or Point Air Emissions 41

5.3 Discharges to Receiving Streams or Water Bodies . 41

5.4.1 Underground Injection On-Site to Class I Wells . 41

5.4.2 Underground Injection On-site to Class II–V Wells . 41

5.5 Disposal to Land On-site . 41

5.5.1A RCRA Subtitle C landfills 41

5.5.1B Other landfills . 41

5.5.2 Land treatment/application farming 41

5.5.3A RCRA Subtitle C Surface Impoundments . 42

5.5.3B Other Surface Impoundments 42

5.5.4 Other Disposal 42

Section 5 Column A: Total Release 42

Section 5 Column B: Basis of Estimate 43

Section 5 Column C: Percent From Stormwater . 44

Section 6. Transfers of the EPCRA Section 313 Chemical in Wastes to Off-Site Locations . 45

6.1 Discharges to Publicly Owned Treatment Works . 46

6.1.A.1 Total Transfers 46

6.1.A.2 Basis of Estimate . 466.2 Transfers to Other Off-Site Locations . 47

6.2a Column A: Total Transfers . 47

6.2b Column B: Basis of Estimate . 49

6.2c Column C: Type of Waste Management: Disposal/ Treatment/Energy Recovery/Recycling50

Section 7. On-Site Waste Treatment, Energy Recovery, and Recycling Methods 53

Section 7A On-Site Waste Treatment Methods and Efficiency 53

7A Column a: General Waste Stream . 53

7A Column b: Waste Treatment Method(s) Sequence 53

7A Column c: Range of Influent Concentration 56

7A Column d: Waste Treatment Efficiency Estimate 57

7A Column e: Based on Operating Data? 57

Section 7B On-Site Energy Recovery Processes . 57

Section 7C On-Site Recycling Processes . 58

Section 8. Source Reduction and Recycling Activities 60

D. Facility Eligibility Determination for Alternate Threshold and for Reporting on EPA Form A 70

D.1 Alternate Threshold 70

D.2 What is the Form A Certification Statement? 70

D.3 What is the Total Annual Reportable Amount? . 70

D.4 Recordkeeping 70

D.5 Multi-establishment Facilities 70

D.6 Trade Secrets . 71

D.7 Metals and Metal Category Compounds 71

E. Instructions for Completing EPA Form A . 72

Part I. Facility Identification Information . 72

Section 1. Reporting Year . 72

Section 2. Trade Secret Information . 72

2.1 Are you claiming the EPCRA Section 313 chemical identified on page 2 a trade secret? 72

2.2 If “yes” in 2.1, is this copy sanitized or unsanitized? 72

Section 3. Certification . 72

Section 4. Facility Identification 72

4.1 Facility Name, Location, and TRI Facility Identification Number 72

4.2 Federal Facility Designation . 73

4.3 Technical Contact . 73

4.4 Intentionally Left Blank 73

4.5 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code . 73

4.6 Latitude and Longitude . 73

4.7 Dun & Bradstreet Number(s) 74

4.8 EPA Identification Number(s) 74

4.9 Facility NPDES Permit Number(s) 74

4.10 Underground Injection Well Code (UIC) Identification Number(s) 74

Section 5. Parent Company Information 74

5.1 Name of Parent Company . 74

5.2 Parent Company's Dun & Bradstreet Number 74

Part II. Chemical Identification 75

Section 1. Toxic Chemical Identity 75

1.1 CAS Number . 75

1.2 EPCRA Section 313 Chemical or Chemical Category Name 75

1.3 Generic Chemical Name 75

Section 2. Mixture Component Identity 76