Environmental Management and Compliance News, Tips and Tools

May 9, 2012

Are you ready for TRI Form R Reporting?

image: chemical storage area

Yep, it’s that time of year again. Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Form R (or Form A, under certain conditions) reports for 2011 are due to the US Environmental Protection Agency by July 1. EPA prefers, of course, that you file electronically, and has proposed a rule requiring electronic filing – but the rule, if finalized, won’t take effect until next year (for the 2012 reporting year). Look to our TRI reporting page to determine if your facility must prepare and submit Form R or Form A reports for calendar year 2011.

Some rule changes will affect reporting requirements for this year:
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June 12, 2011

Reminder: Deadline for 2010 TRI Form R Reporting is Near!

It’s like this happens every year…

If you have not completed your Toxic Chemical Release Inventory (TRI) reports yet, note that they are due by July 1.

For additional information, refer to our TRI reporting guidance pages:

The US Environmental Protection Agency site for Toxic Release Inventory Reporting is www.epa.gov/tri/.

Of course, feel free to contact T. Cozzie Consulting (but soon!) if you need additional information or assistance.

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June 17, 2010

Reminder – TRI Reports due in two weeks!

If you have not completed your Toxic Chemical Release Inventory (TRI) reports yet, note that they are due by July 1.

For additional information, refer to our TRI reporting guidance pages:

Of course, feel free to contact T. Cozzie Consulting (but soon!) if you need additional information or assistance.

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May 11, 2010

Compliance Alert: Deadline for Toxic Chemical Release Inventory Form R report is July 1

Toxic Chemical Release Inventory (TRI) Form R or Form A reports are due by July 1! If your facility:

  • has 10 or more employees;
  • is included among certain covered industrial categories, including manufacturers that correspond to SIC Codes 20 through 39; some mining operations; utilities that burn coal or oil for commercial electrical generation; chemical wholesalers; petroleum bulk storage terminals; and waste treatment, disposal and recovery facilities; and
  • manufactured, imported, processed or otherwise used listed toxic chemicals above threshold reporting quantities,

(link to EPA reporting page)
Then you are likely required to report your releases and off-site transfers of the toxic chemicals.  More information on these requirements is linked at www.tcozzie.com/compliance/tri-2009.htm.  You can visit the Environmental Protection Agency’s TRI reporting materials page by clicking on the image at right.

Does your facility need to comply? Are you ready to meet this requirement? As always, feel free to contact T. Cozzie Consulting for further information or assistance.

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April 6, 2010

EPA proposes adding 16 chemicals to Toxic Release Inventory reporting rule

On April 6, EPA proposed to add sixteen (16) chemicals to the list of toxic chemicals subject to reporting under section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (your Form R or Form A submissions due each July 1). These sixteen chemicals have been classified by the National Toxicology Program as “reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.” Based on its review of available production and use information, EPA has concluded that these sixteen chemicals are manufactured, processed, or otherwise used in quantities that would exceed the EPCRA section 313 reporting thresholds.
image: hazardous substance warning label
The 16 chemicals include:

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June 5, 2009

2008 Form R Reports – Time is Running Out!

The deadline for submittal of annual Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Form R reports is July 1.  This requirement applies to facilities in manufacturing and other industries that manufacture, process or otherwise use any of a list of toxic chemicals above certain threshold quantities. 

For additional information on TRI reporting requirements, visit www.tcozzie.com/tri-2008.htm.  For assistance with Form R report preparation, contact us immediately.

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April 28, 2009

Toxics Release Inventory reporting requirements have been revised

On April 27, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a final rule revoking the provisions of the Toxics Release Inventory Burden Reduction Rule (December 2006) that expanded eligibility for reporting of chemicals using the Form A certification statement rather than the more detailed Form R report. 

The latest ruling returns Form A reporting eligibility to previous levels:  Form R must be used for reporting persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) chemicals, such as certain pesticides, polycyclic aromatic compounds, lead, mercury, PCBs and dioxins.  For non-PBT chemicals, the Form A certification statement can be used if no more than 1 million pounds of the chemical are manufactured, processed or otherwise used at the facility and total quantities released, disposed, treated, recycled and transferred do not exceed 500 pounds. 

The rule change applies to reports for 2008, due by July 1.  For additional assistance and information, contact us or visit www.tcozzie.com/tri-2008.htm.

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