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US EPA Toxic Release Inventory

• Certain industrial facilities are mandated to annually report to US EPA specified toxic chemicals
• mandated under Emergency Planning & Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) in 1986 and enacted under Superfund Amendments & Reauthorization Act in 1987
• response to Bhopal (1984) and other accidents

Who reports

• Specified SIC (Standard Industrial Classification) codes,
• Have 10 or more equivalent full-time employees, and
• Exceed established thresholds for any chemical on the TRI list
• 25,000 lb/yr if chemical is manufactured and/or processed
• 10,000 lb/yr if chemical is otherwise used