Toxic Chemical Release Inventory Reporting Forms and Instructions Revised 2014 Version
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EPA 260-R-15-001 OMB Control Number: 2025-0009 December 2014 Toxic Chemical Release Inventory Reporting Forms and Instructions Revised 2014 Version Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986) Paperwork Reduction Act Notice: The annual public burden related to the Form R, which is approved under OMB Control No. 2025-0009, is estimated to average 35.71 hours per response for a facility filing a report on one chemical. The annual public burden related to the Form A, which is also approved under OMB Control No. 2025-0009, is estimated to average 21.96 hours per response for a facility filing a report on one chemical. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA’s regulations are listed in 40 CFR Part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15. Send comments on the Agency’s need for this information, the accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of automated collection techniques, to the Director, Collection Strategies Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20460; and to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA. Include the EPA ICR number and OMB control number in any correspondence. The completed forms should be submitted in accordance with the instructions accompanying the form, or as specified in the corresponding regulation. Table of Contents Table of Contents List of Acronyms ....................................................................................................................................i Important Information for Reporting Year (RY) 2014........................................................................ii New Information for RY 2014...................................................................................................ii Other Important Information for Reporting Year 2014..............................................................iv TRI-MEweb RY 2014 Version..................................................................................................v A. General Information ...............................................................................................................1 A.1 Who Must Report......................................................................................................................1 A.2 How to Submit Forms ...............................................................................................................2 A.3 Trade Secret Claims ..................................................................................................................4 A.4 Recordkeeping ..........................................................................................................................5 A.5 How to Revise, Withdraw or Cancel TRI Data...........................................................................6 A.5.1 Revising TRI Data .....................................................................................................6 A.5.2 Withdrawing TRI Data...............................................................................................7 A.5.3 Canceling a TRI Submission ......................................................................................7 A.6 When the TRI Report Must Be Submitted..................................................................................8 A.7 How to Obtain the TRI Reporting Forms...................................................................................9 B. How to Determine if Your Facility Must Submit a Form R or Is Eligible to Use Form A..10 B.1 Full-Time Employee Determination ........................................................................................10 B.2 Primary NAICS Code Determination.......................................................................................12 B.2.a. Auxiliary Facilities...................................................................................................12 B.2.b. Multi-establishment Facilities...................................................................................12 B.2.c. Property Owners ......................................................................................................13 B.3 Activity Determination............................................................................................................13 B.3.a. Definitions of Manufacture, Process, and Otherwise Use..........................................13 B.3.b. Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxic (PBT) Chemicals and Chemical Categories Overview16 B.3.c. Activity Exemptions.................................................................................................17 B.4 Threshold Determinations .......................................................................................................23 B.4.a. How to Determine if Your Facility Has Exceeded Thresholds...................................24 B.4.b. Threshold Determinations for On-Site Reuse Operations ..........................................25 B.4.c. Threshold Determinations for Ammonia...................................................................26 B.4.d. Threshold Determinations for Chemical Categories..................................................26 B.4.e Threshold Determination for Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxic (PBT) Chemicals .... 27 B.4.f. Mixtures and Other Trade Name Products ................................................................27 B.5 Release and Other Waste Management Determinations for Metals, Metal Category Compounds, and Nitrate Compounds...........................................................................................................28 C. Instructions for Completing TRI Form R ............................................................................34 Part I. Facility Identification Information...........................................................................................34 Section 1. Reporting Year.....................................................................................................34 Section 2. Trade Secret Information......................................................................................34 Section 3. Certification.........................................................................................................34 Section 4. Facility Identification ...........................................................................................34 Section 5. Parent Company Information................................................................................37 Part II. Chemical Specific Information ................................................................................................39 Section 1. EPCRA Section 313 Chemical Identity.................................................................39 Section 2. Mixture Component Identity ...............................................................................40 Section 3. Activities and Uses of the EPCRA Section 313 Chemical at the Facility..............40 Section 4. Maximum Amount of the EPCRA Section 313 Chemical On-site at Any Time during the Calendar Year...........................................................................................................................43 Section 5. Quantity of the Toxic Chemical Entering Each Environmental Medium On-site ..44 Section 6. Transfer(s) of the Toxic Chemical in Wastes to Off-Site Locations......................52 Toxics Release Inventory Reporting Forms and Instructions TOC-1 Table of Contents Section 7. On-Site Waste Treatment, Energy Recovery, and Recycling Methods...................61 Section 8. Source Reduction and Waste Management ...........................................................68 D. Instructions for Completing Form R Schedule 1 (Dioxin and Dioxin-like Compounds) ....85 D.1 What is the Form R Schedule 1?..............................................................................................85 D.2 Who is required to file a Form R Schedule 1?..........................................................................85 D.3 What information is reported on the Form R Schedule 1? ........................................................85 D.4 How do I report Form R Schedule 1 Data?...............................................................................87 E. Facility Eligibility Determination for Alternate Threshold and for Reporting on TRI Form A Certification Statement .....................................................................................................88