90 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Data

90.1 Organization

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

90.3 Description

  • Quantities of toxic chemicals released into the environment on site at facilities; the quantities transferred off site to other facilities; and summary data concerning releases, recycling, energy recovery and treatment.
  • Data is available by year for: state, national data file, federal facility data file, and tribal data file.
  • The data contains the facility name, address, latitude and longitude coordinates.

90.4 Vintage/Release Frequency

Annual since 1987

90.5 Observational Unit

Industrial facilities that meet Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program reporting requirements

90.6 Collection Methodology

Industrial facilities report to the EPA using reporting Form R or Form A

90.8 User Guide/Data Dictionary

A data dictionary and data help center are available at the same website as the data download. Also see https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016- 11/documents/tri_basic_data_file_format_v15.pdf

90.9 Cost

Free for download

90.10 Proposal or Application required?

No

90.11 DUA required?

No

90.12 Special Notes

  • In 2013, the TRI program began requiring facilities to submit records electronically using TRI-MEweb, preventing many errors that were common in earlier paper versions
  • There are also tools available on the same website using TRI data in conjunction with other EPA data