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TRI State Data Exchange February 27, 2006 Agenda TRI State Data Exchange National Overview TRI State Data Exchange - Indiana TRI State Data Exchange - Washington TRI State Data Exchange - Utah Program Overview Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Section 313 of Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA - 1986) Requires facilities in specific sectors to report their Release and other Waste Management activities/quantities for approximately 650 Toxic Chemicals About 23,500 facilities submitted 90,000 reports in RY 2005 Electronic reporting continues to increase w/ approximately 66% reporting using EPA’s central data exchange for RY2005; only about 4% use paper reporting. The statute requires facilities to provide reports to EPA and also to their State DEP Historically, Prior to TRI State Data Exchange… Facilities have had to file same information twice – once with EPA and once with the State. States may not have used electronic systems to manage their data or, if they did use electronic systems, they used precious resources to enter data into their own databases, duplicating EPA’s data entry. Resulting in States and EPA having duplicative versions of data that may not be the same. Created need for time consuming data reconciliation between States and EPA. Now, with the TRI State Data Exchange… In participating states, facilities can file once electronically with EPA and the submission automatically goes to the state, saving facilities from having to file twice. States can save resources and avoid duplicative data entry and reconciliation by using electronic data Reduces data entry time, errors, QA process and FTE Provides better data Allows for redirection of effort from administrative tasks of managing paper to substantive work of pollution prevention, etc. How the TRI State Data Exchange Works: Based on a successful Pilot Program developed for RY2004 by EPA (OIAA/TRIPD and OIC), ECOS, and interested states (Michigan, In