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The Use of the Risk Screening Environmental Indicators
(RSEI) Program to evaluate 13 Counties of Northwest
Florida
TRI & RSEI Evaluations
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What Is the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)?What Is the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)?
The TOXICS RELEASE INVENTORYBegun in 1988, the Toxics Release Inventory contains information on releases of nearly 650 chemicals and chemical categories from industries including manufacturing, metal and coal mining, electric utilities, and commercial hazardous waste treatment, among others.
http://www.epa.gov/triexplorer http://www.epa.gov/enviro http://www.scorecard.org http://www.rtk.net
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What Is the Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators Model?What Is the Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators Model?
RSEI is a screening-level model for assessing potentialchronic human health impacts of industrial releases of toxic chemicals:
RSEI provides the following types of screening analyses:
Pounds
Hazard
Risk-related
RSEI uses TRI pounds of release data and adds toxicity, fate and transport, and an estimate of exposed population to
allow new perspectives on hazard and risk.
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Where Do You Want Me To Start???Where Do You Want Me To Start???
A. Who Reports to TRI??
B. How Does RSEI Work??
C. How is RSEI Data Processed??
D. The NW FL Example
TRI REPORTING PROCESS
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Reporting Thresholds Met; Form R/Form A Required
*MPOU: Manufacture (including import), process, or otherwise use
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Covered Primary SIC Code(s) or Federal facility?
Ten Employees?(20,000 hours)
MPOU*Section 313Chemicals?
MPOU*ThresholdsExceeded?
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Reporting Exemptions
Introduction to TRI
Form R/Form A
PBT Overview
Introduction Introduction to TRIto TRI Determining
Thresholds
Industrial Sector Primary SIC Code Manufacturing 20-39 Metal mining 10 (except 1011, 1081, and 1094) Coal mining 12 (except 1241) Electrical utilities 4911, 4931, and 4939, limited to facilities that
combust coal and/or oil for the purpose of generating electricity for distribution in commerce
Treatment, Storage, and Disposal facilities
4953, limited to RCRA Subtitle C permitted or interim status facilities
Solvent recovery services
7389, limited to facilities primarily engaged in solvent recovery services on a contract or fee basis
Chemical distributors
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Petroleum bulk terminals
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COVERED SIC CODES
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Reporting Exemptions
Introduction to TRI
Form R/Form A
PBT Overview
Introduction Introduction to TRIto TRI Determining
Thresholds
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A facility meeting the SIC code (or Federal facility) and employee criteria must file a TRI report for a non-PBT Section 313 chemical if the facility (40CFR§372.25):• Manufactured (including imported) more
than 25,000 pounds per year, or• Processed more than 25,000 pounds per
year, or• Otherwise used more than 10,000 pounds
per year
Threshold calculations are based on cumulative quantities per Section 313 chemical over the reporting year
THRESHOLDS TRIGGERING EPCRA SECTION 313 REPORTINGTHRESHOLDS TRIGGERING EPCRA SECTION 313 REPORTING
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If a facility manufactures, processes, or otherwise uses any chemicals that are listed as persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic (PBT), the threshold quantity is one of the following per Section 313 chemical or category per year (40CFR§372.28):
THRESHOLDS TRIGGERING EPCRA SECTION 313 REPORTINGTHRESHOLDS TRIGGERING EPCRA SECTION 313 REPORTING
10 pounds10 pounds10 poundsHighly persistent and bioaccumulative compounds
0.1 grams0.1 grams0.1 gramsDioxin and dioxin-like compounds
100 pounds100 pounds100 poundsOther persistent and bioaccumulative compounds (lead and lead compounds)
Otherwise useProcessManufacture
Reporting Threshold, by ActivityType of Chemical
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Additional ResourcesAdditional Resources.
EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Home Page http://www.epa.gov/tri
EPA EPCRA Hotline (800) 424-9346
EPA Envirofacts: http://www.epa.gov/enviro TRI Explorer: http://www.epa.gov/triexplorer
Additional Resources
EPA’sEPA’sRisk-Screening Environmental Risk-Screening Environmental
Indicators (RSEI)Indicators (RSEI)
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What Is the Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators Model?What Is the Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators Model?
RSEI is a screening-level model for assessing potentialchronic human health impacts of industrial releases of toxic chemicals:
RSEI provides the following types of screening analyses:
Pounds
Hazard
Risk-related
RSEI uses TRI pounds of release data and adds toxicity, fate and transport, and an estimate of exposed population to
allow new perspectives on hazard and risk.
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RSEI and Risk AssessmentRSEI and Risk AssessmentRSEI incorporates components of risk assessment:
Amount of chemical released
Toxicity of the chemical
Fate and transport of the chemical
Route and extent of human exposure
Number of people affected
RSEI is not a formal risk assessment, but is useful for performance measurement, prioritization, and trend analysis because it systematically incorporates toxicity and exposure considerations in a screening-level analysis.
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How RSEI Works -- CalculationsHow RSEI Works -- Calculations
Risk-related results = Surrogate Dose * Toxicity Weight * Population
Hazard-based results = Pounds * Toxicity Weight
Pounds-based results = TRI Pounds released
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RSEI Model DetailsRSEI Model Details
Inhalation (Air) surrogate dose - divides U.S. and territories into 1-km x 1-km grid
cellscalculates air concentrations for each cell in
101 x 101 km grid around facilities uses population-specific exposure factors
Ingestion (Water) surrogate dose - calculates water concentrations in receiving
streams up to 200 km downstream of outflow finds downstream drinking water intakes calculates fish ingestion exposure for population
within 80 km of receiving stream uses population-specific exposure factors
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What Kinds of Questions Can RSEI Answer?What Kinds of Questions Can RSEI Answer?
What are the trends in hazard and risk associated with toxic chemical releases and other waste management activities at industrial facilities?
When comparing industries, how can I rank which industry sectors are associated with relatively more risk?
What is the relative contribution of specific chemicals to overall risk in a community (state, county, city), and how do I prioritize these for follow-up activities?
For any given scenario, what release pathway for a particular chemical poses the greatest risk-related concerns?
Also questions concerning: Tribal lands, EJ issues, important age groups (e.g., children & elderly), etc.
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Points to RememberPoints to RememberRSEI PROVIDES QUICK PERSPECTIVES ON HAZARD &
RISK, BUT IS ONLY THE FIRST STEP!
RSEI uses facility-reported TRI data which can contain reporting errors. TRI data is limited to major industrial point sources.
RSEI toxicity weights are based on chronic human toxicity associated with long-term exposure and do not address acute human toxicity or environmental toxicity.
Dermal and food ingestion pathways (other than fish consumption), as well as some other indirect exposure pathways are not evaluated.
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Points to Remember cont.Points to Remember cont.
Metals and metal compounds are assumed to be released in the valence (or oxidation) state associated with the highest chronic toxicity weight.
Some generic assumptions for stack heights, diameters, and exit gas velocities are used where facility-specific data are unavailable.
RSEI results do not indicate whether hazard or risk from a chemical or facility is “acceptable” or “unacceptable” to a population or individual.
RSEI is useful in many applications where TRI pounds have been used as a risk surrogate.
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RSEI Team ContactsRSEI Team Contacts
Gary Cole: (202) 564-8811
Richard Engler: (202) 564-8587
Robert Lee: (202) 564-8786
Cody Rice: (202) 564-8769
URL: http://www.epa.gov/oppt/rsei
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Region 4 CONTACT INFORMATIONRegion 4 CONTACT INFORMATION
Ezequiel Velez, EPA Region 4 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Coordinator
Tel. (404) 562-9191 [email protected]
Douglas Chatham, EPA Region 4 TRI Program Assistant
Tel. (404) [email protected]
U.S. EPA Region 4 61 Forsyth Street, S.W.
Atlanta, GA 30303