Toxic Data Reporting Committee Charge

On April 27, the Vice-President announced that there are now 7 new industry sectors which must report to EPA under EPCRA section 313, the TRI program. These are all industry sectors which will provide significant information on TRI chemicals and which are engaged in activities directly related to the support of manufacturing activities currently covered under TRI.
In finalizing the industry expansion rule, the Vice President also announced that EPA would initiate an intensive stakeholder process to comprehensively evaluate the current reporting forms and reporting practices relating to the TRI program. The goals of this process will be to improve the type of right-to-know information available to communities and to help streamline right-to-know reporting to ease the paperwork burden for businesses affected by the requirements.
EPA plans to use the NACEPT process as one avenue to gain input from stakeholders on this issue.

EPA expects to receive specific recommendations from NACEPT for changes, modifications, deletions, and/or additions of data elements to the Form R and the Form A. The recommendations will include information on how the changes or modifications will improve the type of right-to-know informaton available to communities or streamline the paperwork burden for businesses. In making recommendations to EPA, NACEPT will also identify a priority level for those recommendations.
EPA will review the recommendations received from NACEPT and use them to make decisions about changes to the Form R and Form A. Changes to the Forms will be made as expeditiously as possible depending on whether these changes can be made administratively versus through notice and comment rulemaking.