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Air Toxics Training Opportunities
Due to budget cuts EPA Region 4 will not be sponsoring any live in-person training sessions this year. What we are offering in collaboration with EPA Headquarters are TRI Training Slides and On-line Modules to assist industry in the reporting process.
You can go to the following website http://www.epa.gov/tri/training/2010training/index.htm to access both the TRI Basic Concepts On-line Training Modules and the TRI Advanced Concepts On-line Training Modules. Below you will find a brief description of each of these On-line Training Modules.
TRI Basic Concepts On-line Training Modules
This course will help you determine:
If your facility is covered by EPCRA Section 313 (the Toxics Release Inventory)
and, if your facility is covered, for which chemicals your facility must submit a TRI report.
You will also learn about:
Information on making the release and other waste management calculations and estimates for the Form R.
When the Form A Certification statement can be used instead of the Form R.
TRI reporting exemptions (particular uses of TRI chemicals that do not have to be included in TRI reporting).
General TRI program and process information.
TRI Advanced Concepts On-line Training Modules]
If you have already determined that your facility must report to TRI, this course will help you understand:
Advanced issues related to threshold determinations, TRI reporting, and exemptions<
Information on reporting requirements for PBTs (such as lead, mercury, PACs, etc.) and other chemicals (such as hydrochloric and sulfuric acid aerosols, ammonia, metal compounds nitrate compounds, and metal cyanides) with special TRI reporting considerations.
General TRI program and process information.
How to use the TRI Made Easy on the web (TRI-MEweb) on-line tool, and the CDX electronic submission process.
Risk Screening Environmental Indicators (RSEI) Workshops
Region 4 hosted two half-day workshops on the use of the Risk Screening Environmental Indicators (RSEI) program in December of 2008. In the past, EPA and Region 4 state personnel were invited. This year, we invited industry personnel from facilities with large quantities of emissions or large Relative Risk values. There were 23 participants, part industry and part EPA and Region 4 state personnel. We hope to repeat these workshops in the near future.
Introduction to Air Toxics Risk Assessment
EPA Region 4 will hold a three day introduction to air toxics risk assessment training course at the Region 4 office in downtown Atlanta, GA, on April 13-15, 2010. This course will introduce students to the basic concepts and tools used in air toxics risk assessment as described in EPA's Air Toxics Risk Assessment Reference Library. Please contact Dr. Egide Louis (404-562-9240 or Louis.Egide@epa.gov) or Dr. Solomon Pollard for course information (404-562-9180 or pollard.solomon@epa.gov). There is no registration fee associated with this course. The course agenda is available as (2011 Risk_Assessment for Air Toxics_Course Agenda .doc)