One workshop is aimed at industries within the new sectors and will explain the TRI program and its compliance and reporting rules. EPA has required TRI reports from in years past. Beginning in 1998, the new rule required about 6,100 new facilities, in seven industrial sectors, to begin gathering data on their annual toxic releases. Those figures are due to EPA by July 1, 1999. With the addition of the new industrial sectors, a total of more than 31,000 facilities will publicly report their toxic emissions.
Businesses failing to properly report their releases face costly penalties.
Space is limited and participants must register for a workshop in advance. Those attending the workshop should bring a calculator, pen and paper to the session. Transportation and lodging are the participants' responsibility.