TRI Search User Guide

The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) contains information about releases and transfers of more than 650 toxic chemicals and compounds to the environment.

This is a brief user's guide to the TRI Search. Select a variety of different search options and output options detailed below.

Select more than one search option at a time to speed up the search and make the retrieval more focused. Only those facilities matching all specified criteria will be retrieved.

Facility Identification Search Option

Facility Name

Enter the complete or partial facility name to retrieve all facilities with that name. Select the "Containing" option when entering a partial name for a better retrieval the first time you access the data.

TRI Facility ID

Enter the complete or partial facility identification (ID) number given by the TRI Program System Office. The ID cannot be more than 15 characters.

Geography Search Option

Select from the following geographical search options: ZIP Code, Address, City, County, and State.

ZIP Code

The entry can be one or more digits. It allows you to enter the zip plus-4 extension as well.

Address

Enter a complete or partial street address.

City

Enter a complete or partial city name. Entering the two-character state postal abbreviation will help to narrow the search.

County

Enter a complete or partial county name and a two-character state postal abbreviation. Entering the two-character state postal abbreviation will help to narrow the search

State

Enter a two-character state postal abbreviation. A list of the postal abbreviations and the state names is provided below:

Postal Abbreviations and State Names
AK = Alaska	AL = Alabama	AR = Arkansas
AS = American Samoa	AZ = Arizona	CA = California
CN = Canada	CO = Colorado	CT = Connecticut
DC = District of Columbia	DE = Delaware	FL = Florida
FM = Federated States of Micronesia	GA = Georgia	GU = Guam
HI = Hawaii	IA = Iowa	ID = Idaho
IL = Illinois	IN = Indiana	KS = Kansas
KY = Kentucky	LA = Louisiana	MA = Massachusetts
MD = Maryland	ME = Maine	MH = Marshall Island
MI = Michigan	MN = Minnesota	MO = Missouri
MP = Northern Mariana Islands	MS = Mississippi	MT = Montana
NC = North Carolina	ND = North Dakota	NE = Nebraska
NH = New Hampshire	NJ = New Jersey	NM = New Mexico
NV = Nevada	NY = New York	OH = Ohio
OK = Oklahoma	OR = Oregon	PA = Pennsylvania
PR = Puerto Rico	PW = Palau, Republic of	RI = Rhode Island
SC = South Carolina	SD = South Dakota	TN = Tennessee
TX = Texas	UT = Utah	VA = Virginia
VI = Virgin Islands	VT = Vermont	WA = Washington
WI = Wisconsin	WV = West Virginia	WY = Wyoming

Note: We strongly recommend that you enter a small geographical area to begin the search since Envirofacts contains a large number of facilities.

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Search Option

SIC Code Description

Enter a complete or partial SIC code description to obtain a list of all SIC Codes that fit under the description. For example, entering "metal" will retrieve all facilities with SIC Codes that have "metal" somewhere in the SIC description. A partial string may be entered for the SIC Code Description.

SIC Search

Enter a four-digit SIC Code. The first two digits define a major business sector, and the last two digits denote a facility's specialty within the major sector.

Note: If both SIC Code and SIC Code Description are entered, only SIC Code will be used in the search.

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code Search Option

NAICS Code Description

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code(s) that best describe the business activities conducted at a facility or establishment. NAICS codes are 6 digit numbers used by the Bureau of Census as part of a system to categorize and track the types of business activities conducted in the United States.

The individual digits within the NAICS code indicate different levels of granularity in identifying a business. Here is an example of the granularity the individual digits provide:

Number of Digits	Example NAICS	Definition / Granularity
Two	31xxxx	Manufacturing
Three	311xxx	Food Manufacturing
Four	3115xx	Food Manufacturing, Dairy Products
Five	31151x	Food Manufacturing, Dairy Products, (Not Frozen)
Six	311511	Food Manufacturing, Dairy Products, (Not Frozen), Fluid Milk

A facility may be comprised of one or more establishments. An establishment is an economic unit, generally at a single physical location, where business is conducted or where services or industrial operations are performed. Each establishment may have a unique NAICS code.

Chemical Search Option

Chemical Name

Enter a complete or partial chemical (parameter) name. There can be various common names for the same chemical, so if the name you enter is not listed under that name for the facility, the TRI search will not retrieve a facility that you might want to see.

Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) Number

Use the "Lookup Pollutant codes and CAS numbers" link to look up a CAS Number, or enter the chemical's CAS Number in the field.

Search Values Option

Click on "Use Multisystem facility information to perform facility search" to identify facilities, using facility information from all program systems. Click on "Use TRI facility information to perform facility search" to identify facilities, using only TRI facility information.

TRI Search Results

The TRI Search Results lists all EPA-regulated facilities corresponding to the chosen search criteria. You can access the individual facility site reports by clicking on the facility ID. The results table consists of the variables below:

• Facility ID: Click on the hot-linked facility ID to execute the Facility Identification Search Results, which lists National System Records, for this facility.
• TRI Facility ID: Click on the hyperlinked TRI Facility ID for an Envirofacts TRI Report.
• Facility Name
• Address: The Address field is a combination of the following individual attributes in the TRI system:
  • Street
  • City
  • State
  • ZIP Code
• County Name
• Submissions: Click on the SUBMISSIONS value to view the list of DCN's for each TRI Reporting Year.

Envirofacts TRI Report

The output is organized by facility, providing the basic site information in a label format, followed by a tabular listing of additional chemical information.

Basic Facility Information:

• Facility Name
• Mailing Name
• Facility Address - is a combination of the following individual attributes in the TRI system:
  • STREET
  • CITY
  • STATE
  • ZIP CODE
• Mailing Address - is a combination of the following individual attributes in the TRI system:
  • STREET
  • CITY
  • STATE
  • ZIP CODE
• County Name
• Region
• EPA Facility ID
• TRI ID
• TRI Preferred Latitude
• TRI Preferred Longitude
• Public Contact
• Phone
• Parent company
• Parent DUNS
• NAICS Code
• NAICS Description
• SIC Code
• SIC Description

Additional Tabular Output:

There are several types of tables that you could retrieve: Total Aggregate Releases of TRI Chemicals to the Environment, TRI Chemicals Reported on Form A, Names and Amounts of Chemicals Released to the Environment by Year, Discharge of Chemicals into Streams or Bodies of Water, Transfer of Chemicals to Off-Site Locations other than POTWs, Summary of Waste Management Activities, Chemicals Under Waste Management,Transfer of Chemicals to Publicly Owned Treatment Works, and Non Production Releases.

The Total Aggregate Releases of TRI Chemicals to the Environment table contains the following fields:

• Air Emissions
• Surface Water Discharges
• Releases to Land
• Underground Injection
• Total On-site Releases
• Transfer Off-site to Disposal
• Total Releases

The TRI Chemicals Reported on Form A table contains the following fields:

• Chemical Name
• Chemical ID
• Reporting Year

The Names and Amounts of Chemicals Released to the Environment by Year table contains the following fields:

• Chemical Name
• Media: displays and links to one of the four types of toxic release: Air Emission (Stack or Fugitive), Surface Water Discharges, Releases to Land, and Underground Injection.

The Discharge of Chemicals into Streams or Bodies of Water table contains the following fields:

• Chemical Name
• Year
• Release Amount (Pounds)
• Stream or Body of Water

The Transfer of Chemicals to Off-Site Locations other than POTWs table contains the following fields:

• Chemical Name
• Year
• Total Transfer Amount
• Transfer Site Name and Address - a combination of the following individual attributes in the TRI system:
  • Facility Name
  • Street
  • City
  • State
  • ZIP Code
• Type of Waste Management

The Summary of Waste Management Activities table contains the following fields:

• Year
• On-Site Recycling
• Off-Site Recycling
• On-Site Energy Recovery
• Off-Site Energy Recovery
• On-Site Treatment
• Off-Site Treatment
• Total Amount - The sum of all the amounts in the table row.

The Chemicals Under Waste Management table contains the following fields:

• Chemical Name
• Year
• On-Site Recycling
• Off-Site Recycling
• On-Site Energy Recovery
• Off-Site Energy Recovery
• On-Site Treatment
• Off-Site Treatment
• Total Amount - The sum of all the amounts in the table row.

The Transfer of Chemicals to Publicly Owned Treatment Works table contains the following fields:

• Chemical Name
• Year
• Total Transfer Amount
• POTW Name and Address - a combination of the following individual attributes in the TRI system:
  • POTW Name
  • POTW Street
  • City
  • State
  • ZIP Code

The Non Production Releases table contains the following fields:

• Chemical Name
• Year
• Release Quantity

Usage Constraints

Information in the TRI database can be freely accessed through the use of this search. The complexity of the search is up to the user. Searches that return a large volume of data may terminate prematurely due to system limitations. Develop searches that return small batches of data and terminate the session as soon as the searches have been executed, so that others can access the database.