Moving TRI Program

Forward: Expanding
TRI Outreach
Dipti Singh, Chief
TRI Information and Outreach
Agenda:
 Enhancements in Data Operations
– Trends in media submission
– Earlier Release of TRI data
– TRI-MEweb & State Exchange

 Outreach Efforts
– Expanding TRI Conference
– Scoping www.ChemRight2Know.org Site

 Approaches in Moving Forward

– Further Expanding Collaboration
– Earlier Data Sharing prior to PDR launch
TRI Submissions by
Media Type
TRI Submissions by Media Type

100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
RY 2000 RY 2001 RY 2002 RY 2003 RY 2004 RY 2005 RY 2006 RY 2007

CDX Submissions TRIMEw eb Submissions Disk/CD Submissions Paper Submissions

 Release of TRI Data
RY 2003-2007
Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May

e-FDR PDR
RY2007 10-Sep-08 19-Mar-09
e-FDR PDR
RY2006 5-Sep-07 21-Feb-08
e-FDR PDR
RY2005 18-Sep-06 22-Mar-07
e-FDR PDR
RY2004 17-Nov-05 12-Apr-06
e-FDR PDR
RY2003 23-Nov-04 11-May-05
TRI-MEweb Status
 Available to the entire TRI reporting
community in RY2007
- 7239 facilities submitted 33,347 forms
 Benefits are varied:
- Improves Data Quality
- Easier for facilities – pre-populates the forms
- Compares data with previous year submissions
- Allows earlier data sharing

 Last year for TRIME CD, encourage use of

TRIMEweb
State Data Exchange
Update
 18 States participated in the State
Data Exchange in RY2007
 46% of submissions were forwarded to
the states via the exchange
 Grants available to join the exchange
 States are seeing benefits
– Reduces resources needed for TRI
processing
– Reduces/eliminates the need for
redundant data processing systems
Outreach Efforts
 Cooperative Agreement
Objectives
– Improve Stakeholder Outreach
– Implement Collaborative Forum
– Conduct TRI trainings, via
Conference
– Provide small grant opportunities
Outreach Efforts
 Expanding TRI Conference
– Identified opportunities for corporate
sponsorships
 www.chemicalright2know.org
– Venue to collaborate on particular
topics related to TRI and other
environmental information
– Allows users of TRI data to share
research and analysis
Outreach Efforts
 Proposed Future Efforts
– Implement and expand the
collaborative site based on
comments received
– Identify other training opportunities,
using webinars to communicate
more frequently
– Identify small grant opportunity to
help promote TRI, e.g. through a
case study
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Approaches: Moving
Forward
 Earlier Data Sharing Opportunities
- Share the complete raw data set
- Sometime in July/August
- Without EPA Analysis
- Scoping out the best mechanism
- Followed by full launch of PDR

- Publish TRI data

- Identify commonly requested data
- Establish basic web services
- Allow integration with other data sources

– Establish RSS Feeds for critical updates

In Conclusion:

 TRI has taken steps to make the

data more accessible and
meaningful

 Your participation and feedback is

critical to building partnerships