TRI-MEweb: The Future

Is Now
Cory Wagner
202-566-1555
wagner.cory@epa.gov

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 What is TRI-MEweb?

EPA’s on-line TRI electronic reporting

system
 No more software to download
 Can be accessed anywhere there is an
internet connection
 Enhanced Security
 File format is extensible mark-up language
(XML) instead of flat file

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 Important Notice
As part of the 2009 Federal Omnibus Bill,
Congress mandated a removal of the TRI
Burden Reduction Rule
Threshold limits for the Form A usage
return to under 500 lbs annual reporting
amount and under 1,000,000 lbs
processed, or manufactured, or otherwise
used
PBTs may not file Form A

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 What do I do if I have filed a
Form A already?
If you filed a Form A prior to March 11th
that would be ineligible for the use of form
A under the new thresholds, TRI asks that
you revise the previously submitted form A
with a Form R
How do I do this?
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The preferred method would be to submit a
revision through TRI-MEweb for the chemical
 You may also use TRI-ME CD or paper

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 Why TRI-MEweb?
Will promote internet reporting
No need to email CDs
No need to test operating
system/software compatibility
Application changes can be made
instantly
Will lead to earlier data releases due to
increases in internet reporting
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 RY 2007 TRI-MEweb Full
Release
Approximately 7,238 (32%) facilities
located in all states used the TRI-MEweb
application to submit 33,347 (36%)
chemical forms for RY 2006.
 Up from 3% of Forms in RY2006
As before, we generated a lot of feedback
The were some issues….

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 Issues
Users had trouble finding the ESA
Users had trouble knowing when their
ESA was approved
Submissions sometimes did not appear to
the certifier

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 Solutions
Moved the ESA process out earlier in the
registration
Implemented an email to inform users
when ESAs are approved
In the process of upgrading the hardware
in CDX to allow for better processing to
make sure submissions don’t go into
“purgatory”

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 TRI-MEweb RY2008
Available to all TRI reporters, including
first time filers
Release Date of: Soon
Technical Contacts will receive an email
with a facility access key
 If they didn’t, either contact the TRI regional
coordinator or use the last year’s technical
contact name and phone number method to
access the application.
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 Current TRI-MEweb
Features
Pre-populates Current Year Forms
Automated Section 8 Calculations
Quicklists
Trend Analysis Reports
Dynamic TRI Assistance Library
Electronic Withdrawals
TRI-MEweb Tutorials

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 New TRI-MEweb Features
for RY2008
Facility Access
Reporting by Part
First Time Filer Reporting
Toxic Equivalency Quotient (TEQ)
Reporting for Dioxin
Submission Review Package
State Diskette Submission

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 Accessing a Facility
Facilities will be e-mailed/mailed access
keys as before
Alternate option:
 Enter a facility’s ID, technical contact name
and phone number to gain access

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 Reporting By Part
Under EPCRA 372.30 (c) , a facility may
contain and submit form R one or more
establishment
 Establishment: “an economic unit, generally at
a single physical location, where business is
conducted.”
TRI-MEweb now allows facilities to create
establishments
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Previously, establishments were prepopulated
for reporters that had reported by part
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Reporting By Part

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 First Time Filer Reporting
TRI-MEweb now allows new TRI reporters
to file electronically

First Time Filer: A facility that has never filed
a TRI Report previously
Unlike TRI-ME, there is no need for a wet-
ink certification
TRI-MEweb will generate a new TRI
Facility ID (TRIFID) on the fly

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First Time Filer Reporting

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 TEQ Reporting for Dioxin
Beginning RY2008, Dioxin reporters are required
to file a Schedule 1 Report in addition to a Form
R
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More Info: http://www.epa.gov/tri/lawsandregs/teq/teqpfinalrule.html
TRI-MEweb allows users to report Dioxin Form
R and Schedule 1
IMPORTANT: TRI-ME does not allow the filing
of Dioxin this year due to the new requirements
for reporting and the imminent retirement of the
application

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 Review Package
Implemented a “one stop shop” for
reviewing a submission
Users can see forms, xml, trend reports,
and validation results

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 State Diskette Submission
Facilities will have the ability to submit
diskettes/CDs this year
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Note: The file that will be on the diskette/CD
will be the TRI-MEweb XML file
 It will NOT be the flat files like TRI-ME
produces

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 Third Party Load
EPA has established a third party load
workgroup
We will beta test TPL in production this
year
It will be available to all facilities next
reporting year

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 The Future
Add additional the functionality of TRI-
MEweb (RY2009)
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Third Party Load
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UTIL for TRI-MEweb?
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Pick list from FRS for RCRA landfills and
POTWs?
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Partial Chemicals?
TRI-ME CD will not be produced next year

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Questions?
Concerns?
Comments?

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