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Envirofacts
Using the Toxic Release Inventory

(TRI) Search Function
WHAT IS ENVIROFACTS?
Envirofacts is multi-faceted tool that provides public access to all of the available TRI data. Envirofacts taps into other
EPA datasets too, allowing communities to obtain all sorts of environmental information through one tool.
WHAT IS TRI SEARCH?
TRI Search is a function within Envirofacts that utilizes just the TRI database. It provides for a more narrow search
for those only interested in TRI data.
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How to Use Envirofacts
Envirofacts
Get the EnviroFACTS!
Retrieve information from multiple sources of
Envirofacts' System Data for your area of interest.
Enter a location such as address, zip, city, county,
waterbody, park name, etc.
Topic Searches
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TRI SEARCH
Overall, there are many search options on
the Envirofacts home screen. Based on
your desired results, you can search by
location (A), topic (B), or system (C).
Users can also access information about
the Envirofacts model, recent updates to
the data, and additional guidance on
using the tool.
Within the system search section (C),
TRI Search is listed. In this example,
we'll be selecting the TRI Search
function.
TRI Search allows you to access a
breadth of information on facilities that
handle or release TRI chemicals
including: facility information, EPA
forms submitted by facilities, chemical
release data, and relative risk
information. You also have access to any
Pollution Prevention (P2) efforts made
by each reporting facility
When TRI Search is selected, you are rerouted to the TRI Search web page. Here you are able to fully customize your
search. The page is divided up by: Facility Selection, Geography Search, Tribal Search, Facility Industrial
Classification Search, and Chemical Name Search. Each search section you fill out further refines your search. So if
you were to enter just your zip code, TRI Search will report back all the TRI facilities in your area. However, if you
enter both your zip code cmd a specific chemical name, TRI Search will only report back facilities in your area that
release the chemical of concern.

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Envirofacts
Using the Toxic Release Inventory
(TRI) Search Function
In this example (right), a search for Exxon
facilities in the Zip Code 60005 is made,
utilizing both the Facility Selection and the
Geography Search queries.
The search results (below) show one
facility meeting both the search
requirements: ExxonMobil Oil Corp Des
Plaines Terminal. You have the ability to
access the full TRI Facility report, the
facility's 174 chemical reporting forms
submitted over the years, the facility's Risk
Screening report, and the facility's
Pollution Prevention (P2) report by clicking
on the associated links.
Facility Selection
Facility Identification:
Facility Name (Entera partial or complete Facility Name) v
Facility Identification Option Value:
Exxon
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Geography Search
Entera partial value for any geography option except for the state value, For city and county, you must
enter the state value. We strongly recommend that you enter a small geographical area to begin the
search since Envirofacts contains a large number of facilities,
ZIP Code:
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Address:
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TRI FACILITY REPORT TRI FACILITY ID
FACILITY NAME
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TOTAL FORMS LAST FORM RISK SCREENING P2 REPORT
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60005MBLLD231 2T EXXON MOBIL OIL CORP DES PLAIN ES TERMINAL 2312 TERMINAL DR	COOK
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS. IL 60005
42.02451.-87.948921 174
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P2 Details
Search
Upon selecting the TRI Facility Report option, you see a webpage similar to the one below. By default the Facility
Information tab is selected. This tab provides some basic information including the public contact, a map showing the
location of the facility, additional permits the facility holds allowing them to dispose of waste, and the facility's
compliance status for the past 3 years.
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TRI Facility Report: EXXONMOBIL OIL CORP DES PLAINES TERMINAL(60005MBLLD2312T)
Facility Information
CHEMICALS POLLUTION PREVENTION (P2) WASTE MANAGEMENT RELEASES WATER RELEASES TRAHSFERS CLASSIC VIEW
EXXONMOBIL OIL CORP DES PLAINES TERMINAL
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TRI Facility Report: EXXONMOBIL OIL CORP DES PLAINES TERMINAL(60005MBLLD2312I)
Chemicals Reported to TRI
FACILITY INFORMATION CHEMICALS POLLUTION PREVENTION (P2) WASTE MANAGEMENT RELEASES WATER RELEASES TRANSFERS CLASSIC VIEW
When you select the second tab, Chemicals, all the TRI chemicals released by the facility are listed along with links
to the associated health effects of each chemical. Reporting forms for these chemicals are provided from the first year
the facility began reporting to the EPA through the most recent reporting year.
The third tab, Pollution Prevention (P2), provides information on any pollution prevention activities the facility has
taken. Sometimes you will see "No Data Found". This means that either the facility has not taken any pollution
prevention measures, or has not reported its efforts to the EPA.
Waste Management, the fourth tab, provides a glance at how the facility handles its production-related TRI waste.
When the tab is selected, you'll first see a figure similar to the one below. Using the drop down menus, you can
choose to how the graph is broken down, what reporting years are shown, and what chemicals are included. In the
example below, the ExxonMobil facility treats most of its production-related TRI waste on site. Specifically in 2013,
it treated about 89 million pounds of its waste on site. When you scroll past the bar chart, additional graphics are
shown including one for the non-production related waste from one-time events.
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2013
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The "Releases" tab provides customizable graphics of TRI chemicals released by the facility. You are able to see the
trend in the facility's chemical releases over time; also shown are the facility's releases of TRI chemicals into the
environment, categorized by both media (air, land, and water) and by chemical.
The "Water Releases" tab provides even more detail on the facility's releases to surface water and access to the
facility's Discharge Monitoring report data.
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Envirofacts
Using the Toxic Release Inventory
(TRI) Search Function
The "Transfers" tab features where the
facility's waste is transferred to. The
volume of waste transferred varies
across facilities, some transferring a
majority of their waste, some
transferring none. A map appears first,
similar to the one to the right. It shows
the geographic locations of the accepting
waste management facilities. You are
able to click on each location to view the
facility's name and type. Following the
map is a table providing access to the
compliance history and facility summary
for each waste management facility.
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The transfer trends over time and the method of off-site waste disposal are shown in one customizable bar graph. In
the example below, the facility had a spike in disposal transfers in 2014. Specifically they transferred about 1,500
pounds of TRI waste for disposal out of a total 1,722 pounds transferred TRI waste.
Following that, another graph details how each chemical is managed by the receiving sites and a pie chart shows the
waste management activities performed by the receiving sites. Last on the report is information about any POTWs
that receive transfers from the facility.
Trend In Transfers
2014
DISPOSAL: 1,502 pounds
Total: I 72 2 pounds
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For additional guidance on using TRI Search and interpreting your results see the TRI Search User Guide.
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