1. Tools Making TRI More Effective State Data Exchange 2008 Toxic Release Inventory National Training Conference Arlington, VA February 12 – 14, 2008

2. NJDEP’s CDX Process MOA with EPA Phase 2 - Stages 1 & 2 “all flows” data signed internally 9/20/06 signed by EPA 10/4/06 No Grant in the NJ process NJ has a Node & P2RTK has a data management system NJDEP has an Office of Information Resources Tech. allocated $14,600 for TRI database design Oct. 2006 - mid-Jan. 2007: a period of relative inactivity

3. NJ’s CDX Process Emailed about 450 of the 2005 TRI contacts - end of April/early May; Nora Lopez’s help! CDX came on board (“live”) May 15, 2007 NJDEP’s 1st Incoming Node Activity 80% Response Rate! Tremendous reduction in disks & paper forms Favorable response from industry

4. Benefits & Rewards! Attaboys & a pat-on-the back! Governor’s Office - “Hot Issue” sent from Commish’s Office to the Gov potential to improve customer service to the regulated community Teamwork or Customer Service Award (?) submitted by my Office Chief (for Annual NJ Public Service Recognition Awards)

5. It will be a complete set of TRI data - something NJ has never had before this Compliance - “any facility subject to TRI is subject to the Release & Pollution Prevention Report NJDEP integration with Business Objects for reports, data analyses, etc. NJDEP’s TRI CDX It’s Not Just Another Database!

6. Going Beyond TRI Release and Pollution Prevention Report (RPPR) Materials Accounting / Mass Balance (“Chemical Use”) - within 5% margin of error Account for the fate of all chemical use for the reporting year Internet-based reporting only (since RY 2000) ! ePortal live link...

7. ePortal Live Link

8. RPPR Purpose & Goal Track the use and fate of toxic chemicals Balance of Inputs & Outputs Calculate NonProduct Output (NPO) aka production-related waste Calculate “Use” Shipped as (or in) Product + Consumed + NPO NPO per Use is a Measure of Efficiency!

9. FACITS live link RPPR Data

10. Release and Pollution Prevention Report Self Verification of Materials Accounting Data Worksheet CAS#: Substance: ________________________ InputsOutputs 5. Starting Inventory 8. Quantity Consumed (chemically altered) 6. Quantity Produced 9. Quantity Shipped Off Site On Site as (or in) Product 7. Quantity Brought 10. Ending Inventory On Site 12. Quantity Recycled 12. Quantity Recycled Out-of ________________ Out-of Process & Process & Re-Used on Site Re-Used on Site 13. Quantity Destroyed through On-Site Treatment 14. Quantity Destroyed through On-Site Energy Recovery 15. Stack Air Emissions 16. Fugitive Air Emissions 17. Discharge to POTWs 18. Discharge to Surface Waters 19. Discharge to Groundwaters 20. On-Site Land Disposal 21. Other Off-Site Transfers _________________ Sum of Inputs: __  Sum of Outputs: ___________________

11. RPPR Data & P2 Trend (production-adjusted)

12. Questions & Issues for the Future No front-end viewer yet - we’re working on it NJ’s use of TRI CDX Searches, reports, printouts, facsimiles - (?) issues to be addressed ….. NJDEP integration with Business Objects for reports, data analyses, etc. Implications of schema changes? I don’t know.

13. Contact Info: Andy Opperman NJDEP andy.opperman@dep.state.nj.us 609-633-1154 http://www.state.nj.us/dep/opppc/ Want to Talk More on the Subject?