This presentation was delivered as an On Demand session at the Tribal Lands and Environment Forum: Virtual Gathering in August 2020 by Shelley Fudge, US Environmental Protection Agency.
EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program provides annual information about toxic chemicals managed at or released from industrial facilities. The TRI provides comprehensive data about chemical releases to air, land, and water, and includes information specific to facilities located on or near tribal lands. Recently, EPA has expanded its use of online interactive tools available to the public for finding and accessing this data. This presentation will cover the basics of TRI reporting and the information most relevant to tribal communities, as well as how tribal communities can easily search TRI data directly from the TRI website homepage or the TRI for Tribal Communities webpage.
