Who Must Report
Release and Pollution Prevention Report (environmental release and materials accounting data)
Owners and operators of manufacturing, and select non-manufacturing
companies, having the equivalent of 10 or more full-time employees, and manufacturing,
importing, processing or otherwise using toxic chemicals listed on the EPCRA
Section 313 (TRI) list in quantities that exceed specified thresholds, are required
to annually report their releases of these chemicals for the previous year.
Approximately 500 New Jersey companies are required to file federal Toxic Chemical
Release Inventory (TRI) forms. TRI Form R requires the listing of environmental
releases, on-site waste management and off-site transfers while the simplified
Form A Certification Statement requires the listing of the chemical only. These
companies are also required to submit to DEP the Release and Pollution Prevention
Report (RPPR) listing the quantities of environmental release, on-site waste
management, waste transfer, and chemical throughput information. Most of these
facilities are also subject to Pollution Prevention Planning Requirements and,
therefore, required to report pollution prevention progress information on the
RPPR.