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Release and Pollution Prevention Report Links
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Release and
Pollution Prevention Report
 
 
The Release and
Pollution Prevention Report (RPPR) is used to collect information
for the NJDEP Community Right to Know and Pollution Prevention
programs. The RPPR gathers data on toxic chemical throughput,
multi-media environmental releases, on-site waste management,
and off-site transfers, collectively known as materials accounting.
Pollution prevention progress information is also reported
on the RPPR.
Materials accounting
is a practical application of the chemical mass balance theory.
Materials accounting is based on the simple scientific principal
of the conservation of matter where all chemical inputs at
a facility should balance with the outputs, that is matter
changes form but cannot be created nor destroyed. Materials
accounting data provide a complete picture on the use of toxic
and hazardous substances at many of New Jersey's larger manufacturing
and some non-manufacturing sector facilities. From chemicals
transported through communities to an industrial facility,
to the manufacture of intermediate and final products at the
site, to chemicals shipped off-site as (or in) products or
as wastes, and chemicals released into the environment, materials
accounting data identify the quantity of toxic chemicals involved
each step of the way. Public reporting based on this simple
concept opens the door for a broader understanding of the
various uses of toxic chemicals at industrial facilities and
how they might potentially impact a community and its residents.
The New Jersey
reporting requirements for the RPPR are closely linked to
the requirements for the federal Toxic Chemicals Release Inventory
(TRI) pursuant to EPCRA Section 313. Any New Jersey employer
required to submit a TRI form (Form R including release data
or the shorter Form A Certification Statement) is also required
to submit the RPPR.
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