EPA Releases Updated 2023 Toxics Release Inventory Reporting Data
Released Oct. 31, 2024
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published updated Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data about toxic chemical waste management, including releases, and pollution prevention activities that occurred during 2023 at more than 20,000 industrial and federal facilities across the country.
General Information on the 2023 Updated Data
The 2023 data were reported by facilities in covered industries such as metal mining, electric power generation, chemical manufacturing and hazardous waste treatment that manufactured, processed or otherwise used substances on the TRI chemical list above threshold quantities during 2023. The dataset published today updates the preliminary 2023 data released in July 2024. It includes revised and late submissions from facilities received by EPA as of October 23, 2024.
Among the updated online TRI tools, communities can use EPA’s TRI Toxics Tracker (shown in the graphic below) to map the locations of TRI-reporting facilities and find out about their chemical releases, other chemical waste management practices, and pollution prevention activities.
EPA's full analysis of the 2023 data will be published next year in the 2023 TRI National Analysis and will examine aspects of the data including trends in releases, waste management reporting by industry sectors, and how facilities are working to reduce pollution.
PFAS-Related Information from the 2023 Updated Data
This is the fourth year that TRI data include reporting on per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) added to the TRI list of chemicals under requirements established by the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The updated data indicate that during 2023, facilities managed over 1,563,509 pounds of production-related waste of PFAS, and 61 facilities collectively submitted 168 TRI reporting forms for 46 discrete PFAS. In October 2023, EPA finalized a rule to improve reporting on PFAS to the TRI by eliminating an exemption that allowed facilities to avoid reporting information on PFAS when those chemicals were used in small concentrations. EPA anticipates additional reporting on the quantities of PFAS released or otherwise managed as waste to begin with the 2024 TRI data.