TRI State Data Exchange (SDX)

Which States have joined the TRI State Data Exchange?

If you scroll over your State name or look in table 1, the data indicates how many duplicative reports
submissions were eliminated in reporting year 2007 to CDX affiliated states, reducing burden also on regulated facilities.

• Washington (In production)
  State eliminated as many as 771 duplicative chemical reports.
• Oregon (In production)
  State eliminated as many as 732 duplicative chemical reports.
• California (In development)
  State could possibly eliminate as many as 2445 duplicative chemical reports.
• Utah (In production)
  State eliminated as many as 980 duplicative chemical reports.
• Colorado (In production)
  State eliminated as many as 726 duplicative chemical reports.
• Kansas (In production)
  State eliminated as many as 1010 duplicative chemical reports.
• Oklahoma (In production)
  State eliminated as many as 1088 duplicative chemical reports.
• Minnesota (In production)
  State eliminated as many as 1383 duplicative chemical reports.
• Wisconsin (In development)
  State could possibly eliminate as many as 2120 duplicative chemical reports.
• Illinois (In production)
  State eliminated as many as 3371 duplicative chemical reports.
• Indiana (In production)
  State eliminated as many as 2952 duplicative chemical reports.
• Ohio (In production)
  State eliminated as many as 4834 duplicative chemical reports.
• Kentucky (In production)
  State eliminated as many as 1810 duplicative chemical reports.
• Michigan (Pilot state)
  State eliminated as many as 2775 duplicative chemical reports.
• Pennsylvania (In development)
  State could possibly eliminate as many as 2957 duplicative chemical reports.
• Virginia (Pilot state)
  State eliminated as many as 1331 duplicative chemical reports.
• New Jersey (In production)
  State eliminated as many as 1395 duplicative chemical reports.
• Delaware (In production)
  State eliminated as many as 266 duplicative chemical reports.
• South Carolina (Pilot state)
  State eliminated as many as 2099 duplicative chemical reports.
• Hawaii (In production)
  State eliminated as many as 109 duplicative chemical reports.
• Texas (In production)
  State could possibly eliminate as many as 6087 duplicative chemical reports.
• Arizona (In development)
  State could possibly eliminate as many as 669 duplicative chemical reports.
• North Carolina (In development)
  State could possibly eliminate as many as 2079 duplicative chemical reports.
• South Dakota (In development)
  State could possibly eliminate as many as 245 duplicative chemical reports.

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More Questions about the TRI State Data Exchange

• Why should states join the TRI State Data Exchange? What are the benefits?
• What do I need to do to get my state onboard with the TRI State Data Exchange?
• How does the TRI State data Exchange work?
• What do I need to do to get my state onboard with the TRI State Data Exchange?
• Where can I get more information?

Why should states join the TRI State Data Exchange? What are the benefits?

Facility Benefits:

The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, Section 313, requires that
facilities report on toxic chemicals to both EPA and the states.  Joining the
SDX will allow facilities in your state to file once only, rather than to both EPA
and the state. In addition, facilities will be able to avoid printing out or creating
diskette reports for the state,consequently saving on mailing expenses and hassle.
Joining the SDX will help you prepare for the transition to sole use of TRI-MEweb as
the only electronic reporting option when EPA makes this transition.

State Benefits:

The state agency will be able to cut its work-load significantly since the state will
no longer need to do data entry or manage paper copies of submissions as all submissions
will be sent to the state electronically. In addition, it will also cut time from your
EPA-state data reconciliation.

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What do I need to do to get my state onboard with the TRI State Data Exchange?

States or Tribes must have, at a minimum, an operating node to receive TRI data, sign a MOA on TRI data exchange with EPA, and conduct testing to join the TRI State Data Exchange. Contact EPA at the contacts identified below for more detail on how to easily join the TRI State Data Exchange.

• Signed State MOA's with EPA

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What do I need to do to get my state onboard with the TRI State Data Exchange?

1. Contact the TRI Program at EPA and let them know you are interested. The EPA contact is Juan Parra. He can be reached at (202) 566-0499, Parra.Juan@epa.gov.
2. Find and contact your state data exchange administrator to let them know you are interested.  http://www.exchangenetwork.net/progress/index.htm.
3. All states have a data exchange node. Ask your State node administrator about adding TRI to the your state data exchange node. Grants are available to support node and data exchange development:  http://www.epa.gov/exchangenetwork/grants/ .
4. Get the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signed. Download the MOA template at  http://www.exchangenetwork.net/exchanges/cross/tri.htm .  The MOA allows the submission you receive via the data exchange network to fulfill a facility’s legal responsibility to report to the state under TRI regulations and allow EPA to send you electronic  versions of the paper and diskette submissions. Facilities that report on diskette or paper still have send those submissions to you even though you will be getting the data from EPA via the data exchange network.
5. Test your data flow. When you are ready, request that EPA send you a copy of the testing instructions and Zebra TRIFIDS (test TRI Facility Identification Numbers.) Since you already have an operational node, this is a relatively easy process. You can use the TRI SDX Form Tracker (PDF) spreadsheet to check on the test submissions. The Form Tracker lets you create a list of the facilities and forms you have received directly from copies of the files you get via the node.
6. Once you have successfully completed testing and have a signed MOA, contact Juan Parra and request to be officially added to the TRI State Data Exchange. EPA will update the TRI applications and you will have joined the TRI SDX community.
7. Download a fact sheet (PDF) (2 pp, 58K, About PDF) with step-by-step instructions on how to join the State Data Exchange network.

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How does the TRI State Data Exchange work?

• The Toxic Release Inventory state data exchange will allow U.S. EPA's Central Data Exchange to automatically push data from the electronic TRI submissions to State TRI programs (EPA's CDX node to State DEP's node). The TRI data exchange will allow states to receive raw TRI data in real time .
• States who want to join the TRI SDX will need to set up their connections to their state nodes and establish their backend systems to receive and manage data.
• States will also work collaboratively with each other and EPA, sharing ideas, code, etc.; states already in production help bring new states on board.

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Where can I get more information?

• Juan Parra : (parra.juan@epa.gov), (202) 566-0499
• Tim Antisdel : (antisdel.timothy@epa.gov), (202) 566-0733
• Network Exchange Help Desk: (nodehelpdesk@csc.com), (888)-890-1995

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Where do I send my signed MOA:

Dipti Singh,
Branch Chief, TRI Program
US EPA Mail Drop 2844T
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington DC, 20460