Environment Canada's National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI)

Acknowledgments

Preface

Highlights and Important Changes for 2002

Reporting to the National Pollutant Release Inventory for 2002
Introduction
The Legal Basis for the NPRI - Understanding the Canada Gazette Notice

Step 1 - Determine whether a report is required for your facility
Overview of Reporting Criteria
Facility Criteria
	Exempt Facilities
	Facilities Exempt from Reporting Parts 1A through 3 Substances
	Exclusions
Employee Criteria
	20 000-hour Employee Threshold
	Activities to Which the 20 000-hour Employee Threshold Does Not Apply
Reporting Criteria for Part 1A Substances
	Overview
	Substances
	Units
	Reporting Criteria
	Nature of Activities
	Calculating the 10-tonne Reporting Threshold
Reporting Criteria for Part 1B Substances
	Overview
	Substances
	Units
	Reporting Criteria
	Definitions
	Article
Reporting Criteria for Part 2 Substances - 17 Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)
	Overview
	Substances
	Units
	Reporting Criteria
Reporting Criteria for Part 3 Substances - Dioxins/Furans and Hexachlorobenzene (HCB)
	Overview
	Substances
	Units
	Reporting Criteria
	Description of Activities Listed in Tables 8 and 9
Reporting Criteria for Part 4 Substances - Criteria Air Contaminants (CACs)
	Overview
	Substances
	Units
	Reporting Criteria

Step 2 - Estimate releases and transfers and collect the information required for the NPRI report
Retain Information Collected
Sources of Information
	Technical Guides
	Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
	Factor Information REtrieval Database
	Permits and Certificates of Approval
Method Detection Limit (MDL)
Methods of Estimation
	Direct Measurement
	Mass Balance
	Emission Factors
	Engineering Estimates
Part 1A Substances
Part 1B Substances
Part 2 Substances - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)
Part 3 Substances - Dioxins/Furans and Hexachlorobenzene (HCB)
	What Are Toxic Equivalents (TEQs) of Dioxins/Furans?
	Methods of Estimation
Part 4 Substances - Criteria Air Contaminants (CACs)

Step 3 - Install the reporting software and upload data
Install and Open/Start the NPRI Reporting Software
	Hardware and Software Requirements
	Install the NPRI Reporting Software
	Open the NPRI Reporting Software
Using the NPRI Reporting Software
	Opening Screens
	Selection of Inventory Program
	Main Menu
	Import Data / Maintain System Files
	View / Enter / Edit Data
	Check Errors / Create Export
	Print Menu

Step 4 - Enter or update the facility information
Facility Identification
	A1.0 NPRI ID,Web Site Address,Dun and Bradstreet Number
	A2.0 Facility Identification and Site Address
	A3.0 Identification of Parent Companies
	A4.0 Facility Public Contact
	A5.0 Facility Public Contact Address
	A6.0 Facility Technical Contact
	A7.0 Facility Technical Contact Address
	A21.0 Contractor Contact
	A22.0 Contractor Contact Address
	A8.0 Company Coordinator
	A9.0 Company Coordinator Address
	A10.0 Primary Industrial Classification Codes
	A11.0 Number of Full-time Employees or Equivalent
	A12.0 Activities Relevant to the Reporting of Dioxins/Furans and Hexachlorobenzene
	A13.0 Activity Relevant to the Reporting of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)
	A25.0 Criteria Air Contaminants (CACs)
	A26.0 Pollution-Prevention (P2) Planning
	A14.0 Other Environmental Regulations or Permits (optional)
	A15.0 Comments
	A16.0 Company Official Certifying this Submission

Step 5 - Enter or update the NPRI substance information
Units of Measure
“Basis of Estimate”Codes
Dioxins/Furans and HCB
B1.0 Substance Identity
B2.0 Nature of Activities
B9.0 ARET 2 - Collection of Use Information
On-site Releases to the Environment
	B10.1 Do You Release This Substance On Site?
	B11.1 Releases of Less than One Tonne
	B12.0 On-site Releases of the Substance to the Environment
	B13.0 Breakdown of Releases by Percentage
	B14.0 Reasons for Changes in Quantities Released from Previous Year
	B15.0 Anticipated Releases
	Off-site Transfers for Disposal or Recycling
	B20.0 Transfers of the Substance to Off-site Locations
	B21.0 Reasons why Substances were Transferred Off Site for Disposal or Recycling
	B22.0 Off-site Transfers for Disposal
	B23.0 Reasons for Changes in Quantities Disposed from Previous Year
	B24.0 Anticipated Disposals
	B25.0 Off-site Transfers for Recycling
	B26.0 Reasons for Changes in Quantities Recycled from Previous Year
	B27.0 Anticipated Recycling
	B30.0 Pollution-Prevention (P2) Activities
	B40.0 Production Ratio and Activity Index (optional)

Step 6 - Check errors and create export data file
Check for Reporting Errors
View / Print Reporting Errors
Create an Export Data File

Step 7 - Sign the Statement of Certification and submit the report
Sign the Statement of Certification
Submitting an NPRI Report by E-mail
Submitting an NPRI Report by Postal Mail or Courier
Retain a Copy of the Information on which your NPRI Report was Based
Request for Confidentiality
	Section 52 of the CEPA 1999

Questions and Answers
Index
Questions and Answers

References and Bibliography
Publications of the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency
	Guidance Documents for Reporting to the Toxics Release Inventory
	Locating and Estimating (L&E) Documents
	Other Documents from the U.S.EPA
Documents Produced by Industry Associations
Environment Canada Guidance Documents
General Information

Appendices
1 - Alphabetical Listing of NPRI Substances for 2002
2 - NPRI Substances for 2002,Listed by Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Number
3 - ARET 2 Substance List
4 - Definition of Biomedical Waste
5 - Definition of Hazardous Waste
6 - Examples of How to Estimate Releases
7 - Examples of Estimating Releases of Part 1B,2 and 3 Substances
8 - Four-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Codes
9 - Two-digit 1980 Canadian Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Codes
10 - Two-digit 1987 U.S.Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Codes
11 - Reported Mercury Content of Various Products and Materials
12 - Factor Information Retrieval Database

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