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This Network Update was distributed via the Exchange Network email alerts list on March 19, 2008. |
Resources for 2007 Reporting Year of TRI Data Exchange Now Available Final versions of the XML schemas and other implementation resources for the Toxic Release Inventory Data (TRI) Exchange are now available on the Exchange Network website at http://www.exchangenetwork.net/exchanges/cross/tri.htm. The resources include a Flow Configuration Document (FCD), XML schemas with change logs, a Data Exchange Template, and a TRI Implementation Guide. These resources have all been updated to version 3.0 for use in the upcoming 2007 TRI reporting period. The Toxic Release Inventory is a U.S. EPA program enacted as part of the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA) of 1986. Every year, tens of thousands of facilities in the United States submit reports to EPA and the States on releases and transfers of certain toxic chemicals. This data exchange allows EPA's Central Data Exchange (CDX) to automatically forward copies of electronic TRI submissions to state Exchange Network Nodes. The TRI data exchange allows states to receive raw TRI data in real time. It also reduces the burden of the current dual reporting requirement that compels facilities to make two submissions, one to EPA and one to their state. For more information on the TRI Exchange, please contact Ingrid Rosencrantz at U.S. EPA at (202) 566-0961 or Rosencrantz.Ingrid@epa.gov.
Underground Injection Control Database and Exchange is Now Available EPA's Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water (OGWDW) announced the launch of the new UIC data system in December 2007 and began accepting data from the first five States and seven Regional UIC programs on December 10. These first data submitters were part of EPA's UIC Integrated Project Team (IPT). The IPT provided extensive feedback to development and actively participated in several rounds of system testing over the last year. All data submitters transmit their XML documents from their nodes or node clients through EPA’s Central Data Exchange (CDX) Node to an Oracle operational data store (ODS). Data are submitted quarterly and validated at the CDX front end using Schematron. Version 1.0 of the UIC XML schemas and the accompanying documentation are available on the Exchange Network Website The new UIC data exchange is designed to enable all States, Regions, and Tribes that have UIC program primary enforcement authority ("primacy") to meet their reporting requirements through the database. Over the coming year, EPA will be working collaboratively with the States to conduct rigorous quality assurance checks of the data received to evaluate its quality, completeness, and usefulness for replacing existing and proposed reporting. Once fully populated, the database will replace all existing reporting. Underground injection is the technology of placing fluids underground, in porous formations of rocks, through wells or other similar conveyance systems. Facilities across the United States and in Indian Country discharge a variety of hazardous and non-hazardous fluids into more than EPA is ready to work with the remaining state programs to flow their UIC data through CDX to its new database. If your organization is interested in using the Exchange Network to exchange data with EPA's UIC database, please contact Carl Reeverts at (202) 564-4632 or reeverts.carl@epa.gov.
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