National Pollutant Release Inventory
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The National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) is Canada's legislated, publicly-accessible inventory of pollutants released (to air, water and land), disposed of and sent for recycling by industrial and other facilities across the country. The NPRI was established in 1992. Similar Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRs) include the US Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), Mexican Registro de Emisiones y Transferencia de Contaminantes (RETC), European Pollutant Emission Register (EPER), and Australian National pollutant inventory (NPI).
Facilities which meet reporting requirements are required to report to the NPRI under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999). Over 300 substances are listed on the NPRI, and over 9,000 facilities annually report information on their pollutant releases and transfers to Environment Canada.
NPRI data is available through an on-line Query search, downloadable Microsoft Access (mdb) format datasets, and downloadable Google Earth map layers.
[edit] References
- 1. The Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 and the National Pollutant Release Inventory
- 2. Canada Gazette, Notice with Respect to Substances in the National Pollutant Release Inventory
- 3. Modifying the NPRI: A Guide to the Procedures to Follow When Submitting Proposals and A Description of the Stakeholder Consultation Process
- 4. Teachers' Guide to the National Pollutant Release Inventory, 2005
[edit] External links
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- Environment Canada NPRI Website
- NPRI On-Line Query Site
- NPRI Substance List
- Reporting to the NPRI
- NPRI Toolbox for Reporting Facilities (Canada)
- Environment Canada Home page
- North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTR) page
- US Toxics Release Inventory
- Mexican Registro de Emisiones y Transferencia de Contaminantes
- European Pollutant Emission Register
- Australian NPI
- Japan PRTR
- Centre for PRTR Data (OECD)
- OECD Resource Centre for PRTR Release Estimation Techniques
