EPA Toxic Release Inventory Normalizer

Search, normalize, and enrich U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data. Get detailed facility reports, chemical release estimates, PFAS and carcinogen flags, and parent company mapping — all from the official EPA Envirofacts API.

What This Actor Does

• Facility Search — Find TRI-reporting facilities by name, company, or location
• Chemical Search — Look up chemicals by name or CAS number and find reporting facilities
• Normalization — Clean facility names, parent company deduplication, chemical name standardization
• Release Estimates — Map EPA range codes to estimated poundage for each release medium
• ESG Flags — Automatically flag PFAS ("forever chemicals") and known/suspected carcinogens
• Enriched Output — Combines facility metadata, chemical data, and release quantities into structured JSON

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
searchQuery	string	✅ Yes	—	Facility name, company, chemical, or CAS number
searchType	select	No	combined	facility, chemical, or combined
state	string	No	—	Two-letter state abbreviation (e.g., TX, CA)
reportingYear	string	No	—	Reporting year (e.g., 2022). Leave empty for latest
maxResults	integer	No	20	Max results (1–100)
flagPfas	boolean	No	true	Highlight PFAS chemicals
flagCarcinogens	boolean	No	true	Highlight carcinogens

Example Input

{
  "searchQuery": "Exxon",
  "searchType": "combined",
  "state": "TX",
  "reportingYear": "2022",
  "maxResults": 10,
  "flagPfas": true,
  "flagCarcinogens": true
}

Example Output

{
  "facilityId": "77505XXNCH2400D",
  "facilityName": "EXXON CHEMICAL AMERICAS",
  "parentCompany": "EXXON MOBIL",
  "city": "Baytown",
  "state": "TX",
  "county": "Harris",
  "totalReleasesLbs": 125000.0,
  "pfasFlagged": false,
  "carcinogenFlagged": true,
  "chemicals": [
    {
      "chemicalName": "Benzene",
      "casNumber": "71-43-2",
      "pfas": false,
      "carcinogen": true,
      "releases": [
        { "medium": "Air (Fugitive)", "estimatedLbs": 5000 },
        { "medium": "Air (Stack)", "estimatedLbs": 120000 }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Use Cases

• ESG & Sustainability Reporting — Assess facility-level environmental impact
• Environmental Compliance — Track toxic chemical releases by company and location
• Community Advocacy — Identify polluters near residential areas
• Supply Chain Risk — Screen suppliers for TRI-reporting facilities
• Investment Research — Evaluate environmental risk exposure for portfolio companies
• Journalism — Investigate industrial pollution patterns

Data Source

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program
API: https://data.epa.gov/efservice (Envirofacts)
License: Public domain (U.S. government data)
Update Frequency: Annual (TRI reports submitted by July 1 each year)

Pricing

Pay-per-event: $2.00 per 1,000 results (value-add with normalization, dedup, and ESG flags).

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