The Release and Pollution Prevention Report (RPPR), also referred to as the DEQ-114, is governed by the New Jersey Worker and Community Right to Know and Pollution Prevention Acts. The RPPR gathers data on toxic chemical throughput, multi-media environmental releases, on-site waste management, and off-site transfers, collectively known as materials accounting. Pollution prevention progress information is also reported on the RPPR. [N.J.A.C. 7:1G-4.1, N.J.A.C 7:1K-6.1]
The New Jersey reporting requirements for the RPPR are closely linked to the requirements for the federal Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) pursuant to EPCRA Section 313. Any New Jersey employer required to submit a TRI form (Form R including release data or the shorter Form A Certification Statement) is also required to submit the RPPR*. The Release and Pollution Prevention Report is different than TRI reporting.
- Federal facilities, R&D facilities, pilot plants, and solvent recovery facilities are exempt from New Jersey Pollution Prevention reporting.
What is materials accounting?
Materials accounting is a practical application of the chemical mass balance theory. Materials accounting is based on the simple scientific principle of the conservation of matter where all chemical inputs at a facility should balance with the outputs. That is, matter changes form but cannot be created nor destroyed. Materials accounting data provide a complete picture on the use of toxic and hazardous substances at many of New Jersey’s larger manufacturing and some non-manufacturing sector facilities. From chemicals transported through communities to an industrial facility, to the manufacture of intermediate and final products at the site, to chemicals shipped off-site as (or in) products or as wastes, and chemicals released into the environment, materials accounting data identify the quantity of toxic chemicals involved each step of the way. Public reporting based on this simple concept opens the door for a broader understanding of the various uses of toxic chemicals at industrial facilities and how they might potentially impact a community and its residents. Click here to view the materials accounting data worksheet:
What is the difference between Toxics Release Inventory reporting and the Release and Pollution Prevention Report?
The TRI is a federal report that has two variants, the Form R and the Form A. The federal report is submitted to the State via the CDX system, but it is not the same as the state form, the Release and Pollution Prevention Report.
The Form R has many similarities to the RPPR:
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- Both are due July 1st
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- Both use the TRI chemical list
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- Both contain facility-level information such as maximum inventory, air emissions, wastewater discharges, and transfers of waste to off-site locations
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- Both ask for information on pollution prevention activities
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There are some important differences:
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- The TRI focuses on releases, but the RPPR focuses on materials balance
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- The RPPR has process level information
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- The RPPR has a section (P2-115/C&D) for reporting progress towards the goals outlined in a facility’s Pollution Prevention Plan, while the TRI does not have a Planning equivalent.
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- Once the TRI threshold is met for one substance, the RPPR has an additional 10,000 pound threshold for the sum of manufacturing, processing, and otherwise use for each other TRI substance at the facility. See FAQ.
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- Not all facilities in New Jersey that file Form R have to submit the RPPR. See FAQ.
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- New Jersey does not have an equivalent for the Form A, all facilities that submit a Form A must file an RPPR unless exempt. See FAQ
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