NPRI - National Pollutant Release Inventory
The National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI), established in 1992, is the national pollutant release and transfer register of Canada. This list of pollutants contains releases from a facility to the air, water, and land along with disposals at, or from a facility. Reported information is used in the creation of pollution management plans and to inform Canadians about their environment.
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 8,000 facilities annually report information on their pollutant releases and transfers to Environment and Climate Change Canada.
The objectives of an NPRI National Pollutant Release Inventory is to estimate the emissions from your plant or facility in compliance with regulatory requires for emitters.
NPRI Requirements
To find out if the NPRI requirements apply to your facility, ask yourself the following questions:
Do any of the following activities take place at my facility?
- pit or quarry operations
- wood preservation
- fuel terminal operations
- municipal wastewater collection and/or treatment
- operation of stationary combustion equipment
- waste or sewage sludge incineration
Do employees and contractors work more than 20,000 hours during a year (about 10 full-time workers)?
If you answer yes to either or both of the above questions, you may have to submit an NPRI report if you can also answer yes to the following question:
does my facility manufacture, process, otherwise use, or release, one or more of the NPRI substances and is the quantity above the threshold for that substance?
If you answer no to all of these questions, you may not have to submit an NPRI report.
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