2023 Toxics Release Inventory National Conference

Registration - Table in front of Salon AB

Welcome

Opening Remarks - Michal Freedhoff, Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Keynote Speaker - Kandis Boyd, Senior Advisor EPA Region 3, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Increasing EPA data use and awareness among Academic Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Communities

TRI: A Tool for Policy and Education
"Using Toxic Release Inventory Data in Environmental Public Health Applications: Research and Training" - Jesse Berman

"Using Data Visualization to Tell Meaningful Stories about TRI and Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators (RSEI) Data in Communities" - T.J. Pepping and Tobias Muellers

"Engaging EPA's Toxics Release Inventory in Telangana, India, and Tennessee, USA" - Sanjay Asthana

TRI Program Announcement

BREAK: Exhibit booths – Salon AB Foyer
Poster displays – Salon D

TRI: A Tool for Policy and Education (cont'd)
"Media Uses of Toxics Release Inventory Data to Support Community Right-to-Know" - Debbie Fleischer

"Industrial Pollution, Social Trust, and Civic Engagement: A Nationwide Study of the Socioenvironmental Nature of Social Capital" - Phylicia Brown

Break for Lunch
Boxed lunches will be available to purchase for $20 from the hotel. Additional details will be provided by email to all in-person registrants.

Keynote Speaker - Kimberly Wise White, Vice President, Regulatory and Scientific Affairs, American Chemistry Council
Industry Perspective on Pollution Prevention

TRI: Identifying Environmental Justice (EJ) Issues
Salon AB
"The Effects of Environmental Health Risks on Housing Values and Minorites" - Lakshmi Naaraayanan

"Exploring environmental injustices in exposure to airborne lead from industrial facilities in Kentucky" - Charles Zhang

"Mapping Emissions and Proposed Fenceline Monitoring Requirements for Synthetic Chemical Manufacturing and Polymer and Resin Industries" - Lauren Padilla

"Breaking Boundaries: Environment and Climate Change Canada's Analysis of Great Lakes Transboundary Pollution, and Products and Partnerships for the Public and Indigenous Communities" - Tristan LeCompte

Tool Demonstrations
Salon CDE
What's in Your Neighborhood: A Guided Demonstration of New Features in TRI Toxics Tracker - T.J. Pepping

TRI for Tribal Communities - T.J. Pepping

EasyRSEI Dashboard overview - Cindy Gould

TRI Reporting Platform: TRI-MEweb overview - Juan Parra

TRI in EJScreen - Cindy Gould

BREAK: Exhibit booths – Salon AB Foyer
Poster displays – Salon D

TRI: Advancing Global Sustainability
"Tracking Pollutant Releases and Transfers in North America" - Danielle Vallée and Orlando Cabrera

"Harmonizing Data from International Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers" - Abby Burton

"Using Pollutant Release and Transfer Register Data to Assess Global Progress Towards Sustainable Chemical Management" - Caitlin Briere

"New Sustainability Perspectives on Pollutant Releases from Canada's Nuclear Sector" - Alicia Berthiaume

Day 1 Adjourns

Registration (cont'd) - Table in front of Salon AB

Welcome

Keynote Speaker - Jennie Romer, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Pollution Prevention, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Keynote Speaker – Adelina Voutchkova, Director of Sustainable Development, American Chemical Society
Intersection of Green Chemistry and Environmental Justice

TRI: Promoting Pollution Prevention
"The impact of toxic chemical releases and their management on financial performance" - Mahelet Fikru

"Equity for Washington's Air Quality & Climate Commitments" - Troy Abel

"Source Reduction: Quantified Benefits and Future Opportunities" - Alexandra Gibbs

BREAK: Exhibit booths – Salon AB Foyer
Poster displays – Salon D

TRI: Identifying Potential Health Impacts
"EPA's Toxic Release Inventory (TRI): A Tool to Identify Possible Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) Hot-Spots" - Kelly Pennell

"Leveraging Regulatory Information for Environmental Exposure Assessment in Studies of Cancer Etiology: Opportunities, Strategies, and Pitfalls" - Rena Jones and Jessica Madrigal

"Modeling Historic Environmental Pollutant Exposures and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Risk" - Joseph Boyle

Break for Lunch
Boxed lunches will be available to purchase for $20 from the hotel. Additional details will be provided by email to all in-person registrants.

Keynote Speaker – Dr. Jalonne L. White-Newsome, Federal Chief Environmental Justice Officer, White House Council on Environmental Quality
Current White House CEQ Environmental Justice Initiatives

TRI: Identifying Potential Health Impacts (cont'd)
Salon AB
"The Use of Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators (RSEI) in Health Research" - Courtney Walker

"Using Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators (RSEI) Data to Understand Associations between Airborne Lead Exposure and Childhood Cognition" - Lisa Gatzke-Kopp

"Effects of RSEI Estimated Exposure to Metals (Lead, Mercury, Cadmium) Air Pollution on Children's Blood and Urine Biomarkers and Cardiovascular Risk" - Dustin Hill

Tool Demonstrations
Salon CDE
P2 Environmental Justice Mapping Tool, and other P2 Resources - Cheryl Keenan

"Applying Toxics Release Inventory Data to Grant Applications" - April Nowak and Kushal Som

BREAK: Exhibit booths – Salon AB Foyer
Poster displays – Salon D

TRI: Improving Industry Reporting
Salon AB
"An Overview of Regulatory Updates to the Toxics Release Inventory" - Erik Edgar & Stephanie Griffin

"What Does the Toxics Release Inventory Data Actually Represent? A Discussion of the Data Reported by Industry and Ideas for Improvement" - Misty Sinclair

"TRI – Helping Your Communities through Improved Routine Reporting" - Kelli Calhoon

"Strategies to Engage TRI Facilities for Pollution Prevention Assistance" - Matt Domski

Tool Demonstrations
Salon CDE
TRI Solvent Substitutions information and Safer Choice Ingredients List - Charlie Snyder

Joint use of TRI and Chemical Data Reporting data to support risk assessments - Amanda Roach

Enforcement and Compliance History Online resources - Russell Wasem

BREAK: Exhibit booths – Salon AB Foyer
Poster displays – Salon D

"Using the Toxics Release Inventory and Clean Water Act to Identify and Reduce a Significant 1,4-Dioxane Discharge to the Ohio River: A Drinking Water Protection Success Story" - Richard Stuck

Conference Feedback & Wrap Up/Concluding Remarks

Day 2 and Conference Adjourns