Rule 3745-100-11 | Toxic chemical release reporting form and instructions.
(A) Availability of reporting form and instructions. The most current version of EPA form R and form R schedule 1 may be found on the following USEPA program web site: http://www.epa.gov/tri. Any subsequent changes to the form R or form R schedule 1 will be posted on this web site. Submitters may also contact the TRI program at (202) 564-9554 to obtain this information.
(B) Filing requirements. Effective January 21, 2014, facilities that submit TRI reporting forms (without claiming a trade secret), including revisions and withdrawals of TRI reporting forms, to Ohio EPA shall prepare, certify, and submit the facility's data to Ohio EPA electronically, using the TRI online-reporting software provided by USEPA.
(1) Ohio EPA will no longer accept non-trade-secret TRI reports, revisions, or withdrawals on paper reporting forms, magnetic media, or CD-ROMs. Information and instructions regarding online reporting are available on the USEPA TRI web site.
(2) Facilities shall submit electronically any revisions or withdrawals of previously submitted TRI reporting forms. Facilities may submit, revise, or withdraw TRI reporting forms for reporting years 1991 through the present reporting year.
(3) The only exception to the TRI electronic reporting requirement relates to TRI submissions that claim a trade secret (including sanitized and unsanitized reporting forms) and revisions and withdrawals of such TRI submissions, which shall be submitted to USEPA on paper. Facilities may submit, revise, or withdraw these paper trade secret (including sanitized and unsanitized) TRI reporting forms for reporting years 1991 through the present reporting year.