ECONOMIC
ANALYSIS
OF
THE
PROPOSED
TOXICS
RELEASE
INVENTORY
PHASE
II
BURDEN
REDUCTION
RULE
Analytical
Support
Branch
Environmental
Analysis
Division
Office
of
Information
Analysis
and
Access
Office
of
Environmental
Information
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
September
19,
2005
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
Executive
Summary
ES.
1
Changes
to
the
TRI
Reporting
Requirements
................................
ES­
1
ES.
2
Estimated
Reporting
Activity........................................................
ES­
2
ES.
3
Burden
and
Cost
Savings
Potentially
Associated
with
the
Proposed
Rule
                          ..
ES­
3
ES.
4
Benefits
of
the
Proposed
Rule
.......................................................
ES­
4
ES.
5
Impacts
of
the
Proposed
Rule
on
Reporting...................................
ES­
4
Chapter
One:
Background
and
Overview
of
Analysis
1.1
Overview
of
TRI
..................................................................................
1­
2
1.1.1
Pollution
Prevention
Act
.....................................................
1­
3
1.1.2
Changes
to
the
List
of
Chemicals
........................................
1­
3
1.1.3
Alternate
Threshold.............................................................
1­
4
1.1.4
Executive
Order
12856........................................................
1­
4
1.1.5
Changes
to
the
List
of
Industries..........................................
1­
4
1.1.6
Changes
for
Certain
PBT
Chemicals
...................................
1­
5
1.2
Description
of
the
Proposed
Rule..........................................................
1­
5
1.2.1
New
Eligibility
for
Form
A:
PBT
Chemicals
.......................
1­
5
1.2.2
Expanded
Eligibility
for
Form
A:
Non­
PBT
Chemicals
.......
1­
6
1.3
Organization
of
this
Report...................................................................
1­
6
Chapter
Two:
Methodology
2.1
Unit
Burden
Savings
Estimates.............................................................
2­
2
2.1.1
Form
R
and
Form
A
Unit
Burden
Estimates
........................
2­
2
2.1.2
Hourly
Labor
Rate
Estimate
................................................
2­
2
2.1.3
Summary
of
Unit
Burden
Savings
.......................................
2­
5
2.2
Estimates
of
Forms
and
Facilities
by
Option
........................................
2­
5
2.3
Estimation
of
Impacts
..........................................................................
2­
6
Chapter
Three:
Total
Burden
Hour
and
Cost
Savings
        ..
3­
1
Chapter
Four:
Benefits
of
the
Proposed
Rule
            
4­
1
Chapter
Five:
Impacts
of
the
Proposed
Rule
on
Reporting
5.1
New
Eligibility
for
Form
A:
PBT
Chemicals
........................................
5­
1
5.2
Expanded
Eligibility
for
Form
A:
Non­
PBT
Chemicals
........................
5­
3
Appendix
A:
Data
Impact
Analysis
Appendix
B:
Sensitivity
Analysis
of
the
Expanded
Eligibility
for
Form
A:
Non­
PBT
Chemicals
Option
Assuming
Annual
Reportable
Amount
Thresholds
of
500,
1,000,
and
2,000
Pounds
