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National Pollutant Inventory

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The National Pollutant Inventory (NPI) is a database of Australian pollution emissions managed by the Australian Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments. A condensed version of the information collected is available to the public via the Department’s website [1].

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Narrator: EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory program doesn’t just track emissions to the environment. It also highlights which facilities recycle waste and prevent waste generation. Manufacturers have an opportunity to go above and beyond compliance and showcase their commitment to sustainability by completing the optional pollution prevention or P2 section of the TRI Reporting form. Steve Knizer: What we’re hoping is that we will get additional information that more fully describes what your company has done to be a good neighbor, to be good to the environment and to demonstrate your corporate sustainability. Narrator: Nordic Ware is a family owned Minneapolis-based manufacturer of kitchenware that chooses to report optional P2 information to the community through TRI. Bette Danielson: We’re in the middle of a residential area, in an area where we got lakes nearby. You know, we’re very conscious of the fact that we need to be responsible for the type of manufacturing that we do here. Our use of glycol ether in coatings changed drastically when we had decided in the 90's to eliminate some of the faster solvents. It took a long time but it started coming down, down, down to a point where we didn't have to report it on under TRI any longer. Narrator: Proud of their success, Nordic Ware joined the growing number of manufacturers that choose to describe P2 practices to TRI. Bette Danielson: Just give the extra bit of information when you fill the report out. I think the, the state can benefit, the community can benefit. Any company could learn from taking a look at the results that other people have done. David Constable: Industry likes to listen to other people in their industry. It also assures the public they’re doing everything they can to reduce environmental impacts and it also helps them to think about their products and chemicals in their products. Narrator: When you share your success stories through TRI, people will learn about your P2 practices, not just your emissions. Your information will also be featured in TRI’s P2 Search Tool. Steve Knizner: When others go to see what has been done for that particular chemical in an industry, if you substituted a less toxic chemical with one that is not subject to TRI reporting for the toxic chemical, your name will pop to the top. You achieved 100 percent reduction. You can’t do better than that. Narrator: Report P2 to TRI. Show the community what your company is doing to prevent pollution and help create a cleaner, safer, and healthier world.

Emissions

The NPI records and makes publicly available the emissions from industrial facilities and diffuse sources of 93 different chemical substances to air, land and water.

Objectives

The objectives of the NPI are to:

Sources of data

Australian industrial facilities that use certain amounts of the 93 NPI substances must estimate and report their emissions directly to their state or territory environment agency annually. The state and territory environment agencies review all NPI reports for accuracy and forward the data to the Australian Government. The reports are then displayed on the NPI public website

Exemptions

The following industrial activities are exempt from the NPI's mandatory reporting requirements:[1]

  • Mobile emission sources (for example, an aircraft in flight or a ship at sea) operating outside the boundaries of a fixed facility
  • Petrol stations
  • Dry cleaners which employ less than 20 people
  • Scrap metal handling facilities that do not reprocess batteries or engage in metal smelting
  • Agricultural production facilities, including the growing of trees, aquaculture, horticulture or livestock raising unless it involves intensive livestock production (for example, a piggery, poultry farm or a cattle feedlot) or processing agricultural produce.

During a review of the NPI undertaken in 2005, it was suggested that two industries have their exemptions lifted. They were aquaculture, and crematoria. Reasons given were for their discharges of nutrient to the sea, and mercury to the atmosphere respectively. In 2007, Environment Ministers voted against the lifting of the reporting exemption for aquaculture, despite the review receiving 12 submissions supporting the recommendation, and 5 opposing it.

Aquaculture in Spencer Gulf

This omission of the aquaculture industry from mandatory reporting is significant for Spencer Gulf, South Australia. In this region, southern bluefin tuna and yellowtail kingfish sea-cage aquaculture are the two largest industrial contributors of nitrogenous nutrient pollution to the marine environment.[2] The Spencer Gulf is particularly vulnerable to impacts because its water exchange with the ocean is constrained and the waters are naturally very low in nutrients by world standards. The existing marine communities have evolved to these unique circumstances, and are therefore particularly susceptible to changes in their environment.[3] Iconic marine species of the region include the giant Australian cuttlefish and the little penguin, both of which are in decline.

Substances reported

External links

References

  1. ^ NPI data | National Pollution Inventory Australian Government, Department of Environment, Australia. Accessed 2014-03-23
  2. ^ "Chapter 13 - Coastal Processes and Water Quality - Spencer Gulf Port Link Bulk Commodies Export Facility Environmental Impact Statement" Archived 2014-01-27 at the Wayback Machine Spencer Gulf Port Link, South Australia (2013). Accessed 2014-03-23.
  3. ^ Draft Spencer Gulf Marine Plan. Coast and Marine Conservation Branch, Natural and Cultural Heritage, Department for Environment and Heritage, Government of South Australia, Adelaide (2006). ISBN 0 7590 1081 1
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