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Webinar Replay: November Webinar Now Available Online
ECOS, along with the EPA, held a TRI Webinar on November 18th from 2-4PM (EST). The discussion focused on "TRI Web Based Tools: What's New and Emerging". This Webinar was attended by over 150 diverse TRI stake-holders including representatives of federal and state agencies, local government, research institutions, industry, and non-profit associations.
- This recorded webinar is now available as a direct download (WMV, 177MB, 115 minutes) to view.
- This webinar may also be downloaded as a compressed zip file (ZIP, 166MB). To play the file you must download and then decompress the file on your hard drive. You will then be able to open the webinar in your media player.
- A transcript of the webinar is also available online.
The Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) from this webinar are also available.
Webinar - TRI Web Based Tools: What's New and Emerging
ECOS, along with the EPA, held a TRI Webinar on November 18th from 2-4PM (EST). The discussion focused on "TRI Web Based Tools: What's New and Emerging". This Webinar was attended by over 150 diverse TRI stake-holders including representatives of federal and state agencies, local government, research institutions, industry, and non-profit associations.
This Webinar was designed to discuss and demonstrate some of the improvements to the TRI Web-based tools: TRI Explorer, TRI.Net and Envirofacts. Additionally, the Webinar demonstrated one of U.S. EPA's tools that is still under development called the Toxics Release Inventory – Chemical Hazard Information Profiles (TRI-CHIP). Lastly, a preview of the latest TRI tool in production – the TRI Mobile Application – was introduced.
- View and listen to a recording of the Webinar.
- The Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) from this webinar are also available.
Presenters and Topics were:
Kara Koehrn - U.S. EPA, Office of Environmental Information
Overview of Current and New TRI Tools, U.S. EPA’s Early Data Release, and New Options to Envirofacts Data
William P. Smith, Ph.D. - U.S. EPA, Office of Environmental Information
TRI.Net and TRI Mobile Application for the iPhone
Morton Wakeland - U.S. EPA, Region 6 Dallas, TX
Uses, Successes, and Perspective on TRI.Net
Steve Witkin - U.S. EPA, Office of Environmental Information
TRI Explorer - New Capabilities
Andy Opperman - New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Experience and Thoughts on TRI Web-based Tools
John Scalera - U.S. EPA, Office of Environmental Information
Toxics Release Inventory – Chemical Hazard Information Profiles (TRI-CHIP)
View the webinar presenter bios here.
TRI Webinar Resource Links
- Get TRI Data and Tools
- TRI.Net
- TRI Explorer
- Envirofacts
- Facility Locator Tool – 2008 TRI Data
- TRI Early Data Sharing
Contact for Webinar Information:
Kelley Ann Lovelace: klovelace@ecos.org
Christine Arcari: arcari.christine@epa.gov