NPRI 2020 Reporting Year Changes

Every year, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) make changes to the National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) program. Common changes may include adding and/or deleting substances from the list, relocating substances from one Part to another, increase or decrease substance reporting thresholds etc.

For the 2020 reporting year, four (4) new substances have been added, while five (5) substances have been completely removed from the NPRI list of substances. This brings the total number of substances down to 323, from the previous 324.

The following are the four substances added to the NPRI list along with its corresponding CAS #, reporting threshold, and the Part # that the substance can be found under:

Substance	Cas #	Part #	Threshold
Naphthenic acid fraction compounds (and their salts)	NA – 47	1A	10 tonnes MPO
Azo disperse dyes	NA – 46	1B	10 kg MPO
1,4-Benzenediamine, N, N’-mixed phenyl and tolyl derivatives	68953-84-4	1B	50 kg MPO
2-Propanone, reaction products with diphenylamine	68412-48-6	1B	50 kg MPO

 

The five substances that have completely been removed from the NPRI list are:

Substance	Cas #	Part #
C.I. Disperse Yellow 3	2832-40-8	1A
Decabromodiphenyl oxide	1163-19-5	1A
Adipic acid	124-04-9	5
Heavy alkylate naphtha	64741-65-7	5
White mineral oil	8042-47-5	5

 

In addition to the above added and removed substances, all Propylene Glycol Methyl Ether Acetate (PGMEA) isomers, including alpha-PGMEA (CAS #108-65-6), beta-PGMEA (CAS #70657-70-4), and mixtures of PGMEA (CAS #84540-57-8) must be reported as PGMEA within Part 5.

NPRI Reporting Deadline

Deadlines have been consistent from year to year with the exception for the 2019 reporting year where the reporting deadline was extended from June 1^st to July 30^th, 2020 due to COVID-19. This year, however, the reporting deadline for the 2020 reporting year is back to June 1^st, 2021.

Are you subject to the NPRI reporting requirements?

Under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), reporting to the NPRI is mandatory if your facility falls under one of the following criteria:

• If the facility involves activities, such as wood preservation, fuel combustion, incineration, or wastewater treatment.
• If the facility total number of work hours exceed 20,000 hours, which is about 10 full-time employees.
• If your facility manufactures, processes, otherwise uses, or releases any of the 323 NPRI substances above the reporting thresholds.

How Can We Help?

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