Substances
The 93 NPI substances, their reporting thresholds, and first year of reporting.
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Data Dictionary
- ID
- substance_id
- Type
- text
- Description
Unique identifier for a substance.
- ID
- sort_order
- Type
- text
- Description
Sorting order of the substance name as used in the NPI legislation, the National Environment Protection (National Pollutant Inventory) Measure 1998.
- ID
- substance_name
- Type
- text
- Description
Substance name as listed in the NPI legislation.
- ID
- cas_registry_numbers
- Type
- text
- Description
Comma separated list of identifiers of related entries in the Chemical Abstracts Service Registry
- ID
- cat1
- Type
- text
- Description
True if emissions and transfers of a substance are reportable under the Category 1 substance usage threshold.
- ID
- cat1a
- Type
- text
- Description
True if emissions and transfers of a substance are reportable under the Category 1a substance usage threshold.
- ID
- cat1b
- Type
- text
- Description
True if emissions and transfers of a substance are reportable under the Category 1b substance usage threshold.
- ID
- cat2a
- Type
- text
- Description
True if emissions of a substance are reportable under the Category 2a fuel usage threshold.
- ID
- cat2b
- Type
- text
- Description
True if emissions of a substance are reportable under the Category 2b fuel usage threshold.
- ID
- cat3
- Type
- text
- Description
True if emissions and transfers of a substance are reportable under the Category 3 emission threshold.
- ID
- voc
- Type
- text
- Description
True if the substance is classified as a Volatile Organic Compound that may contribute to photochemical formation of ozone.
- ID
- c1_substance_use_threshold_kg
- Type
- text
- Description
Reporting threshold amount (in kilograms) for Category 1, 1a, and 1b substances. If a facility uses, processes, or emits more than this amount of a substance in a reporting period, its emissions and transfers of the substance must be reported.
- ID
- c2_fuel_use_threshold_kg
- Type
- text
- Description
Reporting threshold amount (in kilograms) for Category 2a and 2b substances. If a facility burns more than this amount of fuel in a reporting period, its emissions for must be reported.
- ID
- c2a_hour_fuel_use_threshold_kg
- Type
- text
- Description
Reporting threshold amount (in kilograms) for Category 2a substances. If a facility burns more than this amount in any one hour of a reporting period, it must report emissions of this substance for the whole period.
- ID
- c3_emissions_threshold_kg
- Type
- text
- Description
Reporting threshold amount (in kilograms) for Category 3 substances. If a facility emits more than this amount in a reporting period, it must report emissions and transfers of all Category 3 substances.
- ID
- emissions_to_air
- Type
- text
- Description
True if air emissions of this substance are reportable.
- ID
- emissions_to_water
- Type
- text
- Description
True if water emissions of this substance are reportable.
- ID
- emissions_to_land
- Type
- text
- Description
True if land emissions of this substance are reportable.
- ID
- fact_sheet_url
- Type
- text
- Description
Web address for general information about this substance on the NPI website.
- ID
- first_reporting_year
- Type
- text
- Description
First reporting year that facilities were required to report emissions or transfers of a substance in their facility reports (if thresholds were exceeded).
Additional Information
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Data last updated | March 31, 2023 |
| Metadata last updated | March 28, 2024 |
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