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TRI Pilot Data Flow via the Exchange Network Michigan’s Experience. Michael Beaulac – Michigan DEQ Bill Rensmith – Windsor Solutions, Inc. Whad’ya Node? Conference New Orleans, LA – 2/28/05-3/1/05. TRI Integrated Project Team. TRI XML Schema. TRI XML Schema Inputs.
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TRI Pilot Data Flowvia the Exchange NetworkMichigan’s Experience Michael Beaulac – Michigan DEQ Bill Rensmith – Windsor Solutions, Inc. Whad’ya Node? Conference New Orleans, LA – 2/28/05-3/1/05
TRI XML Schema TRI XML Schema Inputs Standards &Guidelines Existing TRI Formats CRM1 TRI-ME Flat File Format CRM2/SSC’s Form R and A EDSC 2.0 Reporting Instructions EN DRCs & W3C Standards EnviroFactsData Model Business Requirements IPT Meetings
Some Preliminary Lessons Learned … • Make the exchange server accessible to the Node because firewall “rules” may prevent data passing through the Node Application Server to Exchange Tables • Verify cycle-time per transaction for single and multiple chemical reports per submission • XML Instance files archived in Node Application Server and file server to verify accuracy and completeness of data
To Be Completed … • CDX translator (TRI ME => XML) issues: • creates one submission block for all chemicals generated w/in a facility. Does not handle multiple SIC codes per chemical. This has been/is being corrected. • Translator doesn’t handle Dioxins due to reporting unit differences (grams vs. lbs.) • State notification to facilities: MI cannot echo back to reporting facilities that we received a submitted instance file from CDX • Who best to do this? CDX or states? • Possible joint development of solution to “submit” from State Node to back-end db (multiple platforms and environments … Oracle and SQL, J2EE and .NET)
Preliminary Costs* *Does not include Node development and db conversions, etc. (i.e., MS Access => SQL/Oracle)
Preliminary Costs* *Does not include Node development and db conversions, etc. (i.e., MS Access => SQL/Oracle)
Conclusion & Incentives • TRI CDX transactions reduces data processing time, save resources and improves data accuracy, • Enables continuous QA/QC, • Eliminates need for the UTIL upload program, • Could potentially eliminate redundancy in reporting certain environmental and business information to the state and local governments • Reporting facilities could realize a reduction in reporting time resulting in cost saving
Cost Benefits • State: • 10-12 weeks savings in internal staff resources = ~0.25 FTE => $17,500/yr • ROI => 6 months - 2 years • Facility: • 1000 facilities @ 1-2 hours X $25.00/hr => $25,000 - $50,000 per year • EPA: • Unknown at this time … anybody???
More Information: http://www.exchangenetwork.net/flow/cross/tri.htm • Robert Jackson (MI DEQ) 517-373-2731 • Ruth Borgelt (MI DEQ) 517-373-9804 • Michael Beaulac (MI DEQ) 517-241-7808 • Sara Pushpala (MI DIT) 517-373-8565 • Phyllis Donahue (EPA–TRI) 202-566-0338 • Natalia Vainshtein (CSC) 301-306-6465 • Bill Rensmith (Windsor Solutions) 503-675 7833, x217 • Kevin Jeffery (Windsor Solutions) 503-675 7833, x202 • Doug Timms (enfoTech) 609-896-9777, x129 • Ryan Teising (enfoTech) 609-896-9777, x148