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

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Data last updated March 31, 2023
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