EPA Facility Registry Service: Toxic Substances Control Act Facilities

The EPA Facility Registry Service (FRS) provides location and identification data for facilities linked to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) System. This subset of FRS data supports the TSCA of 1976, which regulates reporting, testing, and restrictions for chemical substances and mixtures, excluding items like food and drugs. The data is centrally managed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and integrates information from national program systems, federal agencies, and state and tribal records.

Use Cases

• Mapping regulated chemical facilities based on geospatial location data.
• Analyzing facility compliance patterns under the Toxic Substances Control Act.
• Identifying facilities involved with specific chemicals like PCBs, asbestos, radon, or lead-based paint.
• Integrating facility data for environmental risk assessment and regulatory enforcement.

Strengths

• Data is centrally managed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, providing an authoritative source.
• The dataset is integrated from EPA's national program systems, other federal agencies, and State and tribal master facility records.
• It focuses on facilities subject to the Toxic Substances Control Act, a key U.S. environmental law.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The data is considered sensitive and restricted to internal EPA use only; public access is unavailable.

Provenance

Source

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Collection Method

Integrated from EPA's national program systems, other federal agencies, and State and tribal master facility records.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-26 15:14:10.878832; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United States (includes states and territories listed in platform tags)