U.S. facilities subject to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) are identified and geospatially located in this dataset. It is compiled by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from its Facility Registry Service (FRS), which integrates data from national program systems, federal agencies, and state and tribal records. The dataset was last updated on March 23, 2026.
Use Cases
- Mapping facility locations based on geospatial coordinates mentioned in the description
- Identifying facilities subject to TSCA regulations based on the integrated facility subset
- Analyzing regulatory compliance patterns based on the central source of facility information
Strengths
- Data is centrally managed and integrated from multiple authoritative sources, including EPA systems and state/tribal records
- Facilities are geospatially located, enabling spatial analysis
- Last updated on March 23, 2026, indicating recent maintenance
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
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 2026-03-23 14:32:11.272409
- Geography
- United States