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How to Create the National Biennial Report

How to Create the National Biennial RCRA Hazardous Waste Report
EPA ORCR has been publishing a version of the National Biennial RCRA Hazardous Waste Report since 1991. This website contains Biennial Report data since the 2001 cycle. This website was designed, where possible, to mimic the published Reports. Most of the exhibits contained in the published Reports can be generated from this website. To generate an exhibit, follow the instructions below. Note: The data presented on the website may not match the data contained in the published Reports. Regulators are allowed to make additions, corrections, and/or deletions to their data at any time as they see appropriate.

For each exhibit within the National Analysis, except as noted, you will first perform the following steps:

Step 1 - Click "Biennial Report Summary"
Step 2 - Select a report cycle, and verify that "National" is selected for the Location
Step 3 - Click "Submit"

Exhibit 1.1 - Quantity of RCRA Hazardous Waste Generated and Number of Hazardous Waste Generators, by State:

No further steps are required
Relevant columns - Location Name, # of Genrs, Generated (Tons)

Exhibit 1.2 - Rank Ordering of States Based on Quantity of RCRA Hazardous Waste Generated and Number of Hazardous Waste Generators:

Step 4 - Click the "Generated (Tons)" column heading twice (once to sort in ascending order and once to sort in descending order)
Relevant columns - Location Name, # of Genrs, Generated (Tons)

Exhibit 1.3 - Rank Ordering of States Based on Number of Hazardous Waste Generators and Quantity of RCRA Hazardous Waste Generated:

Step 4 - Click the "# of Genrs" column heading twice (once to sort in ascending order and once to sort in descending order)
Relevant columns - Location Name, # of Genrs, Generated (Tons)

Exhibit 1.4 - Fifty Largest RCRA Hazardous Waste Generators in the U.S. :

Step 4 - Click the hyperlink associated with the Generated (Tons) for the Nation.
Relevant columns - Site Name, Site ID, City, State, Generated (Tons)

Exhibit 1.5 - Number of Hazardous Waste Generators by Generator Quantity Range:

Step 4 - Click the hyperlink associated with the Generated (Tons) for the Nation.
Relevant columns - Quantity Range, Number of Generators

Exhibit 1.6 - Percentages of National Generation Total that were Characteristic, Listed, or Both Characteristic and Listed Waste:

This exhibit cannot be generated from this website.

Exhibit 1.7 - Tons of Generated Waste that were Only Characteristic Waste, Only Listed Waste, or Both Characteristic and Listed Waste:

Note: Do NOT perform Steps 1 - 3 above.
Step 1 - Click "Hazardous Waste Properties"
Step 2 - Select a report cycle, and verify that "National" is selected for the Location.
Step 3 - Click "Submit"
Relevant columns - Characteristic Only (Tons), Listed Only (Tons), Characteristic and Listed (Tons)

Exhibit 1.8 - Tons of Generated Waste with Multiple Characteristics, that were Multiply Listed, or Both:

This exhibit cannot be generated from this website.

Exhibit 1.9 - Fifty Largest Quantities of Hazardous Waste Generated, by Primary NAICS Code, in the U.S.

Note: Do NOT perform Steps 1 - 3 above.
Step 1 - Click "Industry (NAICS)"
Step 2 - Select a report cycle, and verify that "National" is selected for the Location. Note: The NAICS Code should remain "Select Code"
Step 3 - Click "Submit"
Step 4 - Click the "Generated (Tons)" column heading twice (once to sort in ascending order and once to sort in descending order)
Relevant columns - NAICS Code, Description, Generated (Tons)

Exhibit 2.1 - Quantity of RCRA Hazardous Waste Managed and Number of RCRA Management Facilities, by State:

No further steps are required.
Relevant columns - Location Name, # of Mngrs, Managed (Tons)

Exhibit 2.2 - Rank Ordering of States Based on Quantity of RCRA Hazardous Waste Managed and Number of RCRA Management Facilities:

Step 4 - Click the "Managed (Tons)" column heading twice (once to sort in ascending order and once to sort in descending order)
Relevant columns - Location Name, # of Mngrs, Managed (Tons)

Exhibit 2.3 - Rank Ordering of States Based on RCRA Management Sites and Quantity of RCRA Hazardous Waste Managed:

Step 4 - Click the "# of Mngrs" column heading twice (once to sort in ascending order and once to sort in descending order)
Relevant columns - Location Name, # of Mngrs, Managed (Tons)

Exhibit 2.4 - Fifty Largest RCRA Hazardous Waste Managers in the U.S.:

Step 4 - Click the hyperlink associated with the Managed (Tons) for the Nation.
Relevant columns - Site Name, Site ID, City, State, Managed (Tons)

Exhibit 2.5 - Quantity of RCRA Hazardous Waste Managed, by Management Method:

Note: Do NOT perform Steps 1 - 3 above.
Step 1 - Click "Management Methods"
Step 2 - Select a report cycle. Verify that "All Waste" is selected for the Management and "National" is selected for the Location
Step 3 - Click "Submit"
Relevant columns - Management Method, # of Mngrs, Managed (Tons)

Exhibit 2.6 - Management Method, by Quantity of RCRA Hazardous Waste Managed:

Note: Do NOT perform Steps 1 - 3 above.
Step 1 - Click "Management Methods"
Step 2 - Select a report cycle. Verify that "All Waste" is selected for the Management and "National" is selected for the Location
Step 3 - Click "Submit"
Step 4 - Click the "Managed (Tons)" column heading twice (once to sort in ascending order and once to sort in descending order)
Relevant columns - Management Method, # of Mngrs, Managed (Tons)

Exhibit 2.7 - Management Method and Quantity of RCRA Hazardous Waste Managed, by Number of Facilities:

Note: Do NOT perform Steps 1 - 3 above.
Step 1 - Click "Management Methods"
Step 2 - Select a report cycle. Verify that "All Waste" is selected for the Management and "National" is selected for the Location
Step 3 - Click "Submit"
Step 4 - Click the "# of Mngrs" column heading twice (once to sort in ascending order and once to sort in descending order)
Relevant columns - Management Method, # of Mngrs, Managed (Tons)

Exhibit 3.1 - Quantity of RCRA Hazardous Waste Shipped and Number of Hazardous Waste Shippers, by State:

No further steps are required.
Relevant columns - Location Name, # of Shprs, Shipped (Tons)

Exhibit 3.2 - Rank Ordering of States Based on Quantity of RCRA Hazardous Waste Shipped and Number of Hazardous Waste Shippers:

Step 4 - Click the "Shipped (Tons)" column heading twice (once to sort in ascending order and once to sort in descending order)
Relevant columns - Location Name, # of Shprs, Shipped (Tons)

Exhibit 3.3 - Rank Ordering of States Based on Number of Hazardous Waste Shippers and Quantity of RCRA Hazardous Waste Shipped:

Step 4 - Click the "# of Shprs" column heading twice (once to sort in ascending order and once to sort in descending order)
Relevant columns - Location Name, # of Shprs, Shipped (Tons)

Exhibit 3.4 - Fifty Largest RCRA Hazardous Waste Shippers in the U.S.:

Step 4 - Click the hyperlink associated with the Shipped (Tons) for the Nation.
Relevant columns - Site Name, Site ID, City, State, Shipped (Tons)

Exhibit 3.5 - Quantity of RCRA Hazardous Waste Received and Number of Receivers, by State:

No further steps are required.
Relevant columns - Location Name, # of Recvrs, Received (Tons)

Exhibit 3.6 - Rank Ordering of States Based on Quantity of RCRA Hazardous Waste Received and Number of Receivers:

Step 4 - Click the "Received (Tons)" column heading twice (once to sort in ascending order and once to sort in descending order)
Relevant columns - Location Name, # of Recvrs, Received (Tons)

Exhibit 3.7 - Rank Ordering of States Based on Number of Receiving Sites and Quantity of RCRA Hazardous Waste Received:

Step 4 - Click the "# of Recvrs" column heading twice (once to sort in ascending order and once to sort in descending order)
Relevant columns - Location Name, # of Recvrs, Received (Tons)

Exhibit 3.8 - Fifty Largest RCRA Hazardous Waste Receivers in the U.S.:

Step 4 - Click the hyperlink associated with the "Received (Tons)" for the Nation.
Relevant columns - Site Name, Site ID, City, State, Received (Tons)

Exhibit 3.9 - Quantity of RCRA Hazardous Waste Managed, by Management Method, Limited to Waste Received from Off-Site:

Note: Do NOT perform Steps 1 - 3 above.
Step 1 - Click "Management Methods"
Step 2 - Select a report cycle and "Waste Received from Off-site" for the Management. Verify that "National" is selected for the Location.
Step 3 - Click "Submit"
Relevant columns - Management Method, # of Mngrs, Managed (Tons)

Exhibit 3.10 - Management Method, by Quantity of RCRA Hazardous Waste Managed, Limited to Waste Received from Off-Site:

Note: Do NOT perform Steps 1 - 3 above.
Step 1 - Click "Management Methods"
Step 2 - Select a report cycle and "Waste Received from Off-site" for the Management. Verify that "National" is selected for the Location.
Step 3 - Click "Submit"
Step 4 - Click the "Managed (Tons)" column heading twice (once to sort in ascending order and once to sort in descending order)
Relevant columns - Management Method, # of Mngrs, Managed (Tons)

Exhibit 3.11 - Management Method and Quantity of RCRA Hazardous Waste Managed, by Number of Facilities, Limited to Waste Received from Off-Site:

Note: Do NOT perform Steps 1 - 3 above.
Step 1 - Click "Management Methods"
Step 2 - Select a report cycle and "Waste Received from Off-site" for the Management. Verify that "National" is selected for the Location.
Step 3 - Click "Submit"
Step 4 - Click the "# of Mngrs" column heading twice (once to sort in ascending order and once to sort in descending order)
Relevant columns - Management Method, # of Mngrs, Managed (Tons)

Exhibit 4.1 - RCRA Hazardous Waste Interstate Shipments and Receipts, by State:

Note: Do NOT perform Steps 1 - 3 above.
Step 1 - Click "Interstate Shipments and Receipts"
Step 2 - Select a report cycle and verify that "National" is selected for the Location.
Step 3 - Click "Submit"
Relevant columns - Location Name, Interstate Shipments (Tons), Interstate Receipts (Tons)


For each exhibit within the State Detail, except as noted, you will first perform the following steps:

Step 1 - Click "Biennial Report Summary"
Step 2 - Select a report cycle and Location
Step 3 - Click "Submit"

Exhibit 1 - Number of Generators Contributing to the Hazardous Waste Generated:

No further steps are required.
Relevant columns - # of Genrs

Exhibit 2 - Quantity of RCRA Hazardous Waste Generated:

No further steps are required.
Relevant columns - Generated (Tons)

Exhibit 3 - Fifty Largest RCRA Hazardous Waste Generators in the State:

Step 4 - Click the hyperlink associated with the "Generated (Tons)" for the State.
Relevant columns - Site Name, Site ID, City, State, Generated (Tons)

Exhibit 4 - Quantities of Waste Generated that were Reported with Only Characteristic Waste Codes, Only Listed Waste Codes, or Both Characteristic and Listed Waste Codes:

This exhibit cannot be generated from this website.

Exhibit 5 - Quantities of Waste Generated that were Multiply Coded:

This exhibit cannot be generated from this website.

Exhibit 6 - Top Ten Wastes Generated:

This exhibit cannot be generated from this website.

Exhibit 7 - Top Ten Quantities of Waste Generated, by NAICS Code:

Note: Do NOT perform Steps 1 - 3 above.
Step 1 - Click "Industry (NAICS)"
Step 2 - Select a report cycle and Location. Note: The NAICS Code should remain "Select Code".
Step 3 - Click "Submit"
Step 4 - Click the "Generated (Tons)" column heading twice (once to sort in ascending order and once to sort in descending order)
Relevant columns - NAICS Code, Description, Generated (Tons)

Exhibit 8 - Number of RCRA Sites Contributing to the Hazardous Waste Managed:

No further steps are required.
Relevant columns - # of Mngrs

Exhibit 9 - Quantity of RCRA Hazardous Waste Managed:

No further steps are required.
Relevant columns - Managed (Tons)

Exhibit 10 - Fifty Largest RCRA Hazardous Waste Management Sites in the State:

Step 4 - Click the hyperlink associated with the "Managed (Tons)" for the State.
Relevant columns - Site Name, Site ID, City, State, Managed (Tons)

Exhibit 11 - Quantity of RCRA Hazardous Waste Managed by Management Method:

Note: Do NOT perform Steps 1 - 3 above.
Step 1 - Click "Management Methods"
Step 2 - Select a report cycle and Location. Verify that "All Waste" is selected for the Management Method.
Step 3 - Click "Submit"
Relevant columns - Management Method, # of Mngrs, Managed (Tons)

Exhibit 12 - Management Method by Quantity of RCRA Hazardous Waste Managed:

Note: Do NOT perform Steps 1 - 3 above.
Step 1 - Click "Management Methods"
Step 2 - Select a report cycle and Location. Verify that "All Waste" is selected for the Management Method.
Step 3 - Click "Submit"
Step 4 - Click the "Managed (Tons)" column heading twice (once to sort in ascending order and once to sort in descending order)
Relevant columns - Management Method, # of Mngrs, Managed (Tons)

Exhibit 13 - Management Method and Quantity of RCRA Hazardous Waste Managed by Number of Facilities:

Note: Do NOT perform Steps 1 - 3 above.
Step 1 - Click "Management Methods"
Step 2 - Select a report cycle and Location. Verify that "All Waste" is selected for the Management Method.
Step 3 - Click "Submit"
Step 4 - Click the "# of Mngrs" column heading twice (once to sort in ascending order and once to sort in descending order)
Relevant columns - Management Method, # of Mngrs, Managed (Tons)

Exhibit 14 - Top Ten Wastes Managed:

This exhibit cannot be generated from this website.

Exhibit 15 - Quantity of RCRA Hazardous Waste Shipped and Number of Hazardous Waste Shippers, by State:

No further steps are required.
Relevant columns - # of Shprs

Exhibit 16 - Quantity of RCRA Hazardous Waste Shipped:

No further steps are required.
Relevant columns - Shipped (Tons)

Exhibit 17 - Fifty Largest RCRA Hazardous Waste Shippers in the State:

Step 4 - Click the hyperlink associated with the Shipped (Tons) for the State.
Relevant columns - Site Name, Site ID, City, State, Shipped (Tons)

Exhibit 18 - Number of RCRA Hazardous Waste Receivers:

No further steps are required.
Relevant columns - # of Recvrs

Exhibit 19 - Quantity of RCRA Hazardous Waste Received:

No further steps are required.
Relevant columns - Received (Tons)

Exhibit 20 - Fifty Largest RCRA Hazardous Waste Receivers in the State:

Step 4 - Click the hyperlink associated with the "Received (Tons)" for the State.
Relevant columns - Site Name, Site ID, City, State, Received (Tons)

Exhibit 21 - Quantity of RCRA Hazardous Waste Managed by Management Method, Limited to Waste Received from Off-Site:

Note: Do NOT perform Steps 1 - 3 above.
Step 1 - Click "Management Methods"
Step 2 - Select a report cycle, Location, and "Waste Received from Off-site" for the Management.
Step 3 - Click "Submit"
Relevant columns - Management Method, # of Mngrs, Managed (Tons)

Exhibit 22 - Management Method by Quantity of RCRA Hazardous Waste Managed, Limited to Waste Received from Off-Site:

Note: Do NOT perform Steps 1 - 3 above.
Step 1 - Click "Management Methods"
Step 2 - Select a report cycle, Location, and "Waste Received from Off-site" for the Management.
Step 3 - Click "Submit"
Step 4 - Click the "Managed (Tons)" column heading twice (once to sort in ascending order and once to sort in descending order)
Relevant columns - Management Method, # of Mngrs, Managed (Tons)

Exhibit 23 - Management Method and Quantity of RCRA Hazardous Waste Managed by Number of Facilities, Limited to Waste Received from Off-Site:

Note: Do NOT perform Steps 1 - 3 above.
Step 1 - Click "Management Methods"
Step 2 - Select a report cycle, Location, and "Waste Received from Off-site" for the Management.
Step 3 - Click "Submit"
Step 4 - Click the "# of Mngrs" column heading twice (once to sort in ascending order and once to sort in descending order)
Relevant columns - Management Method, # of Mngrs, Managed (Tons)

Exhibit 24 - Quantity of RCRA Hazardous Waste Interstate Shipments:

Note: Do NOT perform Steps 1 - 3 above.
Step 1 - Click "Interstate Shipments and Receipts"
Step 2 - Select a report cycle and Location.
Step 3 - Click "Submit"
Relevant columns - Interstate Shipments (Tons)

Exhibit 25 - Quantity of RCRA Hazardous Waste Interstate Receipts:

Note: Do NOT perform Steps 1 - 3 above.
Step 1 - Click "Interstate Shipments and Receipts"
Step 2 - Select a report cycle and Location.
Step 3 - Click "Submit"
Relevant columns - Interstate Receipts (Tons)

Exhibit 26 - Interstate Shipment / Receipts (as reported by the State)

The State to which this State shipped the largest quantity of waste was:
Note: Do NOT perform Steps 1 - 3 above.
Step 1 - Click "Interstate Shipments and Receipts"
Step 2 - Select a report cycle and Location
Step 3 - Click "Submit"
Step 4 - Click the hyperlink associated with the "Interstate Shipments (Tons)" for the State.
Relevant columns - Location Name, Interstate Shipments (Tons)

The State that shipped the largest quantity of waste to this State was:
Note: Do NOT perform Steps 1 - 3 above.
Step 1 - Click "Interstate Shipments and Receipts"
Step 2 - Select a report cycle and Location
Step 3 - Click "Submit"
Step 4 - Click the hyperlink associated with the "Interstate Receipts (Tons)" for the State.
Relevant columns - Location Name, Interstate Receipts (Tons)


Step 1 - Click "Biennial Report Summary"
Step 2 - Select a report cycle, and verify that "National" is selected for the Location
Step 3 - Click "Submit"
Step 4 - Click the State Name of interest.
Relevant columns - Site ID, Site Name, City, State, Generated (Tons), Managed (Tons)

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