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Toxics Release Inventory Definition of Otherwise Use (PDF)(7 pp, 225 KB, February 2020)
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Definition of Otherwise Use (Effective Reporting Year 1998) (View Document)

Section 1: Interpretation of Otherwise Use Prior to 1998

Section 2: Current Interpretation of Otherwise Use (Since 1998)

Section 3: Examples of the Revised Interpretation of Otherwise Use

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