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Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators (RSEI) Model

RSEI Data Dictionary: Category Data

                                                               Tables in the RSEI Data Dictionary
Facility NAICS Submissions Disaggregated Microdata Census Crosswalks
EPA Program IDs (Reporters) Chemical Releases Aggregated Microdata Population Data
Offsite MCL Elements Block Group Microdata Shapefiles
EPA Program IDs (Off-sites) Media Category Water Microdata  

The Category table describes the codes used in the Elements table to indicate the release pathway.

RSEI Category Table (Spreadsheet)(12 K, December 2020)

RSEI Category Table (Text Format)(2 K, December 2020)

Category Data

Variable Description
ScoreCategory Codes corresponding to the medium into which the chemical is released. Examples of the information include: volatilization from a transfer to a POTW, fugitive air releases, releases to an onsite landfill. 
Category Descriptions of release media and other descriptors corresponding with the score category codes. 
Model A variable that is ‘1’ when that category can be modeled and ‘0’ when it cannot.
InhaleTox A variable that is ‘1’ when the model requires an inhalation toxicity score to model this kind of release and ‘0’ when it does not.