RTK NET is back up

RTK NET, the Right-To-Know Network is back up (sort of) at rtk.net or rtknet.org. By "sort of" I mean that it currently is up in the form of a page of backend links that I wrote in 2 minutes in vi. But those links do work and provide the previous RTK NET search capability, and the Houston Chronicle (which has taken over RTK NET) is working on putting a front end in place.

RTK NET provides public access to U.S. toxic release / chemical accident / hazardous waste data, including TRI (Toxic Release Inventory), NRC (National Response Center), BRS (RCRAINFO Biennial data), the rest of RCRAINFO (i.e. hazardous waste permits), and RMP (Risk Management Plan) data. Other than the RCRAINFO hazardous waste permits data, the databases are fairly up to date with last update dates as follows:

• TRI: 10/08/2015
• BRS: 10/27/2015
• NRC: 01/05/2016
• RMP: 12/30/2015
• RCRAINFO: 05/19/2013

RTK NET is the only online searchable source that I know of for NRC and RMP data (both chemical accident databases) and its interface to TRI and BRS has some advantages that other sites don't have. I've worked on the project since 1991 and I'm glad that it's going back up.