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Public Meetings on Reassessment of PCB Use Authorizations
EPA issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking related to potential reassessment of PCB use authorization under the Toxic Substance Control Act. Public comments are due on July 6; EPA will also be holding public meetings. Learn more here…
EPA Proposes Adding 16 Chemicals to the TRI Chemical List
On April 6, 2010, EPA took another important step toward providing communities with additional information about toxic chemicals being released to the environment.
EPA is Providing Communities with Additional Information about the Release of Hydrogen Sulfide into the Environment
The Agency is announcing that it is considering lifting the 1994 Administrative Stay of the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) reporting requirements for hydrogen sulfide. EPA is now presenting its rationale for why the Stay should be lifted, based on an updated evaluation that includes new information on human health and environmental effects of hydrogen sulfide. Learn more here...
RSEI...it's only as good as the TRI data
EPA encourages the use of RSEI to help communities identify areas for further investigation. However, it's vitally important to accomplish this goal with quality TRI data. Facilities are over-reporting their air emissions out of fear of EPA backlash for under-reporting. As a result, models such as RSEI will predict relative risk scores for chemicals, industry, demographics, etc., that are not representative of actual release conditions possibly resulting in erroneous, unnecessary, and costly reaction on behalf of stakeholders.
RESEI Review
I suggest the ECOS website on RTK include Environ's slides on RESEI presented 3/31.