EPA Proposes Reductions in Toxics Reporting

This analysis of the proposed changes to the reporting rules governing the United States Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) quantifies some of the impacts of the changes on the national, state and local level. EPA has proposed to reduce the burden of TRI reporting by letting industries report their pollution every other year instead of annually; allow thousands of facilities to withhold details about pollution releases, volumes and treatment; and reduce information collected on persistent bio-accumulative toxins (PBTs). See also the EPA TRI web site: http://www.epa.gov/tri/tridata/modrule/phase2/index.htm%20(Original source: http://www.crtk.org/detail.cfm?docID=780&cat=industrial%20toxics)