Community right-to-know

The Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) holds generators and disposers of hazardous waste liable for past practices, and established the Superfund of 1.6 billion to pay for cleanup operations at abandoned hazardous waste sites. It also mandated that the public be informed of these sites and the known hazards. Community right-to-know and CAER programs work with CERCLA to protect the community. [Pg.338]

The following employ the community right-to-know principle [Pg.338]

Emergency planning and community right-to-know programs Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) [Pg.338]

The goal of all these laws and programs is, very simply, to protect citizens. [Pg.338]

Industry believes that reducing and recycling wastes at their source are the first priority of responsible waste management. Industry has put in place environmental management systems [Pg.338]

Environmental Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)... [Pg.80]

Poly(vinyl chloride) is Hsted on the TSCA inventory and the Canadian Domestic Substances List (DSL) as ethene, chloro-, homopolymer [9002-86-2]. Because polymers do not appear on the European Community Commercial Chemical Substances listing or EINECS, poly(vinyl chloride) is listed through its monomer, vinyl chloride [75-01-4]. In the United States, poly(vinyl chloride) is an EPA hazardous air pollutant under the Clean Air Act Section 112 (40 CER 61) and is covered under the New Jersey Community Right-to-Know Survey N.J. Environmental Hazardous Substances (EHS) List as "chloroethylene, polymer" with a reporting threshold of 225 kg (500 lb). [Pg.508]

Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA) The U.S. Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA) also known as the Community Right-To-Know Act or SARA, Title III provides for the collection and public release of information about the presence and release of hazardous or toxic chemicals in the nation s communities. The law requires... [Pg.528]

Submission of EPA Form R. the Toxic Chemical Release Inventory Reporting Form, Is required by section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community RIght-to-Know Act (Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthoiizatlon Act of 1986), Public Law 99-499. The Information contained in Form R constitutes a report, and the submission of a report to the appropriate authorities constitutes reporting. ... [Pg.20]

Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Information Hotline U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 401 M Street. S.W. (OS-120)... [Pg.22]

Note Chemicals may be added to or deleted from the list. The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Information Hotline, (800) 535-0202 or (202) 479-2449 in Washington, D.C. or Alaska, will provide up-to-date information on the status of those changes. See page 11 of the instructions for more information on the do minimis values listed below.]... [Pg.59]

The purpose of this letter Is to inform you that a product that we sell to you. Furniture Lacquer KX2-1390, contains 20 percent toluene (Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) number 108-88-3). We are required to notify you of the presence of toluene in the product under section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986. This law requires certain manufacturers to report on annual emissions of specified toxic chemicals and chemical categories. [Pg.96]

If you are unsure if you are subject to the reporting requirements of Section 313, or need more information, call the EPA Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Information Hotline (800) 535-0202 or (202) 479-2449 (in Washington D.C. or Alaska). Your other suppliers should also be notifying you if section 313 chemicals are In the mixtures and trade name products they sell to you. [Pg.96]

This product contains the foiiowing toxic chemicais subject to the reporting requirements of section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community RIght-To-Know Act of 1986 (40 CFR 372) ... [Pg.97]

SECTION IV. EMPLOYER S GUIDE TO COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW REPORTING... [Pg.191]

There are three categories of substances which must be reported on the Community Right to Know Survey ... [Pg.191]

Employer s Guide to Community Right-to-Know Reporting 193... [Pg.193]

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