Environmental Protection Agency toxic release

DC Office of Information Analysis and Access, Offices of Environmental Information, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Toxic Release Inventory. HttD //www.eDa.gov/triexpIorer/. April 27, 2001. 

US Environmental Protection Agency - Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program (EPA). Online. Available HTTP (accessed 1 April 2003). 

Surface water discharges of di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate from 298 industrial facilities in 1994 in the United States amounted to 264 kg, as reported in the Environmental Protection Agency Toxics Release Inventory (Environmental Protection Agency, 1999d). 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory 2006 Public Data Release, (TRI), available at http //www.epa.gov/tri/tridata/tri06/index.htm... 

US EPA (2002a) United States Environmental Protection Agency Toxics Release Inventory Program (http //www.epa.gov/triexplorer/). 

USEPA (1999) United States Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory. Washington DC, USA, Doc. 745-R-00-007 and National Primary Drinking Water Standards, USEPA Office ofWater, Washington, DC, USA, Doc. 810-F, pp. 94-001. 

All four butanols are registered ia the United States on the Environmental Protection Agency Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Inventory, a prerequisite for the manufacture or importation for commercial sale of any chemical substance or mixture ia quantities greater than a 1000 pounds (454 kg). Additionally, the manufacture and distribution of the butanols ia the United States are regulated under the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA), Section 313, which requires that anyone handling at least 10,000 pounds (4545 kg) a year of a chemical substance report to both the EPA and the state any release of that substance to the environment. 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency TOXIC CHEMICAL RELEASE INVENTORY REPORTING FORM Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986. also known as Title III of the Suoerfuhd Amehdments ahd Reauthorization Act ... 

Toxicity and exposure studies indicate PFOA is immunosuppressive and can cause developmental problems and other adverse effects in laboratory animals, such as rodents [Lau et al (2004), Lau et al (2006)]. In 2005 the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a draft risk assessment of its potential human health effects [U S. EPA (2005)]. A subsequent review by the EPA science advisory board concluded that there is sufficient evidence to classify PFOA as likely human carcinogenic. 

Although pyridine releases to land from industrial sources in the United States totalled an estimated 510 kg in 1988 as reported in the Toxics Release Inventory (Environmental Protection Agency, 1996c), release of only 2 kg to land was reported in 1997 (Environmental Protection Agency, 1999). 

According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency Toxic Chemical Release Inventory, industrial releases of butadiene to the atmosphere from manufacturing... 

EPA. 1987h. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Toxic chemical release reporting Community right-to-know. Specific toxic chemical listings, chemicals and chemical categories to which this part applies. Code of Federal Regulations. 40 CFR 372.65. 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2009 [Released December 2009]. U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory Reporting Year 2008 National Analyses. Summary of key findings. Lead and Lead Compounds, pp. 17—19. www.epa.gov/tri (accessed 24.10.10). 

Chlor—alkah production is the largest iadustrial source of mercury release ia the United States (see Alkali and chlorine products). For the 1991 reporting year, chlor—alkah faciUties accounted for almost 20% of the faciUties that reported releases of mercury to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for inclusion onto the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) (25). 

Toxics Release Inventory Public Data Release, EPA-745-R-93-003, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., 1993. 

The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) was enacted in 1976 to identify and control toxic chemical ha2ards to human health and the environment. One of the main provisions of TSCA was to estabUsh and maintain an inventory of all chemicals in commerce in the United States for the purpose of regulating any of the chemicals that might pose an unreasonable risk to human health or the environment. An initial inventory of chemicals was estabhshed by requiring companies to report to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) all substances that were imported, manufactured, processed, distributed, or disposed of in the United States. Over 50,000 chemical substances were reported. PoUowing this initial inventory, introduction of all new chemical substances requires a Premanufacturing Notification (PMN) process. To be included in the PMN are the identity of the new chemical, the estimated first year and maximum production volume, manufacture and process information, a description of proposed use, potential release to the environment, possible human exposure to the new substance, and any health or environmental test data available at the time of submission. In the 10 years that TSCA has been in effect, the USEPA has received over 10,000 PMNs and up to 10% of the submissions each year are for dyes (382)... 

For the environmental engineer, this handbook provides extensive technical data on toxic chemical properties and detailed instructional aid on how to properly prepare toxic chemical release inventory reporting. The volume contains numerous examples on preparing SARA Title III chemical release reports and provides a compendium of State and Regional contacts within the Environmental Protection Agency. 

Environmental Protection Agency regulations related to air, water, solid waste, and land contamination with toxic substances that a plant might emit/release into immediate plant area, or discharge as waste into public streams, or inject into underground aquafiers, or dump or store [29, 30, 31]. 

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