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EPA Proposes Adding 16 Chemicals to 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 announced that it is proposing to add 16 chemicals to the TRI list of reportable chemicals, including furan, glycidol, isoprene, and vinyl fluoride. EPA believes these 16 chemicals are reasonably anticipated to be human carcinogens, as informed by the National Toxicology Program’s Report on Carcinogens. This proposal is the first TRI program chemical expansion in over a decade. EPA estimates that 175 facilities will be affected by this proposed rule.
EPA has published a notice of the proposal in the Federal Register, and is accepting comments on this expansion for the next 60 days. For more information on this proposed rule, see: http://www.epa.gov/tri/lawsandregs/ntp_chemicals/index.html.
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