According to EPA’s website, http://www.epa.gov/tri/indexcont.htm, the recently passed federal 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act will, among many other things, turn back the clock on Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) reporting requirements for FY2008 reports.
The new law will return TRI reporting requirements back to the rules in effect prior to December 22, 2006. These changes affect TRI reports due July 1, 2009.
The primary effect of the change will be that all reports on persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic (PBT) chemicals be submitted on “Form R,” the more detailed form. For all other chemicals the shorter form, “Form A” may be used only if the “annual reporting amount” is 500 pounds or less and that the chemical was manufactured, processed or otherwise used in an amount not exceeding 1 million pounds during the reporting year.
EPA will issue a rule shortly revising the regulatory text in the Code of Federal Regulations to reflect these changes. TRI-ME software and other reporting assistance materials are being revised and will also be available soon.
TRI reports for 2008 are due on July 1, 2009
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Friday, March 27, 2009
by Ivan L. London
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