[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 83 (Monday, May 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21190-21191]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-10620]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPPTS-400093; FRL-4952-6]
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know; Notice of Public
Meeting
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: EPA will hold a one-half day public meeting to discuss the
options the Agency is considering for expanding the industries covered
under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)
section 313 reporting requirements. In connection with this meeting,
the Agency has prepared an issues paper that will be available at no
charge from the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know
Information Hotline at the address or telephone number given under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
DATES: The meeting will take place on May 25, 1995, at 9 a.m. and
adjourn by 12 noon.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the: Environmental Protection
Agency, Auditorium, Education Center, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC
20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim Crawford, Toxic Release Inventory
Branch at (202) 260-1715, or the Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Information Hotline, Environmental Protection Agency,
Mail Stop 5101, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460, Toll Free: 1-800-
535-0202, Washington, DC and Alaska (703) 920-9877, Attention: TRI
Facility Expansion.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1986, Congress enacted the Emergency
Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA). Section 313 of
[[Page 21191]] EPCRA requires certain businesses to submit reports each
year on the amounts of toxic chemicals their facilities release into
the environment or otherwise manage. The purpose of this requirement is
to inform the public and government officials about chemical management
practices of specified toxic chemicals.
The current reporting requirements apply to facilities in the
manufacturing sector (Standard Industrial Classification codes 20-39),
that have 10 or more full-time employees, and that manufacture,
process, or otherwise use one or more chemicals on the section 313 list
of toxic chemicals above certain reporting thresholds.
EPA has been in the process of evaluating several industries for
potential addition under EPCRA section 313. EPA has developed an issues
paper that presents background information on this effort, EPA's
analytical approach, preliminary findings that indicate which
industries may be potential candidates for addition, and several issues
that will affect how these facilities might be affected if they were to
be covered under EPCRA section 313. Copies of this issues paper will be
available on or before May 1, 1995, from the address or telephone
number cited under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Oral statements
will be scheduled on a first-come first-serve basis by calling the
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Hotline at the number
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. All statements will be
made part of the public record and will be considered in the
development of any proposed rule amendment.
Dated: April 21, 1995.
Susan B. Hazen,
Acting Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.
[FR Doc. 95-10620 Filed 4-28-95; 8:45 am]
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