toxic chemical News
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EPA air monitoring near Olean, N.Y. School finds no toxic chemicals from plastics facility
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) monitored the air outside an Olean, New York middle school for three months to determine if a chemical used in plastics manufacturing at a nearby plant was reaching the outdoor air. The Agency did not find the toxic chemical in the air. The air monitoring at the school was part of a national monitoring program to help EPA and state environmental ...
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EPA Issues Annual Report on Chemicals Released Into Land, Air and Water in the U.S. Virgin Islands
The annual U.S. Environmental Protection Agency report on the amount of toxic chemicals released to the land, air and water by industrial facilities in 2011 showed an increase for releases in the U.S. Virgin Islands over the past reporting year. The Toxics Release Inventory report issued today by the EPA covered four facilities in the U.S. Virgin Islands that are required to report their ...
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Chemical Distribution Maintains Lowest Average Emissions Per Facility According to Recently Released Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released its national analysis of the 2011 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI). According to the data, the chemical distribution industry had the lowest average emissions per facility of any reporting industry, with an average of 2978 pounds per facility. When narrowed to only NACD members, the average release per facility was 2725 pounds, which is ...
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The Acta Group, L.L.C. -- recent federal developments
2011 Predictions For EPA's Office Of Chemical Safety And Pollution Prevention: The Acta Group, L.L.C.'s (Acta) thoughts on what may be headed our way in 2011 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) are provided in a memorandum available online. In short, the general trends established by the Obama Administration during the ...
By Acta Group
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The Acta Group, L.L.C. -- recent federal developments
TSCA/FIFRA/NTP/EPCRA EPA Denies TSCA Section 21 Petition On Lead In Ammunition And Fishing Sinkers: On September 24, 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its decision to deny a petition submitted under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 21 requesting that EPA prohibit under TSCA Section 6(a) the manufacture, processing, and distribution in commerce of (1) ...
By Acta Group
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Recent federal developments
TSCA/FIFRA/NTP/EPCRA The following item is of major importance to many of our clients and friends. We will issue a more detailed analysis of the legislation early next week. Lautenberg Introduces Safe Chemicals Act Of 2011: On April 14, 2011, Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) introduced the Safe Chemicals Act of 2011, which is intended to modernize the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to ...
By Acta Group
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