EPA Wants To Ease Toxic Spill Reporting

[Tafiti]

WASHINGTON - The government wants to quit forcing companies to report small releases of toxic pollutants and allow them to submit reports on their pollution less frequently.

Saying it wants to ease its regulatory burden on companies, the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday proposed adopting a "short form" that would excuse companies from disclosing spills and other releases of toxic substances if:

_They claim to release fewer than 5,000 pounds of a specific chemical. The current limit is 500 pounds.

_They store onsite but claim to release "zero" amounts of the worst pollutants, such as mercury, DDT and PCBs, that persist in the environment and work up the food chain. However, they must report if they have stored dioxin or dioxin-like compounds, even if none is released.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050921/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/toxic_pollutants

[Zuni]

1. that is fucking obscene

[whistle]

2. Why not just eliminate all toxic spill reporting and let dead carcasses

...be the early warning system......:sarcasm: :wtf:

[BrklynLiberal]

3. Right. Human canaries.