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  	<title><![CDATA[EPA Releases Preliminary Data Set From 2011 TRI Reports]]></title> 
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	The EPA released its preliminary data set for 2011 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) reports July 30, making the information available less than a month after the reports were due. The preliminary TRI...]]></description>
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  	<title><![CDATA[2010 TRI National Analysis Shows 16 Percent Increase in Reported Releases]]></title> 
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	Manufacturers released nearly 4 billion pounds of toxic chemicals into the environment in 2010, a 16 percent increase over the previous year, according to the EPA&rsquo;s Toxics Release Inventory...]]></description>
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  	<title><![CDATA[EPA Drops Stay on Hydrogen Sulfide, Added to TRI Requirements for 2012]]></title> 
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	The EPA&rsquo;s long-standing policy toward a toxic gas evaporated recently when the agency decided to begin enforcing reporting requirements for hydrogen sulfide. The decision, which was announced...]]></description>
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  	<title><![CDATA[EPA Temporarily Suspends IUR Requirements Due to Lack of Final Rule]]></title> 
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	Manufacturers left in the lurch by the EPA&rsquo;s lack of follow-through on proposed changes to the Inventory Update Reporting (IUR) program have been granted a short reprieve.

	In a Federal...]]></description>
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  	<title><![CDATA[Unisea To Pay $975,000 for Alleged EPCRA Violations, Company Official Gets Jail Time]]></title> 
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	A seafood manufacturer agreed to pay nearly $1 million to settle claims it violated the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) and a related action led to one of the...]]></description>
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  	<title><![CDATA[FY 2012 Proposed Budget Calls for $1.5 Million in New Spending on TRI/Right-to-Know]]></title> 
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	The EPA&rsquo;s fiscal year 2010 budget proposal&nbsp;includes a $1.5 million spending boost for the agency&rsquo;s Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) program and right-to-know outreach...]]></description>
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  	<title><![CDATA[Oversight Committee Report Faults EPA for Job Losses, Cites EPCRA and TRI]]></title> 
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	A powerful House committee recently released a report blasting the EPA for implementing &ldquo;job killing&rdquo; regulations, including those stemming from the Emergency Planning and Community...]]></description>
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  	<title><![CDATA[Guidance From EU Provides Instructions for Authorization Requests Under REACH]]></title> 
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	A new guidance out of Europe provides a pathway toward exempting certain substances from the European Union&rsquo;s strict controls on toxic chemicals. The document &mdash; &ldquo;Guidance on the...]]></description>
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  	<title><![CDATA[EPA Releases TRI Analysis Results for 2009]]></title> 
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	The EPA released its long-awaited 2009 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) National Analysis Dec. 16, a broad overview of chemical release data from more than 20,000 manufacturers across the country....]]></description>
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  	<title><![CDATA[EPA Extends Deadline for SPCC Plans for Certain Facilities; USDA Offers Help]]></title> 
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	The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending the spill prevention, control and countermeasure (SPCC) compliance date by one year for certain facilities. Certain facilities would have...]]></description>
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