Hi all,

I heard from one of our other Merix environmental engineers that the   
deadline for submitting 313 reports has been extended to August 1, 1997.   
 This information was gained at an EPCRA training class given today, May   
22.  By the way, has anyone received their information packets and   
computer disks for the reports yet?

Also, attached below is an OPPT Newsbreak about the TRI statistics from   
1996.

John Sharp
Merix Corp., Forest Grove, OR
503-992-4351   Telephone
503-359-1040   FAX
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          OPPT NEWSBREAK           Wednesday, 21 May 1997
          Today's "Toxic News for the Net" brought to you by the OPPT
          Library
                       http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/oppt_nb.txt
            

                                        NEWS
             

          "EPA Says Release of Toxic Chemicals Fell 46% Since 1988."   
 Wall
          Street Journal, 21 May 97, A16.
               EPA announced yesterday that toxic chemicals released into   

               the environment in the United States have declined by 46%,   

               or 1.3 billion pounds, since 1988.  The 1995 data show   
that
               air and water pollution and dumping on land has declined,
               but there was an increase of 19.5% in pollutants injected
               into underground wells.  The top three released chemicals
               were methanol, ammonia, and toluene; Texas ranked first in   

               toxic releases with 283 million pounds and Louisiana   
ranked
               second with 172 million pounds; the chemical industry
               reported releases of 787 million pounds, the   
primary-metals
               industry reported 331 million pounds, and paper industries   

               reported 233 million pounds.  The data included 286 new
               chemicals, with nitrate compounds registering the highest
               levels of release among those chemicals.  "EPA   
Administrator
               Carol M. Browner said the results show that the Right to
               Know Act, passed in 1986, is one of the `most effective,
               common-sense' environmental laws."
             

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