OK,
I've looked at some of the documentation from the EPA (very scary... snore...
ah, stuff) and was interested to know how you folks were handling this.
Does somebody have "Cliff Notes" for this?
Thanks,
Phil
Nutting
Hey
all ya'll!
This is a topic that was brought up earlier by Dave Fish I
believe, it has to
do with the latest EPA mandate about TRI (Toxic Release
Inventory) of which
lead is a one of the materials listed...
The
cut-off is 100-lbs, which means if you use less than 100-lbs, you are not
required to report anything. Most of us go through 100-lbs. without
thinking
about it, so I guess I'm repeating Daves question; "Has anybody
thought about
this regulation?", how it's going to affect them?...and what
needs to be done
to comply?
According to what I've read so far,
the TRI lead rule lowers the reporting
thresholds for lead and lead
compounds to 100 pounds because lead and lead
compounds are what the EPA
terms as persistent bioaccumulative toxic (PBT)
chemicals. Facilities that
manufacture, process, or otherwise use more than
100 pounds of lead or
lead compounds must submit a TRI Form R. The first
reports under the new
rule must be submitted by July 1, 2002 for the 2001
reporting year.
Is anybody on this fine group looking at this? Just curious...
-Steve Gregory-