Toxic chemical releases : survey of state Toxics Release Inventory coordinators (GAO-08-129SP), an e-supplement to GAO-08-128 /

The Environmental Protection and Community Right-to-Know Act requires certain facilities to submit Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) reports to their respective states, which have a created range of TRI programs. In order to learn about states' TRI activities, we conducted a survey of state TRI co...

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Corporate Author:	United States. Government Accountability Office
Format:	Government Document eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2007]
Subjects:	United States. > Environmental Protection Agency > Rules and practice. United States. > Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986. Chemicals > United States > Examinations, questions, etc. Hazardous substances > United States > Examinations, questions, etc. Hazardous wastes > United States > Examinations, questions, etc. Environmental policy > United States > Examinations, questions, etc.
Online Access:	http://www.gao.gov/docsearch/abstract.php?rptno=GAO-08-128 https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS89031 https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS89032

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Summary:	The Environmental Protection and Community Right-to-Know Act requires certain facilities to submit Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) reports to their respective states, which have a created range of TRI programs. In order to learn about states' TRI activities, we conducted a survey of state TRI coordinators in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. This document presents selected results of our survey. A link to the survey was e-mailed to TRI coordinators in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and we obtained a 100 percent response from the recipients. In this e-supplement, we do not include responses from individual states, nor do we include narrative responses that the state coordinators provided. Additionally, this supplement does not contain responses to questions 4 through 7, because many states answered inconsistently and responses could not be presented reliably. A more detailed discussion of our scope and methodology is contained in our report: "Toxic Chemical Releases: EPA Changes Could Reduce Environmental Information Available to Many Communities", GAO-08-128 (Washington, D.C.: November 30, 2007). We administered the survey from January 2007 through March 2007 in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards.
Item Description:	Title from title page (viewed on Dec. 13, 2007). "November 30, 2007"--List of GAO reports. Paper version available from: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, 441 G St., NW, Rm. LM, Washington, D.C. 20548. Report found at GAO-08-128. "GAO-08-129SP." Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 electronic text : HTML file.
Format:	System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Mode of access: World Wide Web from GAO web site. Address as of 05/27/08: http://www.gao.gov/special.pubs/gao-08-129sp/ , http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08128.pdf; current access available via PURL.