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Includes data for Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas Joe Hubbard or Jennah Durant at 214-665-2200 or r6press@epa.gov DALLAS (Jan. 13, 2021) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently released its 2019 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) National Analysis, which shows that releases of TRI chemicals to air in Ark., La., N.M., Okla. and Texas decreased by 5.4 million pounds from 2018 to 2019, driven by reductions in the chemical manufacturing, electric utilities and petroleum product manufacturing sectors. Total releases decreased by 25.9 million pounds or si...

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its 2019 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) National Analysis, which shows that EPA and companies that manage chemicals continue to make progress in preventing pollution. The report shows that between 2018 and 2019 total releases of TRI chemicals decreased by 9%. In the Pacific Southwest, which includes California, Nevada, Arizona, Hawai’i and the outer Pacific Island territories, the metal mining sector accounted for 78% of the TRI-reported chemical releases for 2019. After metal mining, the primary metals (including smelting), hazardous wa...

3745-100-15         Alternate threshold certification and instruction 3745-100-16         Lower thresholds for chemicals of special concern 3745-100-17         SIC and NAICS codes to which this chapter applies The Director’s order of adoption was issued on December 2, 2020. The rules became effective Saturday December 12, 2020. The amended rule language can be found on here.  The Director’s action in this matter is pursuant to the procedural requirements of OAC Chapter 119 and is based upon the record of the public hearing conducted by OEPA on September 28, 2020. No...

Wednesday, December 16, 2020 EPA recently released its Fall 2020 Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (regulatory agenda), which includes several important updates to planned actions under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) (15 U.S.C. § 2601  et seq.), concerning section 5 pre-manufacture notification (PMN) content and review procedures, section 6 risk evaluation and management for existing chemicals, CBI claim procedures, risk evaluation fees, and chemical data collection. While the Biden administration may significantly chang...