CAPITULO IV: RESULTADOS Y DISCUSION
4.3 Discusión de los resultados
Pollution prevention/source reduction Citizen empowerment Collective bargaining Litigation Public Relations Emergency planning Change state policy
Change federal policy
Other
Lims: based on calcs/not monitoring
non-compliance
not peak, freq, or rate other sources ignored limited # of facilities no exposure determined
ranges too broad
not reported to state & EPA trade secrets
interpretation difficult
access difficult
limited # of substances ' ^
reporting errors
some shipped materials exempt
recycling loophole
no external verification thresholds set too high
cumulative/synergistic effects not considered waste minimization is optional
info from NLM incomplete .
health/envl effects excluded
on-site treatment volumes excluded
Rec's:Broad Policy:
TUR/waste/release red
Right-to-Act/Gitzn invlv Air toxics legislation
Water quality legisl
Enforcement
Funding
313 Targeted:
Distinguish rate
Require calculations of estimate Require waste minimization info
Expand chemical list
Expand to smaller sources Lower thresholds
Add ecological data
Include health data
Req hazard analysis by industry
Suggested Uses:
Compare facilities
Comp info w/ health data Use for planning and zoning
ID synergistic effects ID hotspots
To EPA:
Link to permit applications Improve user-friendliness
Prvide training for evaluating data Add mass balance/throughput
Provide computer analysis Require reporting to LEPCs
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APPENDIX E:
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF REPORTS
USING THE TOXIC RELEASE INVENTORY DATA (1987-1990)
STATE AGENCIES
Arkansas Department of Labor, 1989 Arkansas Toxics Release
Inventory, Little Rock, AK, 31 pp.
California Environmental Affairs Agency - Office of
Hazardous Materials Data Management, 1988 SARA 313 Chemical Releases, Sacremento, CA, 20 pp. plus appendix.
Connecticut State Emergency Response Commission, 12/89, SARA Title III status Report - Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know in Connecticut, Hartford, CN, 20 pp. plus
appendix.
Georgia Department of Natural Resources - Environmental Protection Division, 2/90, Toxic Release Inventory Report,
1988, Atlanta, GA, unnumbered.
Kansas Department of Health and Environment - Bureau of Environmental Health Services, 4/90, Right-to-Know Program Status Report, Topeka, Kansas, 6 pp. plus appendix.
Kentucky Department for Environmental Conservation, 11/88, Toxic Chemicals in Kentucky's Environment; Releases
reported under SARA, Title III, Section 313, Frankfort,
Kentucky (unnumbered).
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, 4/90,
Louisiana Toxics Release Inventory 1988, Baton Rouge, LA, 24
pp. plus appendix.
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, 12/90,
Louisiana Toxics Release Inventory 1989, Baton Rouge, LA, 40
PP-
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, 4/90, A
Review of Selected Facilities in Louisiana - Based on
Information in the 1988 Toxics Release Inventory Report,
Baton Rouge, LA, unnumbered.
Michigan Department of Natural Resources - SARA Title III Office, 6/90, Toxic Chemical Release Inventory Summary Report for Michigan 1988 Data, 60 pp.
Minnesota Department of Public Safety - Emergency Response Commission, 11/89, 1988 Toxic Chemical Release Inventory; A preliminary summary of toxic chemical report forms for
calendar year 1988, Minneapolis, MN, 117 pp. plus appendix. Minnesota Department of Public Safety - Emergency Response
Commission, 9/90, 1989 Toxic Chemical Release Inventory: A preliminary summary of toxic report forms for calendar year 1989, Minneapolis, MN, 129 pp.
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, 3/90, Air Toxics Source Review Guide, Minneapolis, MN, 7 pp. plus appendix.
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Division of Environmental Quality, 3/89, The Community Right to Know Annual Report, Trenton, NJ, 61 pp.
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Division of Environmental Quality, 9/90, The Community Right to Know Annual Report, Trenton, NJ, 60 pp.
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, 4/89, Mew York State 1987 Toxic Release Inventory (TRI)
Review, Albany, NY, 36 pp.
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, 12/89, Mew York State 1988 Toxic Release Inventory (TRI)
Review, Albany, NY, 34 pp.
Oregon Office of State Fire Marshall, 1987, List of
Companies and Chemicals and Amount Released, Salem, OR, 16
pp.
Oregon Office of State Fire Marshall, 1988, List of Companies and Chemicals and Amount Released, Salem, OR,
unnumbered.
South Dakota Department of Water and Natural Resources, 10/90, <computer printout of TRI information>, Pierre, SD,
unnumbered.
Utah Department of Health - Division of Environmental Health, 3/90, Utah Toxic Release Inventory Sixmmary Report for Calendar Year 1988, Salt Lake City, UT, 44 pp.
Utah Department of Health - Division of Environmental
Health, 3/88, 1987 Section 313 "Toxic" Chemical emission
report (draft), Salt Lake City, UT, unnumbered.
Virginia Emergency Response Council, 1/90, SARA Title III
Section 313 Report (incl. separate Appendix), Richmond, VA,
CITIZEN and PUBLIC INTEREST GROUPS
American Lung Association of New York State/New York
Environmental Institute, Inc., 7/89, Air Toxics in NY State - A Citizen's Guide to the Right-To-Know Law & Air Toxic
Data, NY, NY, 20 pp. plus appendix.
Bound Brook Citizens Association, 3/90, Toxic Chemical
Releases from American Cyanzunid - A Revised Look, Bound
Brook, NJ, 4 pp.
California Public Interest Research Group, Toxic Hazards in LA County, 4/89, Los Angeles, CA, 16 pp. plus appendix.
California Public Interest Research Group, 7/89, Industrial Toxic Pollution in California - An Industry by Industry
Analysis of Chemical Releases and Opportunities for Toxics
use Reduction, Los Angeles, CA, 24 pp.
Citizen Action, 6/89, Ohio Manufacturers' Toxic Chemical
Releases, 1987, Columbus, OH, 17 pp. plus appendix.
Citizens for a Better Environment, 2/89, Richmond at Risk: Community Demographics and Toxic Hazards for Industrial Polluters (Summary), San Francisco, CA, 35 pp.
Citizens for a Better Environment/Chicago Lung Association, 2/89, Toxic Air Pollution in Illinois - An Analysis of 1987 Toxic Release Inventory Reports, Chicago, IL, 29 pp. plus
appendix.
Citizens for a Better Environment, 4/89, A Fragile Shield Above the Golden state: California's Contribution to the Chemical Destruction of Earth's Protective Ozone Layer, San
Francisco, CA, 34 pp.
Citizens Fund, 5/90, Manufacturing Pollution: A Survey of the Nation's Toxic Polluters, Washington, DC, 32 pp.
Citizens Fund, 6/90, Poisons in Our Neighborhoods: Toxic Pollution in the us, Washington, DC, 18 pp. plus appendix.
Citizens Fund/Citizens Action, 6/90, Poisons in Our
Neighborhoods - Toxic Pollution in Colorado, Washington,
DC/Denver, CO, 16 pp. plus appendix.
Clean Water Action/Clean Water Fund, 6/89, The Houston Ship Channel and Galveston Bay: Texas Water Commission and EPA Turn Their Backs, Washington, DC, 31 pp.
Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund/Public Interest Research Group in Michigan/PIRG Toxic Action/Ecology Center of Ann Arbor, 7/89, Danger: To the Ozone Layer in Hichigan,
Ann Arbor, MI, 10 pp.
Clean Water Action/Clean Water Fund, 5/90, Toxic Oversight - How Millions of Founds of Toxic Chemicals are being Dtunped
into the Houston Ship Channel and Galveston Bay Through Loopholes in the Permitting Process, Washington, DC,
unnumbered.
Clean Water Action/Clean Water Fund, 9/90, Mercury Rising: Government Ignores the Threat of Mercury from Municipal Waste Incinerators, Washington, DC, 33 pp. plus appendix.
Community Environmental Health Center at Hunter College, 1989, Hazardous Neighbors? Living Next Door to Industry in Greenpoint-Williamsburg, New York, NY, 167 pp.
Consumer Policy Institute - Consumers Union, 5/90, Toxic Air Pollution From New York City Industry, Mt. Vernon, NY, 32
PP-
Delaware Valley Toxics Coalition, 1989, Toxic Chemical Release Inventory Report, Philadelphia, PA, 10 pp. plus
appendix.
Downriver Citizens for a Safe Environment (John Nazarewski), 9/90, Chemical Exposure Downriver, Progress and Problems,
Wyandotte, MI, 75 pp.
Environmental Action Foundation, 11/90, The Toxic Trail - A Citizen's Guide to Reducing Toxic Pollution in Southwestern Virginia, Washington, DC, 24 pp. plus appendix.
Environmental Health Watch, It's Legal But Is It Right? The Toxic Release Inventory of Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, OH,
unnumbered.
Environmental Law Institute, 6/90, New Jersey Citizens' Right to Know Workshop (workshop manual), Washington, DC,
unnumbered.
Greenpeace, 1988, Down the Drain: Toxic Waste in Chicago's
Sewer System, Chicago, IL, 29 pp.
Greenpeace, 9/88, Greenpeace Mississippi River Reports
Number 3 - Ecology Impact Assessment: Monsanto Corporation, Chicago, IL, 6 pp. plus appendix.
Greenpeace, 12/89, We All Live Downstreeun - The Mississippi
River and the National Toxics Crisis, Seattle, WA, 120 pp.
Greenpeace, 9/88, Mortality and Toxics Along the Mississippi River, Washington, DC, 62 pp. plus appendix.
Greenpeace USA Toxics Campaign/Environmental Research Foundation, 5/90, A Citizen's Toxic Waste Audit Manual,
Washington, DC, 78 pp.
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc., 10/89, Toxic Tides - Your Right to Know, Poughkeepsie, NY, 49 pp.
Industrial States Policy Center, 2/89, Toxics in Our
Backyard: A report on toxic chemical releases in Franklin County, Columbus, OH, 22 pp. plus appendix.
Industrial States Policy Center, 2/90, Toxics in Our
Backyard: a report on toxic chemical releases in Franklin, Columbus, OH, unnumbered.
Industrial States Policy Center, 11/88, BP America's Toxic Emissions and Health Problems in Lima: Is there a link?,
Columbus, OH, 9 pp. plus appendix.
Industrial States Policy Center, 9/87, Toxics Unleashed: A report on toxic chemical releases in Montgomery County,
Columbus, OH, 21 pp. plus appendix.
Industrial States Policy Center, 4/89, Toxics Unleashed: A report on toxic chemical releases in Lucas County, Columbus,
OH, 22 pp. plus appendix.
Industrial States Policy Center, 5/89, Toxic Chemical
Releases in Summit County, 1987, Columbus, OH, 23 pp. plus
appendix.
Industrial States Policy Center, 11/88, Toxic Chemical Emissions at the General Motors Lordstown Complex [memo to Staughton Lynd, Esq.], Columbus, OH, 6 pp. plus appendix.
INFORM, 1990, A Special Report: Toxics In Our Air, New
York, NY, 6 pp.
INFORM, 1990, Trading Toxics Across state Lines, New York,
NY, 7 pp. plus appendix.
Kentucky Resources Council, 9/88, Waking a Sleeping Giant:
A Citizen's Guide to Toxic Chemical Releases Reported Under
Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-
to-Know Act, Frankfort, KY, 44 pp.