[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 83 (Monday, May 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21190-21191]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-10620]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPPTS-400093; FRL-4952-6]


Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know; Notice of Public 
Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: EPA will hold a one-half day public meeting to discuss the 
options the Agency is considering for expanding the industries covered 
under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) 
section 313 reporting requirements. In connection with this meeting, 
the Agency has prepared an issues paper that will be available at no 
charge from the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know 
Information Hotline at the address or telephone number given under FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

DATES: The meeting will take place on May 25, 1995, at 9 a.m. and 
adjourn by 12 noon.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the: Environmental Protection 
Agency, Auditorium, Education Center, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 
20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim Crawford, Toxic Release Inventory 
Branch at (202) 260-1715, or the Emergency Planning and Community 
Right-to-Know Information Hotline, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Mail Stop 5101, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460, Toll Free: 1-800-
535-0202, Washington, DC and Alaska (703) 920-9877, Attention: TRI 
Facility Expansion.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1986, Congress enacted the Emergency 
Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA). Section 313 of 
[[Page 21191]] EPCRA requires certain businesses to submit reports each 
year on the amounts of toxic chemicals their facilities release into 
the environment or otherwise manage. The purpose of this requirement is 
to inform the public and government officials about chemical management 
practices of specified toxic chemicals.
    The current reporting requirements apply to facilities in the 
manufacturing sector (Standard Industrial Classification codes 20-39), 
that have 10 or more full-time employees, and that manufacture, 
process, or otherwise use one or more chemicals on the section 313 list 
of toxic chemicals above certain reporting thresholds.
    EPA has been in the process of evaluating several industries for 
potential addition under EPCRA section 313. EPA has developed an issues 
paper that presents background information on this effort, EPA's 
analytical approach, preliminary findings that indicate which 
industries may be potential candidates for addition, and several issues 
that will affect how these facilities might be affected if they were to 
be covered under EPCRA section 313. Copies of this issues paper will be 
available on or before May 1, 1995, from the address or telephone 
number cited under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Oral statements 
will be scheduled on a first-come first-serve basis by calling the 
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Hotline at the number 
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. All statements will be 
made part of the public record and will be considered in the 
development of any proposed rule amendment.

    Dated: April 21, 1995.
Susan B. Hazen,
Acting Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.

[FR Doc. 95-10620 Filed 4-28-95; 8:45 am]
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