PIT recommendations will help. Prepare LabWAM position White Paper to refine objectives. Collaborate with Health Physics and International Isotope Societies. Environmental laws and EPA rules are written for industrial processes. Because laboratories are uniquely different, industrial regulations are often unduly burdensome and inefficient.
Laboratories are a small voice in the rulemaking process.
Meet with EPA to explore national Project XL for labs. A. EPA and states have begun to regulate air emissions from laboratories. B. Laboratory spills create waste and are increasingly disruptive and costly. C. Lessons from recent large EPA fines at universities in Region I and California have not been learned by most other institutions. Academia is less aware of environmental requirements, and autonomous faculty are unaware of their compliance responsibilities.