Imminent EPA Reforms May Dramatically Reduce Toxics Reporting

EPA is preparing to unveil reforms to its Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) reporting rules that are expected to dramatically reduce reporting burdens for industry and small businesses in particular, according to EPA, industry and environmentalist sources. EPA's proposed TRI burden reduction regulation would exempt companies whose toxics emissions have not significantly changed from a prior year from reporting actual emissions in alternate years. Instead, it would allow companies to declare that there has been "no significant change" in releases, according...