INDUSTRY CLAIMS TRI BILLS WOULD STRETCH CAL/EPA RESOURCES THIN

Two bills seeking to create a Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) within Cal/EPA are drawing fire from industry groups, who claim establishing a new statewide toxics inventory program would impose staffing constraints and complicate current funding problems within the toxics department. The bills are seen as a significant tool for environmentalists to counter a recent U.S. EPA proposal to reduce TRI reporting, which is seen as a burden by industry. EPA in September proposed to streamline TRI reporting by allowing the...