ENFORCEMENT DISCRETION IN TOXICS REPORTING CASE SPARKS PROTEST

May 19, 2000
A decision by EPA headquarters late last month to pursue enforcement actions against hundreds of companies for allegedly violating reporting requirements under the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) has sparked a firestorm of protest in the regulated community. In response to pressure from outside groups, including the Small Business Administration, the agency this week approved the use of more lenient settlement terms for a limited set of small businesses. Industry officials say they were not aware of this particular reporting requirement...


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