POSSIBLE EPA REMOVAL OF VOC FROM TRI MAY TRIGGER SLEW OF EXEMPTIONS

EPA officials may voluntarily exempt at least one widely used chemical from requirements for industry reporting of chemical-use volumes in what may lead to a host of future exemptions after a federal appeals court rejected EPA arguments that a related compound is "indirectly toxic." EPA air officials say they have not received an industry petition to remove the cleaning agent ethylene glycol butyl ether (EGBE) from Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) reporting rules but may exempt it because of the precedent...