Despite Calls To Broaden TRI, EPA Seen Limiting Novel Expansion To EtO

Despite environmentalists’ calls for EPA to expand chemical use reporting mandates under a host of statutes, observers say its first-time invocation of “discretionary” authority to add facilities to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) appears narrowly tailored to 31 sites that emit ethylene oxide (EtO), though officials could lodge new requests in the future. Industry attorneys say EPA’s Nov. 15 proposed information collection request (ICR) , though novel, includes supporting details indicating no plans to apply that never-before-used authority beyond 31...