EPA EYES OPTIONS FOR CONTENTIOUS BIENNIAL REPORTING RULE UNDER TRI

EPA is considering options for structuring its recently announced proposal to allow biennial reporting of chemical releases under the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), including a proposal to limit the reporting relief to certain industries or certain chemicals, according to environmentalists and other sources tracking the issue. While EPA indicated its intent to reduce the currently required annual reports to biennial reports, it cannot propose a rule to that effect until one year after its September notification to Congress that it...