EPA proposes to make PFAS categorically ineligible for low volume LVEs and low release and exposure LoREX exemptions. EPA amendment: codify its practice that regards substances as persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic are ineligible for the LVE and LoREX exemptions.
EPA states that it will be undertaking activities related to the Toxics Release Inventory (“TRI”) to:
Advance Environmental Justice
Increase access to environmental information
The TRI is a publicly available database that contains information on toxic chemical releases and other waste management activities reported annually to EPA by certain covered industry groups as well as federal facilities. The TRI was established pursuant to the federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 and was subsequently expanded by the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990. Facilities in certain industries which manufacture, process, or use significant amounts of toxic chemicals, are required to report on their releases of these chemicals on an annual basis.