Environmentalists Support TRI Reporting For HBCD With Lower Threshold

摘要

Environmentalists are backing EPA's proposal to add the flame retardant chemical hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) to its list of chemicals for which companies must report releases under the agency's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), but the advocates are urging EPA to impose a lower threshold for triggering the requirement. TRI tracks the management of toxic chemicals that may pose a threat to human health and the environment, and typically sets a 10,000 pound per year threshold for companies to report their releases of the substance above that limit. EPA qualifies a release as an emission to the air or water, or placement in some type of land disposal.