Three New England companies are back in compliance with chemical reporting. | epa.gov
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) past efforts at enforcement have resulted in more timely information about chemicals in the environment getting out to the public.
Three New England companies are now back in compliance with respect to reporting Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Data so citizens can better understand what’s going on in their regions.
“To inform the public and protect communities, EPA requires companies and organizations that manufacture, process, or otherwise use certain chemicals to report this information publicly every year,” the EPA’s New England Acting Regional Administrator Deborah Szaro said in a press release.
Three regional companies — CertainTeed LLC in Norwood, Massachusetts; Manchester Street LLC in Providence, Rhode Island; and Clean Harbors of Connecticut Inc. of Bristol, Connecticut — were caught not reporting their data in recent years, the release said.
The federal Emergency Planning & Community Right-to-Know Act’s Section 313 requires certain companies report on their waste management efforts for the previous calendar year annually, by July 1.
“This reporting is an important part of ensuring that local communities have access to information about the presence of chemicals in their area,” Szaro said.
All three companies, upon being informed about earlier transgressions, have since cooperated with the EPA as they’ve fallen into line with reporting expectations.
TRI Data is available online here.
