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The end of corporate chemical secrecy

Gregor I. McGregor

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This paper reports on the title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) which moves the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the states beyond regulating hazardous wastes to controlling industrial use of hazardous substances generally. These 1986 revisions to federal law require broad disclosure of significant quantities of hazardous substances that companies make or use in a community, and how much of these substances they release into the environment. The information will be in the hands of local emergency planning committees and fire departments, and, in some cases, state agencies and the EPA. In addition, Title III requires local industry to be a part of emergency planning by municipalities. These Community Right-to-Know and emergency planning requirements in federal law herald the end of corporate chemical secrecy.

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This paper reports on the title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) which moves the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the states beyond regulating hazardous wastes to controlling industrial use of hazardous substances generally. These 1986 revisions to federal law require broad disclosure of significant quantities of hazardous substances that companies make or use in a community, and how much of these substances they release into the environment. The information will be in the hands of local emergency planning committees and fire departments, and, in some cases, state agencies and the EPA. In addition, Title III requires local industry to be a part of emergency planning by municipalities. These Community Right-to-Know and emergency planning requirements in federal law herald the end of corporate chemical secrecy.

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This paper reports on the title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) which moves the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the states beyond regulating hazardous wastes to controlling industrial use of hazardous substances generally. These 1986 revisions to federal law require broad disclosure of significant quantities of hazardous substances that companies make or use in a community, and how much of these substances they release into the environment. The information will be in the hands of local emergency planning committees and fire departments, and, in some cases, state agencies and the EPA. In addition, Title III requires local industry to be a part of emergency planning by municipalities. These Community Right-to-Know and emergency planning requirements in federal law herald the end of corporate chemical secrecy.

Key concepts: Hazardous waste, Superfund, Secrecy, Emergency planning, Business, Agency (philosophy), Right to know, Title III

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