EPA Wants to Ease Toxic Spill Reporting

[Ruby Romaine]

WASHINGTON - The government wants to quit forcing companies to report small releases of toxic pollutants and allow them to submit reports on their pollution less frequently.

Saying it wants to ease its regulatory burden on companies, the
Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday proposed adopting a "short form" that would excuse companies from disclosing spills and other releases of toxic substances if:

They claim to release fewer than 5,000 pounds of a specific chemical. The current limit is 500 pounds.

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[OneBlueSky]

1. will somebody PLEASE just flush this maladministration?!? . . . n/t

.

[pinniped]

2. EPA has been infiltrated by * thugs. They have been proposing...

ass-backwards shit like this since the asshole stole the white house.

WTF is next?

Propose massive use of DDT so the brown pelicans and other birds will get killed off again?

I'm getting sick of seeing all those brown pelicans flying around and diving into the ocean anyways.:eyes:

[DeepModem Mom]

3. Outrage overload! nt

[tom_paine]

4. Disgusting, but entirly in keeping with a Third World Nation like

Imperial Amerika.

I hear Third-World Nations are quite the environmental catastrophes.

Like we are becoming.

These are the Good Old Days.