(a) The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA) and the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 (PPA) established programs to protect public health and the environment by providing the public with important information on the toxic chemicals being released by manufacturing facilities into the air, land, and water in its communities.
(b) Under the EPCRA, section 313 (42 U.S.C. 11023), and the PPA, section 6607 (42 U.S.C. 13106), the owner or operator of certain manufacturing facilities required to submit annual reports on toxic chemical releases and waste management activities to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the States. See EPA’s website at http://www.epa.gov/tri for guidance.
