ABSTRACT
One method of reducing use or releases is through requirements that companies perform pollution prevention plans (P2) and set goals for reducing use or releases. Facilities submitting a state toxics use report must first obtain federal Toxics Release Inventory reporting forms and instructions to complete the state toxics use report. The P2 planning is targeted at 90 percent use or nonproduct output (NPO) or releases and must target persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic (PBT) substances due to their low thresholds. Under the Worker and Community Right-to-Kno Act, information on releases to the environment, transfers to off-site waste management facilities, NPO, and throughput of over 600 toxic chemicals is reported annually. The trend analysis also helps determine the top 10 lists of substances such as carcinogens, PBTs, extraordinary hazardous substances, and facilities with the largest increases and decreases of use, NPO, and releases.
