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EPA SEEKS PUBLIC REVIEW OF NEW WASTE MINIMIZATION SOFTWARE

Release Date: 06/27/97
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FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1997


EPA SEEKS PUBLIC REVIEW OF NEW WASTE MINIMIZATION SOFTWARE

Lauren Milone Mical 202-260-4358

EPA announced the availability of a beta-test version of a software package
that prioritizes chemicals according to their persistence, bioaccumulation,
toxicity and quantity.  This software and its accompanying documents are intended
to assist hazardous waste generators, government agencies, technical assistance
centers and others involved in waste minimization by providing them a tool to
assist in identifying these priority chemicals.  EPA’s 1994 Waste Minimization
National Plan calls for a voluntary 50 percent reduction in the presence of the
most persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic chemicals in hazardous wastes by 2005.  
EPA seeks comments on these materials by Aug. 7.  Copies of these materials can be
obtained on the Internet at https://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/minimize
or ftp.epa/gov or through the RCRA/ Superfund Hotline at 1-800-424-9346 or 703-412-9810.