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NTC EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER TO REPORT LATEST COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW DATA ON LOCAL TOXIC CHEMICAL RELEASES MEDIA ADVISORY

Release Date: 05/19/97
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FOR RELEASE: MONDAY, MAY 19, 1997
EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER TO REPORT LATEST COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW DATA ON LOCAL TOXIC CHEMICAL RELEASES
MEDIA ADVISORY


U.S. EPA Administrator Carol M. Browner will report on EPA's most recent Toxic Release Inventory data (TRI) in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, May 20, at noon. TRI is a public database that requires industry to publicly report on highly toxic chemicals released into air, land or water in local communities across the U.S. The new TRI report includes data on 286 chemicals, added to the right-to-know requirements by the Clinton Administration three years ago, that are being reported for the first time.

WHO: EPA Administrator Carol M. Browner
EPA Assistant Administrator for Prevention, Pesticides and Toxics Dr. Lynn Goldman

WHAT: Public Release of EPA's 1995 Toxic Release Inventory

WHEN: Tuesday, May 20, 1997
12 noon

WHERE: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
401 M St., S.W.
West Tower
Room 1103
Washington, D.C.


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