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NORTH AMERICAN COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW DATA RELEASED
Release Date: 08/12/99
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FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1999
NORTH AMERICAN COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW DATA RELEASED
The North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), with the active participation of the U.S. EPA and the environment ministries in Canada and Mexico, has released the third annual Taking Stock Report. This report provides the public with an international picture of the releases and transfers for waste management of toxic chemicals by industrial facilities. By analyzing comparable data from the U.S. right-to-know program, the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), and the Canadian right-to-know program, the National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI), the report helps the public gain a better understanding of how industrial facilities manage their toxic chemical waste, including releases. Through this report, the public can learn how different industrial sectors, chemicals, or states and provinces compare across the United States and Canada. Comparable data from Mexico’s Registro de Emisiones y Tranferencia de Contaminantes, which in 1996 was under development, will be included in future Taking Stock reports. As a member of the Council to the CEC, EPA Administrator Carol M. Browner has worked with her counterparts from Canada and Mexico to demonstrate North American commitment to the public’s right to know about toxic chemical releases and waste management in their communities. At a recent CEC Council meeting held in Banff, Canada, the three environment ministers re-emphasized this point and further stated their support for mandatory reporting in all nations. The EPA will continue to work with the CEC on future releases of the Taking Stock Report and on efforts to increase the ability to compare data from the right-to-know programs. For more information, the public can access the CEC’s Internet site at: http://www.ec.gc.ca/pdb/npri and at: http://www.cec.org. Information about Mexico’s program is available at: http://www.ine.gob.mx/retc/retc.html. Information on the U.S. TRI program can be found at: https://www.epa.gov/opptintr/tri.
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