EPA Pushed to Lower Reporting Standards


	EPA Pushed to Lower Reporting Standards

tabsey

12-13-2007 1:43 AM

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pollution, corruption

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  to weaken requirements that companies annually disclose releases of toxic chemicals, 
  congressional auditors say.</FONT></FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121207S.shtml"><P><FONT size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">    In a study scheduled to be released next week, the Government Accountability 
  Office says the changes mean that industry will have to file 22,000 fewer reports 
  each year, reducing an important public monitoring tool on industrial emissions.</FONT></FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121207S.shtml"><P><FONT size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">    The EPA rushed to complete the changes because of "pressure" from 
  the White House Office of Management and Budget to reduce the regulatory burdens 
  on industry, says the report obtained by The Associated Press. The White House 
  overstated the cost-savings to industry of making the changes, it added.</FONT></FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121207S.shtml"><P><FONT size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">    "The EPA administrator expedited the process in order to meet a commitment 
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