1
Toxics
Release
Inventory
TRI
Burden
Reduction
Update
October
19,
2004
Kevin
Donovan
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566­
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Donovan.
Kevin­
e
@
epa.
gov
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TRI
Burden
Reduction
Update
Agenda
October
19,
2004
AM
°
9:
00
 
Welcome
°
9:
15
­
Review
of
Overall
Burden
Reduction
Strategy
°
9:
45
 
TRI
Reporting
Forms
Modification
Rule
°
10:
30
 
Break
°
10:
45
 
TRI
Reporting
Forms
Discussion
and
Summary
3
TRI
Burden
Reduction
Update
Agenda
(
Continued)

°
11:
15
 
TRI
Program
Related
Burden
Reduction
Options
and
Public
Comment
Summary
°
11:
50
 
Lunch
PM
°
1:
00
 
Approach
to
Options
Analysis
°
1:
30
­
General
Discussion
on
Options
Analysis
°
2:
30
­
Break
°
2:
45
­
Summary
of
Overall
BR
Efforts
and
Wrap­
up
°
3:
30
­
Meeting
Ends
4
°
The
purpose
for
this
stakeholder
dialogue
is
to
develop
a
burden
reduction
initiative
that
provides
meaningful
burden
relief
while
at
the
same
time
continuing
to
provide
valuable
information
to
the
public
consistent
with
the
goals
and
statutory
requirements
of
the
TRI
program.

°
On
November
5,
2003,
TRI
posted
a
stakeholder
dialogue
paper
with
5
specific
options
for
burden
reduction
to
initiate
Phase
II
of
the
TRI
Stakeholder
Dialogue.

EPA
also
requested
comment
on
any
other
burden
reduction
not
specifically
discussed
in
the
paper
as
well
as
asking
for
comment
on
ways
to
improve
the
Toxics
Release
Inventory
­
Made
Easy
(
TRI­
ME)
software.

°
The
comment
period
closed
on
February
4,
2004.

°
EPA
received
over
700
comments,
which
are
posted
on
the
Agency's
EDOCKET
under
TRI­
2003­
0001
at
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.

Overall
Burden
Reduction
Strategy
5
Overall
Burden
Reduction
Strategy
°
All
options
are
still
under
consideration.

°
Based
on
stakeholder
input
and
public
comment,
we
are
pursuing
a
2
tiered
approach.
6
Key
Terms
For
Today
°
TRI
Reporting
Forms
R
and
A
Modifications
 
Proposed
rule
anticipated
release:
December
2004
°
TRI
`
Program­
Related'
Burden
Reduction
Options
 
Propose
rule
anticipated
release:
August
2005
7
TRI
National
Meeting
°
TRI
National
Meeting
 
February
9­
11,

2005,
open
to
public.
Likely
discussion
on
Burden
Reduction.
http://
www.
ecos.
org/

Look
under
`
events.'
