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September
19,
2005
CHAPTER
FOUR
BENEFITS
OF
THE
PROPOSED
RULE
The
qualitative
benefits
associated
with
this
proposed
rulemaking.
EPA
believes
that
the
changes
addressed
in
this
rulemaking
will
reduce
reporting
burden
and
save
resources
for
regulated
entities
without
compromising
the
usefulness
of
TRI
information
to
the
public.
Estimated
savings
are
reported
above
in
Chapter
3.
In
addition,
the
rule
will
provide
incentives
to
reduce
or
eliminate
releases
(
especially
for
PBT
chemicals)
and
encourage
source
reduction.
While
EPA
believes
this
benefit
could
be
significant,
EPA
is
not
able
to
estimate
quantitatively
how
much
releases
would
be
eliminated,
or
other
waste
management
activities
replaced
by
source
reduction,
due
to
lack
of
data.
