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 BENEFITS OF THE RULE

There are both quantitative and qualitative benefits associated with
this 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 the volume of releases that would be eliminated, or other
waste management activities replaced by source reduction, due to lack of
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