美國環保署欲放寬工廠毒物通報規定 遭各州檢察長反對 | 環境資訊中心
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美國環保署欲放寬工廠毒物通報規定 遭各州檢察長反對

2006年01月26日
ENS美國,華府報導;編譯;審校

美國環保署近日提案,希望大幅縮限工廠需提供給民眾的有毒化學物質資訊,但12位美國各州檢察長要求環保署撤銷此提案。這些執法人員已提出一份詳細書面建議,對環保署所提出的法案正當性提出質疑,內容中即提到此項法案若通過,將會讓聯邦電子資料庫「毒性物質排放清單」逐漸失去功用。

Attorneys General Oppose EPA Move to Narrow Toxics Reporting
WASHINGTON, DC, January 23, 2006 (ENS)
A dozen state attorneys general are calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw proposed regulations that would cut back the amount of information available to the public about toxic chemicals released by industrial facilities. The law enforcement officials submitted detailed written comments challenging the legality of proposed EPA regulations that would scale back the Toxics Release Inventory, a federal computerized database.