December 7, 2017
Ms, Brittany Bolen IV.uii) ,\SNoduie Administrator Olbee ul Pefcv U.S, Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue. NiW, Room 3513E WJC-Sof.h MC-J804A Washington, D.C. fodod
Dear Ms, Bolen,
It was a pleasure hem hv y<>u nv ak oo November 30th at Hunton & Williams' program: Msgw* into Environmental no. t mu! t*o/t* M l cm union with Key Regulators. By \ irfuo o f >our position on the kPA u''*uial<rv vlorm tux\ t*oeo, I wanted to bring an issue to you? attention that merits action by .he .,,gates, art, ask for sour help at arranging a meeting with the uppn -jv-af. EPA staff to rf
I Uukr the some release irvu'm ry (TRI) p m p -m chemical lane n am foelurers are required to repose relawe- o f TUI v.ionncaU into the cm roament, i mxwtonc quor ~es which supply the ram ma ar jo for m ahng 1arc it' lime plants, are appropriately smt covered under the program. However, many lime psaras ate eo-located with b n.stone quarrum and r.t tins circumstance the aconev 'vqsrres the as to repots in the agency all I R . caemieals "released" by both the lime plant and the e justs
This A a problem heaar.se many o f the TRI chenkw h that are reponeri as "re!eased" by a
I m ean e onaus n a iv e noshm:' osore than ra c e <,, esuaso enmuiood w ulfn tr Ikons of pounds
of uncoitsttlsealed owrbore.es'' uika rocks and Ji 1) do, a.v s' stpiy puked up arc moved from
po isf A to p o n t B lo gus'i aeeem to :he bedrock h n w one m-rsuthesi. below V< I PA has
acknowledgei i.s a dowdy analogous context *uneouvoKD.ve. a\orh.ur.er tnnu snctal mines),
"overburden contains EPCR.A 313 [TRI] chemicals in
id dial reporting is
tus sheh lo provide ihe public with asst 4a uable in format: oi " \\ otse, e\ cs. '.bus c i -an h
chemicals exist rs uoaU quantities relative so the overhuidcss. the m v a quantJy o| n .:u rsd 'hat
is moved cast ms-dead the public and EPA into bdsev me th e <m.e pi.nh use rekuMrg iarc i
quantities of toxic chemicals into the environment when dm- are we.
W Hess bP \ added metal mirmg to the TR! pmemu' sn Ido f dap. wsse v esvased ;t broad esempiion Ses us ees-solkkuec ov erburdcs' Sb t:s<,, 'e.m anq:. aed above r toweve^. there was never as:} reason h e an overburden exemp'.vs' lor s'o'i-nse'.d tr.tv s clike hmeGone quarries)
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because they were not included in the TRI program in the first place. Ho thought was given to the possibility o f cofiocated facilities,
We raised this Issue with the Bush Admimstr mm' m .Mn4, ,ud although they seemed to agree
that it should be corrected, no action was taken, \\ a
Jkewise included this in our
comments to EPA and the Department oi t 'wn?neK e e s die k uuhitory reform effort by the
Trump Administration earlier this year. Most recauth . we w .w J i.u issue wUh both EPA and
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB; Ives ssc I P \H uuumnrt , >collect this
information is currently expired, and its imormata*n coheOwa rceucs. sIt R m u s t he renewed
by OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act In its icsomne to comments tiled with OMB,
ahimugh PPA ueeilned our invitation to correct the problem in the ICR process, EPA
a., know Obcoc >mr requested relief and stated that: " EPA is open to dialogue with NLA and any
o'he? wakeholc.cr on this topic,, A
We woe.d greatly appreciate the opportunity to take EPA up n r MR im itation and meet with you or someone else on your staff to discuss this issue and how toe ?m can reform this policy to improve the TR. ping ram. decrease the burden on manufac >u < arc wnefit the public by providing more ue ul a? d accurate information..
Attached are copies of the relevant documents: our 2004 letter to EPA and the agency's reoly: our comments to EPA on ?eguLwr\ reform: and out vvrnn its w I P \ ,md OMB on ? 10 information collection regaev. Phase et me know st \u wm pun id, ar. nwhumul u to mation. We look forward to he.owe Srwu w>a.
Sincerely,
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Bradford Frisby
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