Updates and Tidbits
Toxics Release Inventory Lead Rule
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on April 17, 2001 that it will proceed with its Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) rule to significantly expand the information available to the public about lead emissions in their communities. The final rule was issued on January 17, 2001. The new rule requires more companies to report on the lead they use and release into the air, water or land. Previously the rule required facilities to report lead and lead compound emissions if they manufactured or processed more than 25,000 pounds annually or used more than 10,000 pounds annually. Under the new rule, the reporting threshold will be lowered to 100 pounds annually for each facility. The first reports under the new rule must be submitted by July 1, 2002 for the 2001 reporting year.
Rhonda Hunt Joins OMNI
Rhonda Hunt has joined OMNI as an Environmental Staff Engineer. Ms. Hunt earned her Masters in Environmental Management at Duke University and her B.S. in Natural Resource Management from North Carolina State. Ms. Hunt will handle a variety of environmental projects. She will work on air emissions inventories, stormwater sampling, stormwater sampling evaluations, revisions of SPCCs, FRPs, remediation sampling and remediation closures. She is currently working on several air emission inventories and several stormwater system evaluations.
Ms. Hunt is a member of the American Business Women's Association. In her spare time she enjoys white water rafting, reading and dancing.
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