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Summary
Summary
This is an overview of Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA), designed to provide state and local governments and residents with the legal framework to obtain information about potential chemical hazards. From the regulatory obligations of industry to report chemical inventories and quantities of chemicals released into the environment, to tips for easy and accurate form submission, the work demystifies complex codes, puts right-to-know statutes within reach of every citizen and avoids costly enforcement actions for industry.
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As part of the most recent reauthorization of the so-called "Superfund" Act, the section dealing with Community Right-to-Know (abbreviated as SARA Title III) has posed challenges for industry. No doubt guidelines on when and how to comply are important; this book tries to achieve that purpose, but hardly with efficiency or economy. Double-spacing, with lots of blank space supplemented by pages poorly photocopied directly from government documents, bespeaks a lack of attention to detail that does not inspire confidence in the advice offered. This reviewer knows some of the advice to be sound as well as valuable. Among the book's weaknesses is OSHA's approved, but nonmandatory, form for Material Data Safety Sheets, which allows and encourages very skimpy attention to health effects. As understood, the SARA III Sample Notification Letter (Appendix D-4) would be more valuable if it reported that a Material Safety Data Sheet will be provided to the purchaser of chemicals (the law requires the purchaser to obtain it from the vendor). Since deadlines for initial compliance with SARA III are mostly past, since virtually all information is available free from the federal government, and since significant changes may occur with the next reauthorization, it is unclear who would benefit from this book. M. Gochfeld; Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Table of Contents
| General Overview of Reporting Requirements |
| Table of Abbreviations |
| Epcra |
| Section 202 Emergency Planning Requirements |
| Section 304 Emergency Release Notification |
| Section 311 and 312 Material Safety Data Sheet Submissions and Inventory Reporting |
| Section 313 Toxic Chemical Release Reporting |
