Informing the Public about Toxic Chemical
Releases in Communities
Authority: Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Act, Section 313

• Providing direct compliance and technical
  assistance to industries to properly report toxic
  chemical releases into the environment, which
  makes the information publically available via the
  Toxics Release Inventory: http//www.epa.gov/tri.
• Working with the public as well as state, local
  and national government and public health
  agencies in the retrieval and application of
  release data.
• Coordinating within the region to respond to tips
  and complaints and to target enforcement
  actions to ensure industries properly report
  releases.
• Coordinating annual reporting workshops for the
  public, environmental organizations & facility
  personnel throughout the region and promoting
  web-based workshops and training.
• Evaluating data quality and developing strategies
  for data quality improvement
• Providing program support to emerging issues in
  the region including the regional mercury
  strategy, pollution prevention, and global climate
  change.
• Promoting  and implementing the Self-Disclosure
  Process which includes the web-based system of
  electronic self-disclosure (eDisclosure).

Fostering Other Efforts to Reduce Toxic
Chemicals in the Environment
Authority: Toxic Substances Control Act

• Participating in cross program/media effort to
  address priority persistent, bio-accumulative and
  toxic (PBT) pollutants such as mercury, dioxin,
  lead and Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs).
• Serving as regional contact for the High
  Production Volume (HPV) chemical program, the
  Emerging Chemicals Program, the
  Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDE)
  Program and the Perfluorinated Compounds
  Program (mainly PFOA).
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Solid Waste and Toxics Programs and Priorities
Protecting Human Health and the
Environment

We work to protect human health and the
environment through:
  Protecting the public and school children from
  asbestos exposure
  Building safer tribal waste management systems
  Preventing childhood lead poisoning
  Preventing pollution from being generated in the
  region
  Reducing energy use by consumers and industry
  Informing the public about toxic chemical
  releases in their communities
We work directly with tribes, states, local
governments, non-profit organizations, the
regulated community and the public to achieve our
goals. We use many tools including: outreach and
education, grants, technical assistance,
compliance assistance, enforcement and other
tools to meet our goals of protecting health and the
environment from the impacts of solid waste and
toxic chemicals.

Protecting the Public and School Children
from Asbestos Exposure
Authority: Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response
Act (TSCA Title II); Clean Air Act, Asbestos National
Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants

• Reaching out to schools to educate management
  and staff on preventing asbestos exposures.
• Conducting compliance assistance, inspections
  and enforcement actions to ensure training
  providers train asbestos inspectors and workers
  effectively and that schools properly manage
  asbestos.
• Monitoring applicable demolition and renovation
  notifications for Alaska, Idaho, and tribes in
  Region 10.
• Inspecting demolition/renovation sites as
  appropriate as well as respond to tips and
  complaints.
• Ensuring applicable asbestos work practices are
  followed during demolitions and  renovations to
  minimize the release of asbestos and protect the
  public.
Building Safer Tribal Waste Management
Systems
Authority: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act,
Subtitles C and D

• Providing grants and technical assistance to
  tribes to develop integrated waste management
  plans and clean up, close and upgrade open
  dumps.
• Facilitating partnerships amongst federal, tribal,
  state and local governments to solve specific
  waste problems.
• Providing site-specific technical assistance in the
  field to help solve tribal solid waste issues.
• Collaborating on global climate change efforts in
  Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.
• Developing new and innovative cross-program
  proposals to support tribal waste reduction
  efforts.
• Hosting the annual Alaska Tribal Conference on
  Environmental Management, the only tribal
  conference in Alaska of its kind.
• Serving as RCRA tribal co-sub-lead with Region
  8 for tribal issues, working closely with Office of
  Solid Waste and the Region 10 Tribal Program.

Preventing Childhood Lead Poisoning
Authority: Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard
Reduction Act of 1992 (Title X) and Toxic
Substances Control Act (Title IV)

• Educating the regulated community and the
  public to prevent poisoning of children from lead-
  based paint and lead hazards.
• Certifying individuals conducting lead-based
  paint abatement, risk assessment, and
  inspection.
• Performing compliance assistance and
  enforcement to ensure that workers are properly
  trained and certified, that training programs are
  accredited, and that these activities are
  conducted according to reliable, effective and
  safe work practice standards.
• Working with individuals and firms conducting
  renovation activities that create lead-based paint
  hazards in target housing and child-occupied
  facilities to ensure they follow work practice
  standards and pre-renovation education
  requirements.
• Conducting compliance assistance and
  enforcement to ensure that real estate agents,
  landlords and property managers properly
  disclose the presence of lead-based paint and its
  hazards to residents.
• Partnering with, funding, and overseeing states
  that run authorized State Lead Programs.
• Funding risk assessments, blood lead testing,
  and community education for tribes and
  vulnerable populations in the region.

Pollution Prevention
Authority: Pollution Prevention Act

• Working with state and local governments to
  support and coordinate the Region's network of
  Technical Assistance Providers (TAPs).
  Prevention TAPs provide businesses with
  assessments and recommendations that can
  help them to prevent pollution by improving
  efficiency.
• Working with Region 10 media programs to
  integrate pollution prevention techniques into
  EPA's traditional services and work products.
• Working to ensure that Region 10's own facilities/
  operations employ current best prevention
  practices.

Preventing Pollution Associated with
Energy Production and Use
Authority: Pollution Prevention Act

• Assisting regional governments and businesses
  with energy efficiency issues, particularly through
  the Energy Star program (Buildings and Sewage
  Treatment Facilities).
• Assisting regional Technical Assistance
  Providers, governments and  businesses with
  renewable energy technologies (wind and solar)
  and green power purchasing/carbon offset
  information.
• Providing assistance to Region 10 on climate
  change planning, integration  and outreach,
  particularly as it pertains to energy conservation
  and renewables technologies.

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