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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