Communicating Under Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act Amendments

Patrick J. McNulty, Leon C. Schaller and Karen R. Chinander

Risk Analysis, 1998, vol. 18, issue 2, 191-197

Abstract: Regulations under Section 112(r) of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments require fixed facilities having threshold quantities of materials on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's list of regulated substances to disclose to the general public the expected offsite consequences of worst‐case accidental chemical releases. This paper describes the communication practices of small firms in Delaware and New Jersey and the practical problems these facilities might encounter complying with the proposed rule. The paper reports an interesting difference between the apprehension voiced by small firms required to report worst‐case release information and the public's apparent lack of interest in such information. Unlike the difficulty expected by small firms in calculating and communicating worst‐case chemical release information, this paper includes some observations on the ability of large chemical firms to comply with the proposed requirements.

Date: 1998
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