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PA EPA SEEKS PUBLIC REVIEW OF NEW WASTE MINIMIZATION SOFTWARE
Release Date: 06/27/97
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FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1997
EPA SEEKS PUBLIC REVIEW OF NEW WASTE MINIMIZATION SOFTWARE
EPA announced the availability of a beta-test version of a software package that prioritizes chemicals according to their persistence, bioaccumulation, toxicity and quantity. This software and its accompanying documents are intended to assist hazardous waste generators, government agencies, technical assistance centers and others involved in waste minimization by providing them a tool to assist in identifying these priority chemicals. EPA’s 1994 Waste Minimization National Plan calls for a voluntary 50 percent reduction in the presence of the most persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic chemicals in hazardous wastes by 2005. EPA seeks comments on these materials by Aug. 7. Copies of these materials can be obtained on the Internet at https://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/minimize
or ftp.epa.gov or through the RCRA/ Superfund Hotline at 1-800-424-9346 or 703-412-9810.
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