In 1984 a deadly cloud of methyl isocyanate killed thousands of people in Bhopal, India. Shortly thereafter there was a serious chemical release at a sister plant in West Virginia. These incidents underscored demands by industrial workers and communities in several states for information on hazardous materials. Public interest and environmental organizations around the country accelerated demands for information on toxic chemicals being released "beyond the fence line" -- outside of the facility. Against this background, the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) was enacted.
This page lists scientific studies, reports, and research documents of interest to environmental professionals, scientists, and others.
Asbestos Documents. HTML
Provides a list of asbestos-related documents.
Chemical Hazard Data Availability Study, 1998. HTML
EPA's Chemical Hazard Data Availability Study summarizes current knowledge of High Production Volume (HPV) chemicals, finding major gaps in the basic information readily available to the public.
Consumer Labeling Initiative (CLI) Fact Sheet, 1997. PDF File
Describes the CLI and its goals.
Consumer Labeling Initiative (CLI) Consumer Research HTML
Explains CLI research and provides links to documents. CLI is a voluntary research project to learn how consumers interact with the product labels on indoor insecticides, outdoor pesticides and herbicides, and houshold hard surface cleaners. The following documents were used for a survey begun in May, 1998.
Outdoor pesticides and herbicides:
Household hard surface cleaners:
Consumer Labeling Initiative; Notice of Project Initiation, (Federal Register: Vol. 61, No. 57, Notices, Page 12011-12013), March 22, 1996. HTML
F.R. Notice announcing the CLI pilot project to improve the health and safety information appearing on household product labels, specifically home and garden pesticides and household hard surface cleaners.
Consumer Labeling Initiative Phase 1 Report, EPA/700-R-96-001, 1996. HTML
The Phase I Report summarizes all of the comments received and research work performed by CLI during 1996.
Consumer Labeling Initiative Questions and Answers, 1997. PDF File
Answers to frequently asked questions about the CLI.
Development of Chemical Categories in the HPV Challenge Program (DRAFT) HTML PDF File
EPA has developed this guidance document to assist industry participants and others in constructing and supporting categories for the Challenge Program.
Draft Study of Industry Motivation for Pollution Prevention, EPA/742/D-97/001, 1997. Available from PPIC
Economic Analysis of the Proposed TSCA Section 402(a)(3) Lead-based Paint Accreditation and Certification Fee Rule, August 1998. PDF File
Economic Analysis of Toxic Substances Control Act Section 403: Hazard Standards, 1998. PDF File
Endocrine Disruptor Publications HTML
The publications on this list are available from the TSCA and Pesticides Dockets.
TSCA Docket: 202-260-7099, Pesticides Docket: 703-305-5805
Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Advisory Committee (EDSTAC) Final Report, 1998. HTML
Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Advisory Committee (EDSTAC) Keystone Convening Report, 1996. HTML
Environmental Accounting HTML
Provides a list of environmental accounting documents, which are also available from PPIC.
Exposure Assessment Tools and Models HTML
The Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) has developed several exposure assessment methods, databases, and predictive models to help in evaluating what happens to chemicals when they are used and released to the environment; and how workers, the general public, consumers and the aquatic ecosystems may be exposed to chemicals.
Guidance for Development of Chemical Categories in the High Production Volume (HPV) Challenge Program (DRAFT). HTML PDF File
EPA has developed this guidance document to assist industry participants and others in constructing and supporting categories for the HPV Challenge Program.
High Production Volume (HPV) Voluntary Challenge Chemical List, Updated periodically. HTML PFD File Database File
Searchable list of organic chemicals manufactured in or imported into the United States in amounts equal to or greater than one million pounds per year.
High Production Volume Challenge Program Guidance for Assessing Adequacy of Existing Data (DRAFT). HTML PDF File
The purpose of this guidance document is to provide guidance for accepting or rejecting data used to describe the basic hazard (as characterized by data from the SIDS base set) of a chemical.
Interagency Testing Committee (ITC) Reports HTML
The 38th (1996) and 39th (1997) TSCA ITC Reports can be downloaded from this website in several formats.
Inventory Update Rule. HTML
Documents related to the Inventory Update Rule (IUR), which allows for partial updating of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Chemical Inventory data base.
Minimum Pre-Market Data/Structure Activity Relationships Study, EPA 748-R-94-001, 1994. HTML
Compares the results obtained in assessing a series of European Community (EC) new chemicals using two methods - the U.S. Structure-Activity Relationships approach and the EC's testing-based approach using the Minimum Pre-Market Data.
National Lead Information Center (NLIC) Document Request Form. HTML
Online order form containing a list of all publications available from the NLIC.
OPPT Chemical Fact Sheets. HTML
Each fact sheet provides a brief summary of information on a chemical, including its identity, production and use, environmental fate, health and environmental effects, regulatory information, and places to contact for more information.
PCB's (Polychlorinated Biphenyls). HTML
Contains links tp PCB-related documents, including regulatory information and guidance documents.
PCBs: Cancer Dose-Response Assessment and Application to Environmental Mixtures, EPA/600/P-96/001, 1996. PDF File
PCB Questions and Answers Manual, 1994. PDF File
An EPA TSCA assistance document designed to provide the regulated community with Agency interpretations to frequently posed questions.
Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse (PPIC) Online Order Form, Updated quarterly. HTML
Contains a list of all documents available from PPIC, including links to electronic versions when available. PPIC is a free service providing telephone reference and referral, distribution of EPA documents, and a collection of pollution prevention references available for interlibrary loan. (Includes DFE and Green Chemistry documents.)
Pre-renovation Lead Information Rule - TSCA 406B. HTML
Documents related to the final rule.
Residential Lead-Based Paint Disclosure Program - Section 1018 of Title X. HTML
Guidance documents and publications related to the Proposed Requirements for Disclosure of Information Concerning Lead-Based Paint in Housing Rule.
Residential Lead Hazard Standards - TSCA Section 403. HTML
Documents related to the proposed rule.
Results of Chemical Testing Summary Table. HTML
Risk Analysis to Support Standards for Lead in Paint, Dust, and Soil, EPA 747-R-97-006, 1998. HTML
Screening Information Data Set (SIDS) Chemical List. HTML
International high production volume (HPV) chemicals being investigated jointly by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Screening Information Data Sets (SIDS) 1997 Manual, 1997. HTML
The 3rd edition of the OECD's SIDS Manual, reflecting current program policy on HPV chemicals.
Standards to Identify Dangerous Levels of Lead - Fact Sheet, EPA 747-F-98-002, 1998. PDF File
Technical Reports and Scientific Studies on Lead. HTML
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| TRI State Fact Sheets, 1998. HTML Each fact sheet provides a "snapshot" of TRI releases reported for each state and territory in the U.S. Click on the map to recieve the fact sheet for a state, or use the chart at the bottom of the page.
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| TRI State Data Files. HTML Selected TRI information is available in the database format commonly known as dBase (having the file extension .dbf). dBase files can be opened by most database, spreadsheet, and even word processing programs. Each state file contains the most frequently used TRI data, such as the names, locations, and contacts for reporting facilities; chemical names and CAS numbers; aggregate releases in pounds of chemicals released to air, land, water, and underground injection wells; total chemical transfers to off-site locations and publicly owned treatment works; and selected pollution prevention data.
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| TRI State Fact Sheets Report, EPA 745-F-98-001, 1998. HTML
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| TRI Data Quality Report , 1999. HTML The study discussed in this report reviewed data from the 1996 reporting year to provide a quantitative assessment of the accuracy of the data collected, to identify areas in the TRI data collection process that could be improved, and to disseminate further guidance on the completion of EPCRA Section 313 reports.
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| Toxics Release Inventory Public Data Release -- 10 Years of Right to Know: Industry Sector Analyses, (EPA 745-R-98-018), 1998. HTML This new report provides industry-specific analyses of the fifteen remaining sectors that report to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI). It complements the five sector chapters and federal facilities chapter completed in the May 1996 Public Data Release (EPA 745-R-98-005). 1995
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