Emergency notification under SARA Title III: Impacts on facility emergency planning

Keyworth, Christopher J.; Smith, Douglas G.; Archer, Horace E.

doi:10.1016/0304-3894(92)85081-b

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“…If anything, the data support the opposite conclusion. Even in the absence of significant community pressure (or in most cases, in spite of a substantial lack of community interest), EHS facilities have engaged in hazard mitigation actions utilizing a variety of strategies [41]. Early anecdotal reports indicated that some companies did not even know all of the hazardous materials they had onsite at the time SARA Title III went into effect.…”

Section: Relationships Between Ehs Handlers and Their Communitiesmentioning

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Community innovation in hazardous materials management: progress in implementing SARA Title III in the United States

Lindell

Perry

2001

Journal of Hazardous Materials

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Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA Title III) established a new federal approach to managing toxic chemical hazards. This legislation required industry to disclose the type and quantity of such chemicals and also required the establishment of state and local government organizations to receive those data, evaluate community vulnerability, develop local emergency response plans, and communicate with the public. This paper reviews the law's historical context and empirical studies of its implementation. The available evidence suggests that significant progress has been made in reducing chemical hazards but there is considerable variation across jurisdictions in the effectiveness of the law's implementation. The research results reviewed here suggest a variety of ways in which SARA Title III implementation can be improved.

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Section: Relationships Between Ehs Handlers and Their Communitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%