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Annual polluter reports may end; U.S. EPA considering cutback to reduce costs to industry

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051114/NEWS06/511140305

By TOM HENRY
BLADE STAFF WRITER


Ohio released more chemicals into the air from industry smokestacks and similar devices than any other state between 1998 and 2003.

And, in 2003 - the most recent year federal reporting data is available - the Buckeye State came in fourth for overall releases to the environment. That takes into account everything that an industrial source released to the air, water or land.

And, in 2003 - the most recent year federal reporting data is available - the Buckeye State came in fourth for overall releases to the environment. That takes into account everything that an industrial source released to the air, water or land.

Those statistics are the kind of things that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has made available on an annual basis for nearly 20 years, under a public right-to-know program called the Toxic Release Inventory...