Marco Island BLOG: EPA Creates Info Just for Marco Island

Friday, October 28, 2011

EPA Creates Info Just for Marco Island

Since the "Environmental Specialist" for Marco Island didn't care and clearly did not object to the city's violation of the Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act and the release of toxic fumes into neighborhoods, the EPA has just released this information. Perhaps the "Environmental Specialist" can now understand her role – if not her moral obligation.

EPA lanza herramienta cibernética en español para conocer sustancias químicas en su comunidad

WASHINGTON - La Agencia de Protección Ambiental de los Estados Unidos (U.S. EPA) está haciendo más fácil encontrar información sobre emisiones de sustancias químicas tóxicas en comunidades, lanzando una versión en español del sitio web "myRTK" (My Right-to-Know). Para cualquier ubicación geográfica, myRTK traza en un mapa los establecimientos que informan al Programa para el Compendio de Descargas Toxicas (Toxics Release Inventory – TRI) y muestran qué sustancias químicas toxicas son emitidas al aire, al agua y al suelo. Los usuarios pueden enterarse de los efectos potenciales de la salud asociados con estas sustancias químicas tóxicas y aprender si un establecimiento en particular está cumpliendo con las leyes ambientales federales. La versión en inglés y en español de myRTK es accesible en computadoras y aparatos móviles.

TRI fue establecido en 1986 por la ley la Planeación de Emergencias y el Derecho de Comunidades de Saber (Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) y luego fue expandida por la Ley de Prevención de la Contaminación (Pollution Prevention Act (PPA)) en 1990. Juntos, estas leyes requieren que establecimientos en ciertos sectores industriales presenten informes anualmente sobre emisiones, descargas, y el manejo de más de 650 sustancias químicas tóxicas reguladas por el TRI. Estos datos están disponibles por medio de myRTK y mediante otras herramientas.

Para más información sobre las versiones en inglés o en español: http://myrtk.epa.gov/info/ o http://www.epa.gov/tri/myrtk

Para más información sobre los datos del TRI: http://www.epa.gov/tri/tridata

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Friday, October 28, 2011

EPA Creates Info Just for Marco Island

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