Emergency Planning and Community RighttoKnow Act: Air Force Toxic Release Inventory Performance

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Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know
Act Air Force Toxic Release Inventory Performance

• Presented at the 6th Annual Joint Services
  Pollution Prevention
• Hazardous Waste Management Conference
  Exhibition
• 20-23 Aug 2001
• Laura Maxwell
• HQ Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence
• 210/536-4218 laura.maxwell_at_brooks.af.mil

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EPCRA AF TRI Performance

• Regulatory Overview
• Air Force Statistics
• Reasons for Changes
• Issues
• Conclusion

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Regulatory Overview

• Executive Order (EO) 12856, Federal Compliance
  with Right-to-Know Laws and Pollution Prevention
  Requirements, Aug 93
• Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know
  Act (EPCRA)
• Title III of the 1986 Superfund Amendments and
  Reauthorization Act (SARA)

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Regulatory Overview (cont)

• EPCRA
• Multiple and Overlapping Reporting Requirements
• Sections 301-303, Emergency Planning
• Section 304, Emergency Notification
• Sections 311-312, Community Right-to-Know
  Hazardous Chemical Reporting
• Section 313, Community Right-to-Know Toxic
  Chemical Release Inventory Reporting

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Regulatory Overview (cont)

• Air Force Instruction (AFI) 32-4002, Hazardous
  Material Emergency Planning and Response Program
• Civil Engineering Coordinate With State Emergency
  Response Commissions (SERCs), Local Emergency
  Planning Committees (LEPCs), EPA, State Local
  Environmental Regulatory Agencies
• Goal 50 Reduction by 1999

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Regulatory Overview (cont)

• Executive Order (EO) 13148, Greening the
  Government Through Leadership in Environmental
  Management, Apr 2000
• New Goals 40 Reduction in Toxic Releases by
  2006 from 2001 Baseline
• Improve Environmental Management at Federal
  Facilities

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Air Force Approach

• Air Force Civil Engineering Support Agency
  (AFCESA) for Emergency Planning
• Sections 302, 303, 304
• AFCEE for Community Right-to-Know
• Sections 311, 312 and 313

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AF TRI Participation - No. of Reports and
Installations
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AF Participation - No. of Reports and
Installations
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Statistics AF Toxic Release Inventory Baseline
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Statistics AF TRI Baseline
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1999 AF TRI Total On-Site Releases
124,000 Pounds
679,000 Pounds
22,000 Pounds
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2000 AF TRI Total On-Site Releases
1,169,500 Pounds
126,000 Pounds
42,000 Pounds
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1994-2000 AF TRI Transfers
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AF Top 10 TRI Chemicals- in 1999

• Dichloromethane
• Methyl Ethyl Ketone
• Nitrate Compounds
• Toluene
• Ethylene Glycol

• Tetrachloroethylene
• Phenol
• Glycol Ethers
• Methyl Isobutyl Ketone
• Chromium Compounds

List used to include Phosphoric Acid
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AF Top 10 TRI Chemicals- in 2000

• Hydrochloric Acid
• Methyl Ethyl Ketone
• Dichloromethane
• Nitrate Compounds
• Ethylene Glycol

• Glycol Ethers
• Tetrachloroethylene
• Toluene
• Chromium Compounds
• Phenol

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AF Top 10 TRI Chemicals- Historically 94-00

• Dichloromethane
• Methyl Ethyl Ketone
• Tetrachloroethylene
• Hydrochloric Acid
• Phenol

• Trichloroethylene
• Ethylene Glycol
• Toluene
• 1,1,1-Trichloroethane
• Nitrate Compounds

Top 10 used to include Chromium Compounds
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Newly Reported TRI Chemicals for 2000

• Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds
• 0.07 lbs
• Benzo(G,H,I)Perylene
• 0.01 lbs
• Dioxins and Dioxin-Like Compounds
• 0.2383 lbs
• Hydrogen Fluoride
• 28,000 lbs
• Mercury
• 27.3 lbs

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AF Top 5 TRI Chemicals- for CY 2000
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Reasons for Changes

• Changes in EPCRA Rules
• Hanscom reporting PBTs for 6 Fuel Oil
• Amended DoD Policy
• Eielson, Clear, Wright Patterson reporting for
  coal burning
• Shifts in Workload
• UTTR large motor demilitarization
• Process tank dump/replenishment schedules

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Reasons for Changes (cont)

• Improvements in Management/Tracking Practices
• Robins AFB Use of Air Quality Tracking for
  chemical identification and verification
• Cooperation on-base Contractors and Suppliers
• Base Closures

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Pollution Prevention (P2) Efforts

• Will Positively Impact CY2001 Reports
• Tinker AFB Paint Stripping
• Benzyl Alcohol compound for aircraft
• Ester-based compound for radomes
• Robins AFB Ultraviolet Light System
• Reduce Chlorine for wastewater treatment

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Issues

• Munitions
• INSTALLATIONS MUST USE TRI-Defense Data System
  (TRI-DDS) Software
• For consistent data collection across DoD
• www.dod-tridds.org
• DUSD(ES) Memo, 4 Apr 2000
• https//osiris.cso.uiuc.edu/denix/DOD/ES-Programs/
  Pollution/ES-Memo2000/memo.html
• HQ USAF/ILE Memo 20 Jun 2000

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Issues (cont)

• Lead - 100 lb Threshold
• Will Impact Many Installations
• Firing Ranges, Sealants, Adhesives, Lubricants,
  Solder, Batteries
• Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxins (PBTs)
• Double check PROCESSES, work with Base BEEs,
  tenants, contractors

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Issues (cont)

• EPCRA Questions Answers for Federal Facilities,
  May 2000
• DUSD(ES) Memo, 21 Jun 00
• https//osiris.cso.uiuc.edu/denix/DOD/ES-Programs/
  Pollution/TRI/Memo0621/trirpt.html
• Issues still in work between DOD and EPA
• Training
• AFCEE Web University
• http//www.afcee.brooks.af.mil/eq/eet/webu/
  webu.asp

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Conclusions

• Air Force Exceeded EO 12856 Goals
• 65 Reduction in Reported Chemical Releases by
  2000
• Executive Order 13148 Baseline to be set with
  Calendar Year 2001 Report
• Be as accurate as possible!

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• Reduce Hazardous Material Usage to as Near Zero
  as Possible

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Contact Information

• HQ Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence
• Environmental Quality Directorate
• HQ AFCEE/EQ
• 3207 North Rd
• Brooks Air Force Base TX 78235-5363
• DSN 240-3371 FAX [phone]
• Commercial 210/536-3371
• http//www.afcee.brooks.af.mil
• PRO-ACT 1-800-233-4356