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the plan must be submitted to MassDEP. The summary is also made available by
MassDEP for public review.
According to MassDEP, many companies, with the support of senior management,
establish planning teams and involve the workforce in various steps: analyzing production, tracking the use of materials, auditing health and environmental regulations, and identifying available TUR options. A company that has completed an
initial TUR plan and two plan updates may also develop a resource conservation
plan addressing water, energy, or materials use (allowed every other planning cycle)
or implement an environmental management system (EMS) that addresses toxics in
lieu of a TUR plan.
Massachusetts TUR reporting supplements the federal Form R reporting. Facilities submitting a state toxics use report must first obtain federal Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) reporting forms and instructions to complete the state toxics use report.
Facility-level materials accounting data and production unit information are
reported annually, with the state protecting confidential business information by
combining conventional trade secret protections with the use of data collection and
reporting strategies. This approach is designed to allow tracking without the need for
public release of sensitive business data.
In the 15-yr period from 1990 to 2005, industries that were subject to TURA
reporting in both years reduced toxic chemical use by 40 percent, toxic by-products
by 71 percent, toxics shipped in product by 41 percent, on-site releases of toxics
to the environment by 91 percent, and transfers of toxics off site for further waste
management by 60 percent (MassDEP 2009b).
MAINE TOXICS AND HAZARDOUS WASTE REDUCTION PROGRAM
The state of Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) encourages an
integrated approach to TUR, toxics release reduction, and hazardous waste reduction
based on P2 management strategies as outlined in the State of Maine Toxics Use and
Hazardous Waste Reduction Law (Toxics Law) (State of Maine 1989).
• Toxic Use Reduction: The state promotes reducing the use of toxic substances through changes in production or other processes or operations
and in products or in raw materials that reduce, avoid, or eliminate the
use or production of toxic substances without creating substantial new or
increased risk to public health.
• Toxic Release Reduction: The state encourages reducing the release of
toxics during manufacturing and other processes.
• Hazardous Waste Reduction: The state promotes reducing the generation
of hazardous waste through use and release reduction techniques employed
by the facility.
P2 planning in Maine is driven by and is encouraged to be in line with the reduction goals of the facilities. P2 planning development by a facility must also include
the employees, management, and technical staff of the facility who will carry out the
recommendations of the plan.
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the plan must be submitted to MassDEP. The summary is also made available by
MassDEP for public review.
According to MassDEP, many companies, with the support of senior management,
establish planning teams and involve the workforce in various steps: analyzing production, tracking the use of materials, auditing health and environmental regulations, and identifying available TUR options. A company that has completed an
initial TUR plan and two plan updates may also develop a resource conservation
plan addressing water, energy, or materials use (allowed every other planning cycle)
or implement an environmental management system (EMS) that addresses toxics in
lieu of a TUR plan.
Massachusetts TUR reporting supplements the federal Form R reporting. Facilities submitting a state toxics use report must first obtain federal Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) reporting forms and instructions to complete the state toxics use report.
Facility-level materials accounting data and production unit information are
reported annually, with the state protecting confidential business information by
combining conventional trade secret protections with the use of data collection and
reporting strategies. This approach is designed to allow tracking without the need for
public release of sensitive business data.
In the 15-yr period from 1990 to 2005, industries that were subject to TURA
reporting in both years reduced toxic chemical use by 40 percent, toxic by-products
by 71 percent, toxics shipped in product by 41 percent, on-site releases of toxics
to the environment by 91 percent, and transfers of toxics off site for further waste
management by 60 percent (MassDEP 2009b).
MAINE TOXICS AND HAZARDOUS WASTE REDUCTION PROGRAM
The state of Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) encourages an
integrated approach to TUR, toxics release reduction, and hazardous waste reduction
based on P2 management strategies as outlined in the State of Maine Toxics Use and
Hazardous Waste Reduction Law (Toxics Law) (State of Maine 1989).
• Toxic Use Reduction: The state promotes reducing the use of toxic substances through changes in production or other processes or operations
and in products or in raw materials that reduce, avoid, or eliminate the
use or production of toxic substances without creating substantial new or
increased risk to public health.
• Toxic Release Reduction: The state encourages reducing the release of
toxics during manufacturing and other processes.
• Hazardous Waste Reduction: The state promotes reducing the generation
of hazardous waste through use and release reduction techniques employed
by the facility.
P2 planning in Maine is driven by and is encouraged to be in line with the reduction goals of the facilities. P2 planning development by a facility must also include
the employees, management, and technical staff of the facility who will carry out the
recommendations of the plan.