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Right-To-Know Planning Guide

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What this service is:

Managers responsible for handling community right-to-know issues for their facilities will find no better source for concise, results-oriented information on federal and state compliance.

What it helps you do:

  • Comply with federal and state right-to-know laws and regulations more efficiently and cost-effectively. Focus on issues that have a direct impact on your company and industry.
  • Keep up with changes in rules and regulations, and stay informed of key related issues. Prepare your operations for what's coming.
  • Take an in-depth look at how agency rules and actions affect stakeholders. Learn how other companies handle the kinds of problems you face.
  • Save time and money. Have the information you need to avoid violations that result in liability and fines.
  • Benefit from practical, easy-to-use guidance, written in plain English, for meeting your obligations under EPCRA, SARA, and other provisions. Every topic features an overview and describes application of policy.
  • Understand the roles of local emergency planning committees and state emergency response commissions.
  • Get names, telephone numbers, and addresses of relevant officials for submitting documents and requesting information.
  • Monitor currently listed chemicals and threshold quantities.
  • Prepare MSDSs, inventory emissions, and pollution control reports.
  • Plan and implement a legally sound emergency response program.
  • Develop risk management plans for chemical emergencies.
  • Train employees on right-to-know responsibilities.
  • Interact effectively with government, industry, the media, and the community.
Product Structure

Reference: analysis, guidance and primary source material

Notification: current reports providing news and developments

Formats and Frequency

Print reference (Right-To-Know Planning Guide) material is updated monthly.

Print notification (Right-To-Know Planning Guide Report) is issued bi-weekly.

Web reference (Right-To-Know Planning Guide) material is updated weekly and available as a component of the Environment & Safety Library.

Web notification (Right-To-Know Planning Guide Report) is available bi-weekly and archived to 2/04/1999. E-mail summaries, providing the highlights and table of contents for each report, with URLs to full text articles and documents are also available.

SEE ALSO Environment and Safety Library

Major Topics Covered

  • Chemical safety
  • Combustible dust
  • Dioxins
  • Emergency planning
  • Emergency response
  • Hazard communication
  • Hazmat transport
  • Local emergency planning committees
  • Material safety data sheets
  • Nanotechnology
  • Personal protective equipment
  • REACH
  • Reporting and recordkeeping
  • Right-to-know
  • Risk assessments
  • Security
  • State programs
  • Toxic releases
  • Toxic substances
  • Workplace safety