Monday, October 26, 2009

Ideas for Public Records Requests

1.Toxic Release Inventory
The EPA collects data from companies concerning what pollutants they emit in a given year. Though not every company complies with the EPA, these reports exist on the federal and state level and could illuminate what pollutants are entering the environment and where they are coming from.

Contact Info: Diane Fowler Toxics Release Inventory Coordinator Washington State Department of Ecology Hazardous Waste and Toxics Reduction Program
P.O. Box 47659Olympia, WA 98504-7659
Office: (360) 407-6171

2.Possible documents that could be obtained concerning the Hanford radioactive waste clean up:

A. The Washington Department of Ecology has conducted several studies concerning the clean up of Thorium along the Columbia River.
B. The Government Accountability Office released a report earlier this month outlining why the clean up costs have exceeded original projections. Acquiring a copy of this report could be used to find out why the clean up has lasted so long.

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