Your Right to Know (RTK)

The links below will provide you with valuable RTK information. Many have a searchable area that you may customize to retrieve local information.

Chemtrec - Very good resource. They also have a large list of links.

Emergency Planning for Chemical Spills - Great resource with RTK links!

EPA Search Your Community - Just enter your Zip Code or a Zip Code near you, then you can
Choose from one of these databases:

Envirofacts:
Pollution, hazardous waste sites, and other regulatory information.

EnviroMapper:
"Live" and customizable computer-generated maps of regulated sites throughout the United States.

Surf Your Watershed:
Environmental conditions and activities in watersheds throughout the United States.

UV Index:
Ultraviolet (UV) Index Forecast - A daily forecast of the expected intensity of Ultraviolet radiation from the sun.

EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) EZ Query

EPA Virginia Superfund Sites - Hazardous site cleanup division - Shows sites throughout Virginia that involved a site cleanup of hazardous materials

Material Safety Data Sheet - The place to go to locate MSDS information on the net

Right to Know Net - Environmental Database

Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

Virginia SARA Title III Program - Section 311 - Material Safety Data Sheet Submission & Section 312 - Emergency and Hazardous Chemical Inventory Reporting

Additional Links & Resources

American Chemistry Council

Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry

Clean Air Act

Community Awareness & Emergency Response - program developed by the Chemical Manufacturers Association. Guidance for chemical plant managers to assist in taking the initiative in cooperating with local communities to develop integrated hazardous materials response plans.

Chemical Emergency Preparedness & Prevention - the EPA office tasked with helping to prevent & prepare for chemical emergencies, responding to environmental crises, and informing the public about chemical hazards in their community.

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation & Liability Act - covers hazardous substance releases into the environment and the cleanup of inactive hazardous waste disposal sites.

Code of Federal Regulations

Chemical Manufacturers Association

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Emergency Planning & Community Right-to-Know Act (SARA Title III) - Specifies requirements for organizing the planning process at the state and local levels for specified extremely hazardous substances; minimum plan content; requirements for fixed facility owners & operators to inform officials about extremely hazardous substances present in their facilities; and mechanisms for making information about extremely hazardous substances available to the public.

LEPC/SERC Net - This site was developed to help emergency planners and the public implement the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA). It showcases LEPC/SERC homepages, provides access to EPA information, and provides a discussion forum (conference) for users to address current issues related to emergency planning and community right-to-know at the local level.

Resource Conservation & Recovery Act - directed by the EPA to identify hazardous wastes, both generically and by specific wastes and industrial process waste streams. Owners and operators of treatment, storage and disposal facilities must comply with standards which are implemented through permits issued by the State or EPA.

The Right to Know Network - provides free access to numerous databases, text files, and conferences on the environment, housing, and sustainable development. With the information available on RTK NET, you can identify specific factories and their environmental effects; analyze reinvestment by banks in their communities; and assess people and communities affected.

Risk Management Program - Clean Air Act, Section 112r

Superfund Amendments & Reauthorization Act

Toxic Substances Control Act

TRANSCAER - (TRANSportation Community Awareness and Emergency Response) is a nationwide community outreach program. It addresses community concerns about the transportation of hazardous materials through planning and cooperation. The program provides assistance for communities to develop and evaluate their emergency response plan for hazardous material transportation incidents.

This page last updated on Wednesday, October 12, 2005 09:01:48