Re: Re[2]: (All) Waste Prevention Technology

[Jeff Cantin <jcantin@tiac.net>]

At 05:11 PM 1/12/98, you wrote:
>     3.  Someone also mentioned risk.  Does anyone know of any risk
assessment 
>     work used to prioritize P2 technology, technology development,
government 
>     programs or regulatory initiatives?
>     
>     Thanks,
>     
>     Robert Michalowicz
>     Conor Pacific Environmental
>     Toronto, Canada
>     rmichalo@conorpac.com
>


U.S. EPA has released a beta version of the Waste Minimization Assessment
Tool (WMPT), which is designed to help organizations prioritize their
(chemical) wastes based on risk-scoring algorithms embedded in the tool.
The beta version contains data for some 850 chemicals.  The scoring
addresses persistence, bioaccumulative potential, and toxicity (PBT)
factors for each chemical.  The tool can be downloaded at:

http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/minimize/tool/tooldown.htm

The tool was released following a June 23, 1997 Federal Register notice,
and EPA is currently reviewing comments on the tool. 

-Jeff Cantin

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