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Managing Community Risk
April 30, 1996

In the last 10 years, the federal government has taken strong action to reduce and manage the risk of disastrous chemical accidents. We'll explain their sweeping mandates on today's EnvironMinute.[:11]

The 1986 Community Right-to-Know Act requires companies to provide information about the hazardous chemicals they handle, so communities can develop emergency response plans. The risk management plan of the 1990 Clean Air Act took the idea one step further, requiring facilities to evaluate the risk they pose to the community, to present a "worst case" scenario, and to develop both an accident prevention plan and an emergency response program. Once the EPA finalizes the rules, the thousands of companies affected will have three years to comply. Private citizens are also working to prevent chemical accidents.[:37]

The EnvironMinute is produced in cooperation with the National Safety Council and made possible by the Teresa and H. John Heinz III Foundation. [:10]

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