I wrote and mailed five letters.  I just have to trust that they will
realize that the docket number is wrong.

Peggy Murdock

At 12:56 PM 1/29/99 -0500, you wrote:
>I know I've already sent this out, but it's very important, and I now have an
>email address to submit comments to, so it's even easier.
>
>The EPA is considering expanding Right to Know reporting requirements for
>highly toxic chemicals like mercury and dioxin.  However, their current
>proposal falls short. For example, EPA's proposal currently fails to include
>stricter reporting requirements for lead--a substance well known for being
>extremely dangerous and highly persistent.  In addition, EPA is considering
>setting reporting thresholds at levels that would still allow a significant
>amount of mercury pollution to go unreported.
>
>As little as 1/70th of a teaspoon of mercury is enough to contaminate an
>entire lake. In order to protect public health and the environment, EPA must
>set a zero threshold for reporting of persistent or bioaccumulative toxins.
>
>EPA has opened a public comment period on this issue.  Please send a comment
>to the EPA and forward this on to others.  You can send comments by mail, or
>you can email them to [log in to unmask]  The following is a sample
>letter.  Please CC: these comments to me at [log in to unmask] and feel free to
>copy them to your Congressperson as well. Be sure to include the docket
number
>at the top.  Call me at 515-274-9984 or email me if you have any questions.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Amber Hard
>U.S.PIRG Plains States Organizer
>3520 Beaver Ave. Suite G
>Des Moines, IA 50310
>515-274-9984
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>
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> SAMPLE LETTER/EMAIL TO EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER
>
>The Honorable Carol Browner                                 Docket
>#OPPTS-400132
>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
>401 M St., SW
>Washington, DC 20460
>
>
>Dear Administrator Browner:
>
>I am writing to express our/my concern about a serious gap in the federal
>Right to Know program.  Currently the public is left in the dark about the
use
>and release of some of the most dangerous substances known to science.
>Substances like dioxin, mercury and lead have been linked to cancer, birth
>defects, hormone disruption, and other serious health problems.  Many of
these
>substances are extremely hazardous in small quantities and escape public
>reporting because existing thresholds are set too high.
>
>We have a right to know about the release of any quantity of these substances
>in our communities.  I urge the EPA to require industries to report all uses
>and releases of substances that are highly toxic, persist in the environment
>for long periods of time, or accumulate in the tissue of humans and wildlife.
>The EPA should set a reporting threshold of zero for these dangerous
>substances.
>
>Please stand strong against pressure from the polluting industries and expand
>the Right to Know program to cover persistent or bioaccumulative toxins.  We
>have the right to know about and to protect ourselves and future generations
>from these dangerous chemicals.
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
> cc:   U.S.PIRG, Your Congressperson
>
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