§13107 EPA report

Summary

The Administrator must send Congress a report within eighteen months after November 5, 1990, and then every two years. The report must explain what was done to carry out the source-reduction strategy under section 13103(b) and show the results. It must also say how well the clearinghouse and grant program are working and check for gaps or duplicate information in federal environmental data. Every report after the first must cover several specific areas. It must analyze data collected under section 13106 for at least five SIC codes or similar categories per report, starting with the biggest toxic-waste producers and using different categories until all are covered, and show trends by industry, firm size, production, or other useful measures. It must judge how useful and reliable the 13106 data are for tracking source reduction. It must identify regulatory and nonregulatory barriers and opportunities, name industries and pollutants needing priority help, recommend incentives and R&D priorities, evaluate cost and technical feasibility by industry and process (and point out industries with major barriers and why), and suggest ways to better coordinate, streamline, and give the public access to federal environmental data while noting data gaps and duplication.