I-US TRI ihlela ukwengeza i-100+PFAS

I-US EPA

Ngomhla zizi-2 ku-Okthoba, i-US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ihlongoze ukungeza izigaba ze-PFAS eziyi-16 kanye ne-15 PFAS (okungukuthi ngaphezu kwe-100 ye-PFAS ngayinye) ohlwini lokukhishwa kwezinto ezinobuthi futhi iwabeke njengamakhemikhali akhathazayo ngokukhethekile.

PFAS

Ukukhishwa Okunobuthi Inventory

I-Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) isizindalwazi esidalwe yi-US EPA ngaphansi kweSigaba 313 Somthetho Wokuhlela Ezimo Eziphuthumayo kanye Nomthetho Welungelo Lokwazi Lomphakathi (EPCRA).

I-US TRI

I-TRI ihlose ukulandelela ukuphathwa kwamakhemikhali athile anobuthi angase abe usongo empilweni yomuntu kanye nemvelo.

Kusukela ekuqalisweni kwayo kokuqala ngo-1986, i-TRI isibe yithuluzi elibalulekile lokuhlinzeka ngolwazi lomphakathi mayelana nokukhululwa nokudluliselwa kwamakhemikhali anobuthi.

Isiza imiphakathi ukuthi iqonde izingozi ezingaba khona empilweni yezemvelo ezindaweni zayo futhi ikhuthaza imboni ukuthi ithathe izinyathelo zokunciphisa ukukhishwa kwalawa makhemikhali.

Njengamanje, uhlu lwe-TRI luqukethe izinto ezingazodwana ezingama-794 kanye nezigaba zezinto ezingama-33. Uma ukukhiqizwa, ukucutshungulwa, noma okunye ukusetshenziswa kwezinto ezisohlwini kweqa umkhawulo, inkampani kudingeka ukuthi ibike ku-EPA mayelana nokulahlwa kwazo kanye nokukhishwa kwazo.

Ukubuka konke kwesibuyekezo se-TRI

Isiphakamiso se-EPA sokwengeza izigaba ezihlukene ze-PFAS eziyi-16 neziyi-15 ze-PFAS ku-TRI sisho ukuthi lezi zinto kufanele zihlangabezane nezimfuneko zokubika eziqinile, okuhlanganisa ukubika ezindaweni eziphansi.

I-EPA ihlela nokubeka umkhawulo wokubika wokukhiqiza, ukucubungula, nokunye ukusetshenziswa kwePFAS ngamaphawundi ayi-100, okuhambisana nezidingo zokubika zezinye i-PFAS ezingezwe ohlwini lwe-TRI ngaphansi koMthetho Wokugunyazwa Kwezokuvikela Kazwelonke wezi-2020 (i-NDAA).

Uma ekugcineni kunqunywa ngokwesiphakamiso, yonke i-PFAS esigabeni esinikeziwe izofakwa kumkhawulo wokubika wamaphawundi ayi-100 waleso sigaba, futhi izinkampani ngeke zikwazi ukugwema ukubika kwe-TRI ngokusebenzisa izinto ezifanayo ze-PFAS.

Ukwengezwa kwakamuva ohlwini lwe-TRI PFAS:

I-PFAS entsha engu-9 izokwengezwa ngonyaka wokubika we-2023; I-PFAS entsha engu-7 izokwengezwa ngonyaka wokubika we-2024; Unyaka wokubika ka-2025 udinga ukungezwa kwePFAS entsha emi-5.

Ilebhu yokuhlola ye-BTF, inkampani yethu inamalabhorethri ahambisana nogesi, izimiso zokuphepha Ilabhorethri, Ilabhorethri yefrikhwensi yomsakazo, Ilabhorethri yebhethri, Ilabhorethri yamakhemikhali, I-SAR Laboratory, I-HAC Laboratory, njll. Sithole iziqu nokugunyazwa okufana ne-CMA, CNAS, CPSC, A2LA, I-VCCI, njll. Inkampani yethu inethimba lobunjiniyela bezobuchwepheshe abanolwazi nochwepheshe, elingasiza amabhizinisi ukuxazulula inkinga. Uma unezidingo ezifanele zokuhlola nezitifiketi, ungathintana ngqo nabasebenzi bethu bokuhlola ukuze uthole amakhotheshini anemininingwane yezindleko kanye nolwazi lomjikelezo!