GUEST SPEAKER: Fred Millar, SARA Title III Protects Our Right-to-Know, or Does It?
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GUEST SPEAKER: Fred Millar, SARA Title III Protects Our Right-to-Know, or Does It?

On Sunday, April 23rd at 7:00pm Central, Fred Millar will talk about the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) and its Title III: The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), which ensures the public’s right to obtain information concerning toxic releases from local high-risk facilities - or does it?

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Emergency Response Will Never Be Adequate for a Serious Release
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Emergency Response Will Never Be Adequate for a Serious Release

Millar states, “It is an understandable reaction to [the] East Palestine [train derailment] to try to beef up local emergency response (ER) planning, but a waste of time. ER will never be adequate for a serious release. Only evacuation would be needed.”

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