FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 12, 2005 Contact: Herb Ettel or Sean Moulton, 202-234-8494 OMB Watch, 1742 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20009 www.rtknet.org www.ombwatch.org Washington, D.C., May 12, 2005 -- The Right-to-Know Network (RTK NET) published the 2003 Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) data today, providing public access to important Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) data on the release and transfer of toxic chemicals in the United States. Individual facilities report TRI data by sending reports to the federal EPA every year. On RTK NET, users can search the data by geographic area, facility, industry, parent company, and offsite waste transfer data, to learn which toxic chemicals are present, and in what amounts, in their local communities, states, regions, and the entire nation. The Right-to-Know Network was started in 1989 in support of the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA), which mandated public access to the Toxic Release Inventory. It is operated by OMB Watch. See www.rtknet.org and www.ombwatch.org ###