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To: russet who wrote (3658)	6/12/2001 9:08:03 AM
From: long-gone	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 8010

<<seems to me that most of the squawk is about PB in solders used domestically in plumbing in North America and Europe. I wonder how many really give a chit about solders in electronic gear, considering Europe and North America get most of that work done in sweat shops overseas which are unlikely to give a crap about the kind of solder they use. >> The Greens have worlds of control in Europe & they are the ones pushing the Pb free solder in electronics because of the amount of electronics that get into land fills & or ocean because they fear Pb leaching into food chain / water.So deep is the fear that EU guidlenes are in place but have not been activated only because technology isn't / wasn't there a bit back. I believe Europe is still pushing for a mid 2002 beginning phase in, valid fear or not. As of yet, there are no regulations even headed for the US, but IF or when Europe begins stopping electronic imports at their borders that are not Pb free, the whole world will follow. Nissan is starting it already on some cars.

To: russet who wrote (3658)	6/12/2001 9:39:26 AM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 8010

04-17-01 Bush Administration to Leave TRI Standards in Place The White House and EPA Administrator Christie Whitman will announce today that the Bush administration will keep the TRI standards set by the Clinton Administration in place. Facilities that release at least 100 pounds of lead or lead compounds per year will now have to report their releases to the government. The reporting requirements had applied to facilities that used 10,000 lbs. of lead or processed 25,000 lbs. of lead compound annually. Companies using >285 lbs. of eutectic SnPb per year will meet this threshold. CNN article. Bush to leave Clinton lead standards in place April 17, 2001 Web posted at: 2:49 PM EDT (1849 GMT) From CNN Senior White House Correspondent John King WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Bush administration will leave in place standards set in the final days of the Clinton administration that require more businesses to report releases of lead into the environment, government sources tell CNN. The announcement was to be made at the White House as part of an administration effort to counter recent criticism from environmental groups that President Bush has been anti-environment in the early weeks of his presidency. The regulations require any facility that releases at least 100 pounds of lead or lead compounds a year to report its releases to the government. It is a dramatic change from standards requiring reports only if the facility uses 10,000 pounds of lead or processes 25,000 pounds of lead compounds annually. Industry groups opposed the standards and had lobbied for the Bush administration to scuttle them. But EPA Administrator Christie Whitman was to announce Tuesday that the administration will leave the Clinton rules in place, according to three administration officials. The announcements come one day after Whitman announced late Clinton administration rules designed to protect wetlands also were being kept in place by the new Republican administration. The administration has been sharply criticized for scuttling or scaling back Clinton administration steps to reduce arsenic levels in drinking water and impose new pollution standards on miners, and for abandoning a Bush campaign pledge to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. Senior administration officials say they stand by those decisions but many conceded the announcements could have been handled with more political care -- offset at the time by steps that would be viewed more favorably by environmental groups. leadfree.org