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| The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) is a publicly available EPA database that contains information on toxic chemical releases and other waste management activities reported annually by certain covered industry groups as well as federal facilities. This inventory was established under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA) and expanded by the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990.
The National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) is a legislated, nation-wide, publicly-accessible inventory of pollutants released, disposed of and recycled by facilities in Canada.
Questionnaire and Data Collection Testing, Evaluation, and
Research for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.''
AHRQ plans to employ the latest techniques to improve its current
data collections by developing new surveys, or information collection
tools and methods, and by revising existing collections in anticipation
of, or in response to, changes in the healthcare field, for a three-
year period. The clearance request is limited to research on
information collection tools and methods, and related reports and does
not extend to the collection of data for public release or policy
formation. EPRTR.
news report about environment A generic clearance for this work allows AHRQ to draft and test information collection tools and methods more quickly and with greater lead time, thereby managing project time more efficiently and improving the quality of the methodological data the agency collects. In some instances the ability to pretest/pilot-test information collection surveys, tools, and methods, in anticipation of work, or early in a project, may result in the decision not to proceed with particular survey activities. This would save both public and private resources and effectively eliminate or reduce respondent burden. Many of the tool AHRQ develops are made available to users in the private sector. The health care environment changes rapidly and requires a quick response from the agency to provide appropriately refined tools. A generic clearance for this methodological work will facilitate the agency's timely development of information collection tools and methods suitable for use in changing conditions. PRTR. It is particularly important to refine AHRQ's tools because they have a widespread impact. These tools are frequently made available to help the private sector to improve health care quality by enabling the gathering of useful data for analysis. They are also used to provide information about health care quality to consumers and purchasers so that they can make marketplace choices to influence and improve health care quality. The current clearance will expire January 31, 2008. This is a request for a generic approval from OMB to test information collection instruments and methods over the next three years. |
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