09/03/91: NOT AVAIL. 10/07/91: IN DECEMBER OF 1989, EPA REGION 6 PROPOSED A TOXICS RELEASE REDUCTION PROJECT (TRRP) IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST FROM F. HENRY HABICHT, EPA'S DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR, FOR A MULTI-MEDIA APPROACH TO EVALUATE SPECIFIC INDUSTRIAL SITES WITHIN REGION 6. AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, FIVE TEXAS FACILITYES WERE IDENTIFIED BY THE AGENCY'S AIR TOXIC EXPOSURE AND RISK INFORMATION SYSTEM (ATERIS) DATABASE AS HAVING A 1 IN A 100 OR GREATER RELATIVE RISK ASSOCIATED WITH EXPOSURE TO CHEMICALS RELEASED INTO THE AIR FROM THE FACILITY. MOBIL CHEMICAL COMPANY'S OLEFINS/AROMATICS PLANT IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS WAS ONE OF THE FIVE TEXAS FACILITIES IDENTIFIED BY THE ATERIS DATABASE AS HAVING THIS RISK POTENTIAL. THE TRRP INCLUDED A REVIEW OF CHEMICALS RELEASED TO ALL MEDIA TO DETERMINE IF ANY OTHER SITUATIONS EXISTED THAT WOULD SUGGEST THE NEED FOR REDUCTIONS OF CHEMICALS BESIDES THOSE IDENTIFIED BY THE ATERIS DATABASE. MULTI-MEDIA RISK SCREENING EXERCISES WERE CONDUCTED ON EACH OF THE FIVE SELECTED TEXAS FACILITIES IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY POLLUTANTS OF CONCERN. REGION 6 THEN CONTACTED REPRESEN- TATIVES FROM EACH OF THE FIVE FACILITIES AND REQUESTED THE SUBMITTAL OF TOXIC REDUCTION PLANS AIMED AT REDUCING EMISSIONS OF SPECIFIC HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS OF CONCERN. AS PART OF REGION 6'S EVALUATION OF THE R