OMB Control No. 2070-0054; EPA ICR No. 0586.12

Attachment A

Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 8(a)

(15 USC 2607(a))
TITLE 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE

CHAPTER 53 - TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL

SUBCHAPTER I - CONTROL OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES

Sec. 2607. Reporting and retention of information

(a) Reports

(1) The Administrator shall promulgate rules under which -

 (A) each person (other than a small manufacturer or processor) who manufactures or processes 

or proposes to manufacture or process a chemical substance (other than a chemical substance 

described in subparagraph (B)(ii)) shall maintain such records, and shall submit to the 

Administrator such reports, as the Administrator may reasonably require, and

 (B) each person (other than a small manufacturer or processor) who manufactures or processes 

or proposes to manufacture or process -

 (i) a mixture, or

 (ii) a chemical substance in small quantities (as defined by the Administrator by rule) 

solely for purposes of scientific experimentation or analysis or chemical research on, or 

analysis of, such substance or another substance, including any such research or analysis for the 

development of a product, 

shall maintain records and submit to the Administrator reports but only to the extent the 

Administrator determines the maintenance of records or submission of reports, or both, is 

necessary for the effective enforcement of this chapter.

The Administrator may not require in a rule promulgated under this paragraph the maintenance 

of records or the submission of reports with respect to changes in the proportions of the 

components of a mixture unless the Administrator finds that the maintenance of such records or 

the submission of such reports, or both, is necessary for the effective enforcement of this chapter. 

For purposes of the compilation of the list of chemical substances required under subsection (b) 

of this section, the Administrator shall promulgate rules pursuant to this subsection not later than 

180 days after January 1, 1977.

 (2) The Administrator may require under paragraph (1) maintenance of records and reporting 

with respect to the following insofar as known to the person making the report or insofar as 

reasonably ascertainable:

 (A) The common or trade name, the chemical identity, and the molecular structure of each 

chemical substance or mixture for which such a report is required.
 (B) The categories or proposed categories of use of each such substance or mixture.

 (C) The total amount of each such substance and mixture manufactured or processed, 

reasonable estimates of the total amount to be manufactured or processed, the amount 

manufactured or processed for each of its categories of use, and reasonable estimates of the 

amount to be manufactured or processed for each of its categories of use or proposed categories 

of use.

 (D) A description of the byproducts resulting from the manufacture, processing, use, or 

disposal of each such substance or mixture.

 (E) All existing data concerning the environmental and health effects of such substance or 

mixture.

 (F) The number of individuals exposed, and reasonable estimates of the number who will be 

exposed, to such substance or mixture in their places of employment and the duration of such 

exposure.

 (G) In the initial report under paragraph (1) on such substance or mixture, the manner or 

method of its disposal, and in any subsequent report on such substance or mixture, any change 

in such manner or method.

To the extent feasible, the Administrator shall not require under paragraph (1), any reporting 

which is unnecessary or duplicative.

 (3)(A)(i) The Administrator may by rule require a small manufacturer or processor of a 

chemical substance to submit to the Administrator such information respecting the chemical 

substance as the Administrator may require for publication of the first list of chemical substances 

required by subsection (b) of this section.

 (ii) The Administrator may by rule require a small manufacturer or processor of a chemical 

substance or mixture -

 (I) subject to a rule proposed or promulgated under section 2603, 2604(b)(4), or 2605 of 

this title, or an order in effect under section 2604(e) of this title, or

 (II) with respect to which relief has been granted pursuant to a civil action brought under 

section 2604 or 2606 of this title,

to maintain such records on such substance or mixture, and to submit to the Administrator such 

reports on such substance or mixture, as the Administrator may reasonably require. A rule under 

this clause requiring reporting may require reporting with respect to the matters referred to in 

paragraph (2).

 (B) The Administrator, after consultation with the Administrator of the Small Business 

Administration, shall by rule prescribe standards for determining the manufacturers and 
processors which qualify as small manufacturers and processors for purposes of this paragraph 

and paragraph (1).