**EPA ICR No. 1246.12; OMB Control No. 2070**

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**Attachment B**

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

**15 U.S.C. 2607(a)**TI TL E 15

-- COMMERCE AND TRADE

CHAPTER 53

-- TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL

SUBCHAPTER I

-- CONTROL OF TOXI C 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 proce ss 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 b y the Administrator by rule) solel y for purposes of scientific experimentation or anal ys is or chemical research on, or analy sis of, such substance or another substance, including an y such research or anal ys is for the development of a product,

shall maintain records an d submit to the Administrator reports but onl y 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 day s 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 reasonabl y ascertainable: (A) The common or trade name, the chemical identity , and the molecular structure of each chemical substance ormixture for which such a report is required.

(B) The categories or proposed categories of use of each such s ubstance 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 by products 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 su ch substance or mixture, any change in such manner or method.

To the extent feasible, the Administrator shall not require under paragraph (1), an y reporting which is unnecessary

or duplicative. (3)(A)(i) The Administrator may by rule require a small m anufacturer 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 b y 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

e ffect 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 reasonabl y require. A rule under this clause requiring reporting may require reporting with respect to the matters referred to in paragraph (2). (B) The Administr ator, 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).