EPA ICR No. 1198.10; OMB Control No. 2070-0067

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Toxic Substances Control Act Section 8(a)

15 U.S.C. 2607
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 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).