Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0264-0005
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2017-01-03T05:00Z

EPA ICR No. 1246.13; OMB Control No. 2070-0072
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                  Attachment B
                                        
                   Toxic Substances Control Act Section 8(a)
                               15 U.S.C. 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).