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Posted Date: 2015-06-19T04:00Z

SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1 OMB Control No. 2070-0054; EPA ICR No. 0586.13

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).