Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2013-0458-0003
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
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Posted Date: 2013-11-22T05:00Z

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).