Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2012-0915-0004
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Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
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Posted Date: 2013-08-08T04:00Z

EPA ICR No. 1246.12; 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).