The California legislature passed Assembly Bill 2185 in 1987, incorporating the provisions of SARA Title III into a state program administered by local government agencies. In addition to fulfilling the requirements of federal and state laws, chemical inventory information assists the campus in establishing occupancy codes for buildings and provides valuable data for calculating air pollutant emissions.
State law requires businesses to list all hazardous substances on chemical inventories.
All substances for which an MSDS has been produced are considered reportable under state law. Businesses must also list hazardous wastes on the inventory. Distilled water, saline solutions and sugar solutions.