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TX Health & Safety Code § 506.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 6 - Food, Drugs, Alcohol, and Hazardous Substances|Subtitle D - Hazardous Substances|Chapter 506 - Public Employer Community Right-to-Know Act|Section 506.002. Findings; Purpose

Sec. 506.002.  FINDINGS;  PURPOSE.  (a)  The legislature finds that:(1)  the health and safety of persons living in this state may be improved by providing access to information regarding hazardous chemicals to which those persons may be exposed during emergency situations or as a result of proximity to the manufacture or use of those chemicals;  and(2)  many facility operators in this state have established suitable information programs for their communities and that access to the information is required of most facility operators under the federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA).(b)  It is the intent and purpose of this chapter to ensure that accessibility to information regarding hazardous chemicals is provided to:(1)  fire departments responsible for dealing with chemical hazards during an emergency;(2)  local emergency planning committees and other emergency planning organizations; and(3)  the commission to make the information available to the public through specific procedures.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 528, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1305, eff. April 2, 2015.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 515 (H.B. 942), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 506.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 6 - Food, Drugs, Alcohol, and Hazardous Substances|Subtitle D - Hazardous Substances|Chapter 506 - Public Employer Community Right-to-Know Act|Section 506.003. Federal Laws and Regulations; Other Standards

Sec. 506.003.  FEDERAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS;  OTHER STANDARDS.  (a)  In this chapter, a reference to a federal law or regulation means a reference to the most current version of that law or regulation.(b)  In this chapter, a reference to nomenclature systems developed by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) or the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), or to other information, including information such as classification codes, performance standards, systematic names, standards, and systems described in publications sponsored by private technical or trade organizations, means a reference to the most current version of the publication.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 528, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 506.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 6 - Food, Drugs, Alcohol, and Hazardous Substances|Subtitle D - Hazardous Substances|Chapter 506 - Public Employer Community Right-to-Know Act|Section 506.005. Applicability of Chapter

Sec. 506.005.  APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.  (a)  Public employers shall comply with this chapter.(b)  This chapter does not apply to a hazardous chemical in a sealed package that is received and subsequently sold or transferred in that package if:(1)  the seal remains intact while the chemical is in the facility;(2)  the chemical does not remain in the facility longer than five working days;  and(3)  the chemical is not an extremely hazardous substance at or above the threshold planning quantity or 500 pounds, whichever is less, as listed by the EPA in 40 CFR Part 355, Appendices A and B.(c)  This chapter does not apply to:(1)  any hazardous waste as that term is defined by the federal Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq.), when subject to regulations issued under that Act by the EPA;(2)  tobacco or tobacco products;(3)  wood or wood products;(4)  articles;(5)  food, drugs, cosmetics, or alcoholic beverages in a retail food sale establishment that are packaged for sale to consumers;(6)  food, drugs, or cosmetics intended for personal consumption by an employee while in the facility;(7)  any consumer product or hazardous substance, as those terms are defined by the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. Section 2051 et seq.) and Federal Hazardous Substances Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1261 et seq.), respectively, if the employer can demonstrate it is used in the facility in the same manner as normal consumer use and if the use results in a duration and frequency of exposure that is not greater than exposures experienced by consumers;(8)  any drug, as that term is defined by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. Section 301 et seq.), when it is in solid, final form for direct administration to the patient, such as tablets or pills;(9)  the transportation, including storage incident to that transportation, of any substance or chemical subject to this chapter, including the transportation and distribution of natural gas;  and(10)  radioactive waste.(d)  The commission shall develop and implement an outreach program concerning the public's ability to obtain information under this chapter similar to the outreach program under Section 502.008.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 528, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1308, eff. April 2, 2015.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 515 (H.B. 942), Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 506.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 6 - Food, Drugs, Alcohol, and Hazardous Substances|Subtitle D - Hazardous Substances|Chapter 506 - Public Employer Community Right-to-Know Act|Section 506.006. Facility Chemical List

Sec. 506.006.  FACILITY CHEMICAL LIST.  (a)  For the purpose of community right-to-know, a facility operator covered by this chapter shall compile and maintain a tier two form that contains information on hazardous chemicals present in the facility in quantities that meet or exceed thresholds determined by the EPA in 40 CFR Part 370, or at any other reporting thresholds as determined by commission rule for certain highly toxic or extremely hazardous substances.(b)  Multiple facilities may be reported on the same tier two form, with appropriate facility identifiers, if the hazardous chemicals or hazardous chemical categories present at the multiple facilities are in the same ranges.  In multiple facility reporting, the reporting thresholds must be applied to each facility rather than to the total quantities present at all facilities.(c)  Each tier two form shall be filed annually with the commission, along with the appropriate fee, according to the procedures specified by commission rules. (d)  A facility operator shall file the tier two form with the commission not later than the 90th day after the date on which the operator begins operation or has a reportable addition, at the appropriate threshold, of a previously unreported hazardous chemical or extremely hazardous substance, but a fee may not be associated with filing this report.(d-1)  A facility operator shall file an updated tier two form with the commission:(1)  not later than the 90th day after the date on which the operator has a change in the chemical weight range, as listed in 40 C.F.R. Part 370, of a previously reported hazardous chemical or extremely hazardous substance; and(2)  as otherwise required by commission rule.(d-2)  A facility operator shall furnish a copy of each tier two form and updated tier two form filed with the commission under this section to the fire chief of the fire department having jurisdiction over the facility and to the appropriate local emergency planning committee. (e)  A facility operator shall file a safety data sheet with the commission on the commission's request.(f)  The commission shall maintain records of the tier two forms and other documents filed under this chapter or EPCRA for at least 30 years.(g)  Documents filed under this chapter are subject to Chapter 552, Government Code.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 528, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(88), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1309, eff. April 2, 2015.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 515 (H.B. 942), Sec. 16, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 506.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 6 - Food, Drugs, Alcohol, and Hazardous Substances|Subtitle D - Hazardous Substances|Chapter 506 - Public Employer Community Right-to-Know Act|Section 506.007. Direct Citizen Access to Information

Sec. 506.007.  DIRECT CITIZEN ACCESS TO INFORMATION.  (a)  Except as otherwise provided by this section, a person may request in writing copies of the facility's existing workplace chemical list for community right-to-know purposes.(b)  Except as otherwise provided by this section, any facility covered by this chapter shall furnish or mail, within 10 working days of the date of receipt of a request under Subsection (a), either a copy of the facility's existing workplace chemical list or a modified version of the most recent tier two form using a 500-pound threshold.(c)  Any facility that has received five requests under Subsection (a) in a calendar month, four requests in a calendar month for two or more months in a row, or more than 10 requests in a year may elect to furnish the material to the commission.(d)  Any facility electing to furnish the material to the commission under Subsection (c) may during that same filing period inform persons making requests under Subsection (a) of the availability of the information at the commission and refer the request to the commission for that filing period.  The notice to persons making requests shall state the address of the commission and shall be mailed within seven days of the date of receipt of the request, if by mail, and at the time of the request if in person.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 528, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 515 (H.B. 942), Sec. 17, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 506.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 6 - Food, Drugs, Alcohol, and Hazardous Substances|Subtitle D - Hazardous Substances|Chapter 506 - Public Employer Community Right-to-Know Act|Section 506.008. Emergency Planning Information

Sec. 506.008.  EMERGENCY PLANNING INFORMATION.  (a)  The fire chief or the fire chief's representative, on request, may conduct on-site inspections of the chemicals on the tier two form for the sole purpose of planning fire department activities in case of an emergency.(b)  A facility operator, on request, shall give the fire chief or the local emergency planning committee such additional information on types and amounts of hazardous chemicals present at a facility as the requestor may need for emergency planning purposes.  A facility operator, on request, shall give the executive director, the fire chief, or the local emergency planning committee a copy of the SDS for any chemical on the tier two form furnished under Section 506.006 or for any chemical present at the facility.(c)  Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 515 , Sec. 36(4), eff. September 1, 2015.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 528, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1310, eff. April 2, 2015.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 515 (H.B. 942), Sec. 18, eff. September 1, 2015.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 515 (H.B. 942), Sec. 36(4), eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 506.009 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 6 - Food, Drugs, Alcohol, and Hazardous Substances|Subtitle D - Hazardous Substances|Chapter 506 - Public Employer Community Right-to-Know Act|Section 506.009. Complaints and Investigations

Sec. 506.009.  COMPLAINTS AND INVESTIGATIONS.  On presentation of appropriate credentials, a commission representative may enter a facility at reasonable times to inspect and investigate complaints.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 528, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1311, eff. April 2, 2015.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 515 (H.B. 942), Sec. 19, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 506.017 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 6 - Food, Drugs, Alcohol, and Hazardous Substances|Subtitle D - Hazardous Substances|Chapter 506 - Public Employer Community Right-to-Know Act|Section 506.017. Rules; Fees

Sec. 506.017.  RULES; FEES.  (a)  The commission may adopt rules and administrative procedures reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.(b)  The commission by rule may authorize the collection of annual fees from facility operators for the filing of tier two forms required by this chapter.  The fee may not exceed:(1)  $50 for each required submission having no more than 75 hazardous chemicals or hazardous chemical categories; or(2)  $100 for each required submission having more than 75 hazardous chemicals or chemical categories.(c)  To minimize the fees, the commission by rule shall provide for consolidated filings of multiple tier two forms for facility operators covered by Subsection (b) if each of the tier two forms contains fewer than 25 items.(d)  The commission may use up to 20 percent of the fees collected under this section as grants to local emergency planning committees to assist them to fulfill their responsibilities under EPCRA.  An amount not to exceed 15 percent of the fees collected under Chapter 505 and this chapter, or 15 percent of the amount of fees paid by the state and its political subdivisions under this chapter, whichever is greater, may be used by the Department of State Health Services to administer Chapter 502.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 528, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1317, eff. April 2, 2015.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 515 (H.B. 942), Sec. 20, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 506.018 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 6 - Food, Drugs, Alcohol, and Hazardous Substances|Subtitle D - Hazardous Substances|Chapter 506 - Public Employer Community Right-to-Know Act|Section 506.018. Enforcement

Sec. 506.018.  ENFORCEMENT.  (a)  A facility operator may not violate this chapter, commission rules adopted under this chapter, or an order issued under this chapter.(b)  The commission may enforce this chapter under Chapter 7, Water Code, including by issuing an administrative order that assesses a penalty or orders a corrective action.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 515 (H.B. 942), Sec. 21, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 507.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 6 - Food, Drugs, Alcohol, and Hazardous Substances|Subtitle D - Hazardous Substances|Chapter 507 - Nonmanufacturing Facilities Community Right-to-Know Act|Section 507.001. Short Title

Sec. 507.001.  SHORT TITLE.  This chapter may be cited as the Nonmanufacturing Facilities Community Right-To-Know Act.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 528, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 507.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 6 - Food, Drugs, Alcohol, and Hazardous Substances|Subtitle D - Hazardous Substances|Chapter 507 - Nonmanufacturing Facilities Community Right-to-Know Act|Section 507.002. Findings; Purpose

Sec. 507.002.  FINDINGS;  PURPOSE.  (a)  The legislature finds that:(1)  the health and safety of persons living in this state may be improved by providing access to information regarding hazardous chemicals to which those persons may be exposed during emergency situations or as a result of proximity to the use of those chemicals;  and(2)  many facility operators in this state have established suitable information programs for their communities and that access to the information is required of most facility operators under the federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA).(b)  It is the intent and purpose of this chapter to ensure that accessibility to information regarding hazardous chemicals is provided to:(1)  fire departments responsible for dealing with chemical hazards during an emergency;(2)  local emergency planning committees and other emergency planning organizations; and(3)  the commission to make the information available to the public through specific procedures.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 528, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1318, eff. April 2, 2015.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 515 (H.B. 942), Sec. 22, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 507.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 6 - Food, Drugs, Alcohol, and Hazardous Substances|Subtitle D - Hazardous Substances|Chapter 507 - Nonmanufacturing Facilities Community Right-to-Know Act|Section 507.003. Federal Laws and Regulations

Sec. 507.003.  FEDERAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS. (a) In this chapter, a reference to a federal law or regulation means a reference to the most current version of that law or regulation.(b)  In this chapter, a reference to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) means a reference to the most current version of that system.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 528, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 515 (H.B. 942), Sec. 23, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 507.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 6 - Food, Drugs, Alcohol, and Hazardous Substances|Subtitle D - Hazardous Substances|Chapter 507 - Nonmanufacturing Facilities Community Right-to-Know Act|Section 507.005. Applicability of Chapter

Sec. 507.005.  APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.  (a)  Facility operators whose facilities are in North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Codes 11-23 or NAICS Codes 42-92 and who are not subject to Chapter 506 shall comply with this chapter.(b)  This chapter does not apply to a hazardous chemical in a sealed package that is received and subsequently sold or transferred in that package if:(1)  the seal remains intact while the chemical is in the facility;(2)  the chemical does not remain in the facility longer than five working days;  and(3)  the chemical is not an extremely hazardous substance at or above the threshold planning quantity or 500 pounds, whichever is less, as listed by the EPA in 40 CFR Part 355, Appendices A and B.(c)  This chapter does not apply to:(1)  any hazardous waste as that term is defined by the federal Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq.), when subject to regulations issued under that Act by the EPA;(2)  tobacco or tobacco products;(3)  wood or wood products;(4)  articles;(5)  food, drugs, cosmetics, or alcoholic beverages in a retail food sale establishment that are packaged for sale to consumers;(6)  food, drugs, or cosmetics intended for personal consumption by an employee while in the facility;(7)  any consumer product or hazardous substance, as those terms are defined by the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. Section 2051 et seq.) and Federal Hazardous Substances Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1261 et seq.), respectively, if the employer can demonstrate it is used in the facility in the same manner as normal consumer use and if the use results in a duration and frequency of exposure that is not greater than exposures experienced by consumers;(8)  any drug, as that term is defined by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. Section 301 et seq.), when it is in solid, final form for direct administration to the patient, such as tablets or pills;(9)  the transportation, including storage incident to that transportation, of any substance or chemical subject to this chapter, including the transportation and distribution of natural gas;  and(10)  radioactive waste.(d)  The commission shall develop and implement an outreach program concerning the public's ability to obtain information under this chapter similar to the outreach program under Section 502.008.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 528, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1321, eff. April 2, 2015.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 515 (H.B. 942), Sec. 25, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 507.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 6 - Food, Drugs, Alcohol, and Hazardous Substances|Subtitle D - Hazardous Substances|Chapter 507 - Nonmanufacturing Facilities Community Right-to-Know Act|Section 507.006. Facility Chemical List

Sec. 507.006.  FACILITY CHEMICAL LIST.  (a)  For the purpose of community right-to-know, a facility operator covered by this chapter shall compile and maintain a tier two form that contains information on hazardous chemicals present in the facility in quantities that meet or exceed thresholds determined by the EPA in 40 CFR Part 370, or at any other reporting thresholds as determined by commission rule for certain highly toxic or extremely hazardous substances.(b)  Multiple facilities may be reported on the same tier two form, with appropriate facility identifiers, if the hazardous chemicals or hazardous chemical categories present at the multiple facilities are in the same ranges.  In multiple facility reporting, the reporting thresholds must be applied to each facility rather than to the total quantities present at all facilities.(c)  Each tier two form shall be filed annually with the commission, along with the appropriate fee, according to the procedures specified by commission rules. (d)  The tier two form shall be used to comply with the updating requirements in EPCRA, Section 311, but a fee may not be associated with filing the report.(e)  Except as provided by Section 507.0061(c), a facility operator shall file the tier two form with the commission not later than the 90th day after the date on which the operator begins operation or has a reportable addition, at the appropriate threshold, of a previously unreported hazardous chemical or extremely hazardous substance.(e-1)  Except as provided by Section 507.0061(c), a facility operator shall file an updated tier two form with the commission:(1)  not later than the 90th day after the date on which the operator has a change in the chemical weight range, as listed in 40 C.F.R. Part 370, of a previously reported hazardous chemical or extremely hazardous substance; and(2)  as otherwise required by commission rule.(e-2)  A facility operator shall furnish a copy of each tier two form and updated tier two form filed with the commission under this section to the fire chief of the fire department having jurisdiction over the facility and to the appropriate local emergency planning committee. (f)  A facility operator shall file a safety data sheet with the commission on the commission's request.(g)  The commission shall maintain records of the tier two forms and other documents filed under this chapter or EPCRA for at least 30 years.(h)  Except as provided by Section 507.012, documents filed under this chapter are subject to Chapter 552, Government Code.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 528, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(88), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1322, eff. April 2, 2015.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 515 (H.B. 942), Sec. 26, eff. September 1, 2015.|