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), the Administrator shall promulgate rules pursuant to this subsection not later than 180 days after January 1, 1977.
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).
Any person who manufactures, processes, or distributes in commerce any chemical substance or mixture shall maintain records of significant adverse reactions to health or the environment, as determined by the Administrator by rule, alleged to have been caused by the substance or mixture. Records of such adverse reactions to the health of employees shall be retained for a period of 30 years from the date such reactions were first reported to or known by the person maintaining such records. Any other record of such adverse reactions shall be retained for a period of five years from the date the information contained in the record was first reported to or known by the person maintaining the record. Records required to be maintained under this subsection shall include records of consumer allegations of personal injury or harm to health, reports of occupational disease or injury, and reports or complaints of injury to the environment submitted to the manufacturer, processor, or distributor in commerce from any source. Upon request of any duly designated representative of the Administrator, each person who is required to maintain records under this subsection shall permit the inspection of such records and shall submit copies of such records.
The Administrator shall promulgate rules under which the Administrator shall require any person who manufactures, processes, or distributes in commerce or who proposes to manufacture, process, or distribute in commerce any chemical substance or mixture (or with respect to paragraph (2), any person who has possession of a study) to submit to the Administrator-
Any person who manufactures, processes, or distributes in commerce a chemical substance or mixture and who obtains information which reasonably supports the conclusion that such substance or mixture presents a substantial risk of injury to health or the environment shall immediately inform the Administrator of such information unless such person has actual knowledge that the Administrator has been adequately informed of such information.
For purposes of this section, the terms "manufacture" and "process" mean manufacture or process for commercial purposes.
1So in original.
15 U.S.C. § 2607
EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS2019-Subsec. (a)(7). Pub. L. 116-92 added par. (7). 2016-Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 114-182, §8(a)(1)(A), struck out concluding provisions which read as follows: "To the extent feasible, the Administrator shall not require under paragraph (1), any reporting which is unnecessary or duplicative."Subsec. (a)(2)(E). Pub. L. 114-182, §19(g)(1), substituted "information" for "data".Subsec. (a)(3)(A)(ii)(I). Pub. L. 114-182, §19(g)(2), substituted ",an order in effect under section 2603 or 2604(e) of this title, or a consent agreement under section 2603 of this title" for "or an order in effect under section 2604(e) of this title". Subsec. (a)(3)(C). Pub. L. 114-182, §8(a)(1)(B), added subpar. (C). Subsec. (a)(4) to (6). Pub. L. 114-182, §8(a)(1)(C), added pars. (4) to (6).Subsec. (b)(3) to (9). Pub. L. 114-182, §8(a)(2), added pars. (3) to (9). Subsec. (b)(10). Pub. L. 114-182, §8(b), added par. (10).
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATESection effective Jan. 1, 1977, see section 31 of Pub. L. 94-469 set out as a note under section 2601 of this title.
ASBESTOS INFORMATIONPub. L. 100-577, Oct. 31, 1988, 102 Stat. 2901, provided that:
"SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE."This Act may be cited as the 'Asbestos Information Act of 1988'.
"SEC. 2. SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION BY MANUFACTURERS. "Within 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 31, 1988], any person who manufactured or processed, before the date of the enactment of this Act, asbestos or asbestos-containing material that was prepared for sale for use as surfacing material, thermal system insulation, or miscellaneous material in buildings (or whose corporate predecessor manufactured or processed such asbestos or material) shall submit to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency the years of manufacture, the types or classes of product, and, to the extent available, other identifying characteristics reasonably necessary to identify or distinguish the asbestos or asbestos-containing material. Such person also may submit to the Administrator protocols for samples of asbestos and asbestos-containing material.
"SEC. 3. PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION. "Within 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 31, 1988], the Administrator shall publish a notice in the Federal Register that explains how, when, and where the information specified in section 2 is to be submitted. The Administrator shall receive and organize the information submitted under section 2 and, within 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, shall publish the information. In carrying out this section, the Administrator may not-"(1) review the information submitted under section 2 for accuracy, or"(2) analyze such information to determine whether it is reasonably necessary to identify or distinguish the particular asbestos or asbestos-containing material.
"SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS."In this Act: "(1) The term 'asbestos' means-"(A) chrysotile, amosite, or crocidolite, or"(B) in fibrous form, tremolite, anthophyllite, or actinolite."(2) The term 'asbestos-containing material' means any material containing more than one percent asbestos by weight."(3) The term 'identifying characteristics' means a description of asbestos or asbestos-containing material, including-"(A) the mineral or chemical constituents (or both) of the asbestos or material by weight or volume (or both),"(B) the types or classes of the product in which the asbestos or material is contained,"(C) the designs, patterns, or textures of the product in which the asbestos or material is contained, and"(D) the means by which the product in which the asbestos or material is contained may be distinguishable from other products containing asbestos or asbestos-containing material. "(4) The term 'miscellaneous material' means building material on structural components, structural members, or fixtures, such as floor and ceiling tiles. The term does not include surfacing material or thermal system insulation."(5) The term 'protocol' means any procedure for taking, handling, and preserving samples of asbestos and asbestos-containing material and for testing and analyzing such samples for the purpose of determining the person who manufactured or processed for sale such samples and the identifying characteristics of such samples."(6) The term 'surfacing material' means material in a building that is sprayed on surfaces, troweled on surfaces, or otherwise applied to surfaces for acoustical, fireproofing, or other purposes, such as acoustical plaster on ceilings and fireproofing material on structural members. "(7) The term 'thermal system insulation' means material in a building applied to pipes, fittings, boilers, breeching, tanks, ducts, or other structural components to prevent heat loss or gain or water condensation, or for other purposes."
- commerce
- The term "commerce" means trade, traffic, transportation, or other commerce (A) between a place in a State and any place outside of such State, or (B) which affects trade, traffic, transportation, or commerce described in clause (A).
- environment
- The term "environment" includes water, air, and land and the interrelationship which exists among and between water, air, and land and all living things.
- manufacture
- The term "manufacture" means to import into the customs territory of the United States (as defined in general note 2 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States), produce, or manufacture.
- process
- The term "process" means the preparation of a chemical substance or mixture, after its manufacture, for distribution in commerce-(A) in the same form or physical state as, or in a different form or physical state from, that in which it was received by the person so preparing such substance or mixture, or(B) as part of an article containing the chemical substance or mixture.
- processor
- The term "processor" means any person who processes a chemical substance or mixture.
- Administrator
- the terms "Administration" and "Administrator" mean the Small Business Administration and the Administrator thereof, respectively; and
- Administration
- the terms "Administration" and "Administrator" mean the Small Business Administration and the Administrator thereof, respectively; and