22 U.S.C. § 6743

Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)

Section 6743 - Prohibition relating to unscheduled discrete organic chemicals and coincidental byproducts in waste streams

(a)¹ Prohibition

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, no person located in the United States shall be required to report on, or to submit to, any routine inspection conducted for the purpose of verifying the production, possession, consumption, exportation, importation, or proposed production, possession, consumption, exportation, or importation of any substance that is-

(1) an unscheduled discrete organic chemical; and

(2) a coincidental byproduct of a manufacturing or production process that is not isolated or captured for use or sale during the process and is routed to, or escapes, from the waste stream of a stack, incinerator, or wastewater treatment system or any other waste stream.

¹So in original. No subsec. (b) has been enacted.

22 U.S.C. § 6743

Pub. L. 105-277, div. I, title IV, §403, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-881.

EDITORIAL NOTES

REFERENCES IN TEXTThis chapter, referred to in text, was in the original "this Act" and was translated as reading "this division", meaning div. I of Pub. L. 105-277, 112 Stat. 2681-856, known as the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act of 1998, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. For complete classification of division I to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 6701 of this title and Tables.

United States

The term "United States" means the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the commonwealths, territories, and possessions of the United States and includes all places under the jurisdiction or control of the United States, including-(A) any of the places within the provisions of paragraph (41)2 of section 40102 of title 49;(B) any civil aircraft of the United States or public aircraft, as such terms are defined in paragraphs (17) and (37),2 respectively, of section 40102 of title 49; and(C) any vessel of the United States, as such term is defined in section 70502(b) of title 46.

Chemical Weapons Convention

The terms "Chemical Weapons Convention" and "Convention" mean the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, opened for signature on January 13, 1993.