PUBLIC LAW 99-499—OCT. 17, 1986
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42 USC 11022.
(2) Any substance present as a solid in any manufactured item to the extent exposure to the substance does not occur under normal conditions of use. (3) Any substance to the extent it is used for personal, family, or household purposes, or is present in the same form and concentration as a product packaged for distribution and use by the general public. (4) Any substance to the extent it is used in a research laboratory or a hospital or other medical facility under the direct supervision of a technically qualified individual. (5) Any substance to the extent it is used in routine agricultural operations or is a fertilizer held for sale by a retailer to the ultimate customer.
SEC. 312. EMERGENCY AND HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL INVENTORY FORMS. (a) BASIC REQUIREMENT.—(1) The owner or operator of any facility
29 USC 651 note.
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which is required to prepare or have available a material safety data sheet for a hazardous chemical under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 and regulations promulgated under that Act shall prepare and submit an emergency and hazardous chemical inventory form (hereafter in this title referred to as an "inventory form") to each of the following: (A) The appropriate local emergency planning committee. (B) The State emergency response commission. (C) The fire department with jurisdiction over the facility. (2) The inventory form containing tier I information (as described in subsection (d)(l)) shall be submitted on or before March 1, 1988, and annually thereafter on March 1, and shall contain data with respect to the preceding calendar year. The preceding sentence does not apply if an owner or operator provides, by the same deadline and with respect to the same calendar year, tier II information (as described in subsection (d)(2)) to the recipients described in paragraph (1). (3) An owner or operator may meet the requirements of this section with respect to a hazardous chemical which is a mixture by doing one of the following: (A) Providing information on the inventory form on each element or compound in the mixture which is a hazardous chemical. If more than one mixture has the same element or compound, only one listing on the inventory form for the element or compound at the facility is necessary. (B) Providing information on the inventory form on the mixture itself. (b) THRESHOLDS.—The Administrator may establish threshold quantities for hazardous chemicals covered by this section below which no facility shall be subject to the provisions of this section. The threshold quantities may, in the Administrator's discretion, be based on classes of chemicals or categories of facilities. (c) HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS COVERED.—A hazardous chemical subject to the requirements of this section is any hazardous chemical for which a material safety data sheet or a listing is required under section 311. (d) CONTENTS OF FORM.— (1) TIER I INFORMATION.— (A) AGGREGATE INFORMATION BY CATEGORY.—An
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inventory form shall provide the information described in subparagraph (B) in aggregate terms for hazardous chemi-
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