112 STAT. 2681-881 PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 (B) submit to the Director of the United States National Authority such reports as the United States National Authority may reasonably require to provide to the Organization, pursuant to subparagraph 1(a) of the Annex on Confidentiality of the Convention, the minimum amount of information and data necessary for the timely and efficient conduct by the Organization of its responsibilities under the Convention. (2) RULEMAKING.—The Director of the United States National Authority shall ensure that regulations pursuant to this section are prescribed expeditiously. (b) COORDINATION. — (1) AVOIDANCE OF DUPLICATION. — To the extent feasible, the United States Government shall not require the submission of any report that is unnecessary or duplicative of any report required by or under any other law. The head of each Federal agency shall coordinate the actions of that agency with the heads of the other Federal agencies in order to avoid the imposition of duplicative reporting requirements under this Act or any other law. (2) DEFINITION.— As used in paragraph (1), the term "Federal agency" has the meaning given the term "agency" in section 551(1) of title 5, United States Code. 22 USC 6742. SEC. 402. PROHIBITION RELATING TO LOW CONCENTRATIONS OF SCHEDULE 2 AND 3 CHEMICALS. (a) PROHIBITION. — Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 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 contains less than— (1) 10 percent concentration of a Schedule 2 chemical; or (2) 80 percent concentration of a Schedule 3 chemical. (b) STANDARD FOR MEASUREMENT OF CONCENTRATION. —The percent concentration of a chemical in a substgince shall be measured on the basis of volume or total weight, which measurement yields the lesser percent. 22 USC 6743. SEC. 403. PROHIBITION RELATING TO UNSCHEDULED DISCRETE ORGANIC CHEMICALS AND COINCIDENTAL BYPRODUCTS IN WASTE STREAMS. (a) PROHIBITION. — Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 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 b5T)roduct 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.
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