113 STAT. 208 PUBLIC LAW 106-40—AUG. 5, 1999 SEC. 3. PUBLIC ACCESS TO OFF-SITE CONSEQUENCE ANALYSIS INFORMATION. (a) IN GENERAL. —Section 112(r)(7) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7412(r)(7)) is amended by adding at the end the following: "(H) PUBLIC ACCESS TO OFF-SITE CONSEQUENCE ANAL- YSIS INFORMATION.— "(i) DEFINITIONS. —In this subparagraph: "(I) COVERED PERSON.— The term 'covered person' means— "(aa) an officer or employee of the United States; "(bb) an officer or employee of an agent or contractor of the Federal Government; ) "(cc) an officer or employee of a State or local government; "(dd) an officer or employee of an agent or contractor of a State or local government; "(ee) an individual affiliated with an entity that has been given, by a State or local government, responsibility for preventing, planning for, or responding to accidental releases; "(fD an officer or employee or an agent or contractor of an entity described in item (ee); and "(gg) a qualified researcher under clause (vii). "(II) OFFICIAL USE.— The term 'official use' means an action of a Federal, State, or local government agency or an entity referred to in subclause (I)(ee) intended to carry out a function relevant to preventing, planning for, or responding to accidental releases. "(Ill) OFF-SITE CONSEQUENCE ANALYSIS INFORMATION.— The term 'off-site consequence analysis information' means those portions of a risk management plan, excluding the executive summary of the plan, consisting of an evaluation of 1 or more worst-case release scenarios or alternative release scenarios, and any electronic data base created by the Administrator from those portions. "(IV) RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN. —The term 'risk management plan' means a risk management plan submitted to the Administrator by an owner or operator of a stationary source under subparagraph (B)(iii). Deadline. "(ii) REGULATIONS. — Not later than 1 year after President. the date of enactment of this subparagraph, the President shall— " (I) assess— "(aa) the increased risk of terrorist and other criminal activity associated with the posting of off-site consequence analysis information on the Internet; and "(bb) the incentives created by public disclosure of off-site consequence analysis
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