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PUBLIC LAW 94-000—MMMM. DD, 1976

90 STAT. 2028

Standards.

PUBLIC LAW 94-469—OCT. 11, 1976 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 the effective date of this Act. (2) The Administrator may require under paragraph (1) maintenance of records and reporting with respect to the following insofar as known to the person making the report or insofar as reasonably ascertainable: (A) The common or trade name, the chemical identity, and the molecular structure of each chemical substance or mixture for which such a report is required. (B) The categories or proposed categories of use of each such substance or mixture. (C) The total amount of each such substance and mixture manufactured or processed, reasonable estimates of the total amount to be manufactured or processed, the amount manufactured or processed for each of its categories of use, and reasonable estimates of the amount to be manufactured or processed for each of its categories of use or proposed categories of use. (D) A description of the byproducts resulting from the manufacture, processing, use, or disposal of each such substance or mixture. (E) All existing data concerning the environmental and health effects of such substance or mixture. (F) The number of individuals exposed, and reasonable estimates of the number who will be exposed, to such substance or mixture in their places of employment and the duration of such exposure. (G) In the initial report under paragraph (1) on such substance or mixture, the manner or method of its disposal, and in any subsequent report on such substance or mixture, any change in such manner or method. To the extent feasible, the Administrator shall not require under paragraph (1), any reporting which is unnecessary or duplicative. (3)(A)(i) The Administrator may by rule require a small manufacturer or processor of a chemical substance to submit to the Administrator such information respecting* the chemical substance as the Administrator may require for publication of the first list of chemical substances required by subsection (b). (ii) The Administrator may by rule require a small manufacturer or processor of a chemical substance or mixture— (I) subject to a rule proposed or promulgated under section 4, 5(b)(4), or 6, or an order in effect under section 6(e), or (II) with respect to which relief has been granted pursuant to a civil action brought under section 5 or 7, 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). (B) The Administrator, after consultation with the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, shall by rule prescribe standards for determining the manufacturers and processors which qualify as small manufacturers and processors for purposes of this paragraph and paragraph (1). (b) INVENTORY.—(1) The Administrator shall compile, keep current, and publish a list of each chemical substance which is manufactured or processed in the United States. Such list shall at least include each chemical substance which any person reports, under section 5 or