PUBLIC LAW 9 4 ^ 6 9 — O C T. 11, 1976
90 STAT. 2047
(2) to furnish to the Administrator such information, data, estimates, and statistics, and to allow the Administrator access to all information in its possession as the Administrator may reasonably determine to be necessary for the administration of this Act. (b) F E E S. — (1) The Administrator may, by rule, require the payment of a reasonable fee from any person required to submit data under section 4 or 5 to defray the cost of administering this Act. Such rules shall not provide for any fee in excess of $2,500 or, in the case of a small business concern, any fee in excess of $100. I n setting a fee under this paragraph, the Administrator shall take into account the ability to p a y of the person required to submit the data and the cost to the Administrator of reviewing such data. Such rules may provide for sharing such a fee in any case in which the expenses of testing are shared under section 4 or 5. (2) The Administrator, after consultation with the Administrator Consultation, of the Small Business Administration, shall by rule prescribe stand- R"l«ards for determining the persons which qualify as small business concerns for purposes of paragraph (1). (c) ACTION W I T H RESPECT TO CATEGORIES.— (1) Any action a u t h o r -
ized or required to be taken by the Administrator under any provision of this Act with respect to a chemical substance or mixture may be taken by the Administrator in accordance with that provision with respect to a category of chemical substances or mixtures. Whenever the Administrator takes action under a provision of this Act with respect to a category of chemical substances or mixtures, any reference in this Act to a chemical substance or mixture (insofar as it relates to such action) shall be deemed to be a reference to each chemical substance or mixture in such category. (2) For purposes of paragraph (1): Definitions. (A) The term "category of chemical substances" means a group of chemical substances the members of which are similar in molecular structure, in physical, chemical, or biological properties, in use, or in mode of entrance into the human body or into the environment, or the members of which are in some other way suitable for classification as such for purposes of this Act, except that such term does not mean a group of chemical substances which are grouped together solely on the basis of their being new chemical substances. (B) The term "category of mixtures" means a g r o u p of mixtures the members of which are similar in molecular structure, in physical, chemical, or biological properties, in use, or in the mode of entrance into the human body or into the environment, or the members of which are in some other way suitable for classification as such for purposes of this Act. (d) ASSISTANCE OFFICE. — The Administrator shall establish in the Establishment. Environmental Protection Agency a n identifiable office to provide technical and other nonfinancial assistance to manufacturers and processors of chemical substances and mixtures respecting the requirements of this Act applicable to such manufacturers and processors, the policy of the Agency respecting the application of such requirements to such manufacturers and processors, and the means and methods by which such manufacturers and processors may comply with such requirements. (e) FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES.— (1) Except as provided under paragraph (3), each officer or employee of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare who— (A) performs any function or duty under this Act, and
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