ICR Attachment 1 - Section 8(a) of the Toxic Substances Control Act

OMB Control Number 2070-0067; EPA ICR Number 1198.08
ICR ATTACHMENT 1
Toxic Substances Control Act Section 8(a)
15 U.S.C. 2607

Sec. 2607. Reporting and retention of information
(a) Reports
(1) The Administrator shall promulgate rules under which (A) each person (other than a small manufacturer or processor) who manufactures or
processes or proposes to manufacture or process a chemical substance (other than chemical
substance described in subparagraph (B)(ii)) shall maintain such records, and shall submit to
the Administrator such reports, as the Administrator may reasonably require, and
(B) each person (other than a small manufacturer or processor) who manufactures or
processes or proposes to manufacture or process (i) a mixture, or
(ii) a chemical substance in small quantities (as defined by the Administrator by rule)
solely for purposes of scientific experimentation or analysis or chemical research on, or
analysis of, such substance or another substance, including any such research or analysis
for the development of a product, shall maintain records and submit to the Administrator
reports but only to the extent the Administrator determines the maintenance of records or
submission of reports, or both, is necessary for the effective enforcement of this chapter.
The Administrator may not require in a rule promulgated under this paragraph the
maintenance of records or the submission of reports with respect to changes in the
proportions of the components of a mixture unless the Administrator finds that the
maintenance of such records or the submission of such reports, or both, is necessary for
the effective enforcement of this chapter. For purposes of the compilation of the list of
chemical substances required under subsection (b) of this section, the Administrator shall
promulgate rules pursuant to this subsection not later than 180 days after January 1, 1977.
(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) of this section.
(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 2603, 2604(b)(4), or 2605 of
this title, or an order in effect under section 2604(e) of this title, or
(II) with respect to which relief has been granted pursuant to a civil action brought under
section 2604 or 2606 of this title, 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).