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 100 STAT. 1740

PUBLIC LAW 99-499—OCT. 17, 1986 pursuant to paragraph (1), request the facility owner or operator for the tier II information and make available such information to the official.

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(3) AVAILABILITY TO PUBLIC.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—Any person may request a State emergency response commission or local emergency planning committee for tier II information relating to the preceding calendar year with respect to a facility. Any such request shall be in writing and shall be with respect to a specific facility. (B) AUTOMATIC PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO PUBLIC.—

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Any tier II information which a State emergency response f«, iiii, commission or local emergency planning committee has in its possession shall be made available to a person making a •nmic-t; request under this paragraph in accordance with section 324. If the State emergency response commission or local ?;' emergency planning committee does not have the tier II information in its possession, upon a request for tier II information the State emergency response commission or ^ ' local emergency planning committee shall, pursuant to Jii it, paragraph (1), request the facility owner or operator for tier , ^^^ ^ II information with respect to a hazardous chemical which ': '; ' a facility has stored in an amount in excess of 10,000 -'f'^"; pounds present at the facility at any time during the preceding calendar year and make such information avail"' able in accordance with section 324 to the person making the request. (C)

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PUBLIC.—In the case of tier II information which is not in the possession of a State emergency response commission or local emergency planning committee and which is with respect to a hazardous chemical which a facility has stored in an amount less than 10,000 pounds present at the facility at any time during the preceding calendar year, a request from a person must include the general need for the information. The State emergency response commission or s i t te local emergency planning committee may, pursuant to paragraph (1), request the facility owner or operator for the » V tier II information on behalf of the person making the request. Upon receipt of any information requested on behalf of such person, the State emergency response commission or local emergency planning committee shall make the information available in accordance with section 324 to the person. (D) RESPONSE IN 45 DAYS.—A State emergency response commission or local emergency planning committee shall , respond to a request for tier II information under this QB paragraph no later than 45 days after the date of receipt of the request. (f) FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCESS.—Upon request to an owner or operator of a facility which files an inventory form under this section by the fire department with jurisdiction over the facility, the owner or operator of the facility shall allow the fire department to conduct an on-site inspection of the facility and shall provide to the fire department specific location information on hazardous chemicals at the facility.

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