Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 100 Part 2.djvu/642

 100 STAT. 1744

PUBLIC LAW 99-499—OCT. 17, 1986

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(A) provide for the name and location of, and principal business activities at, the facility; (B) include an appropriate certification, signed by a "• senior official with management responsibility for the person or persons completing the report, regarding the ^' accuracy and completeness of the report; and (C) provide for submission of each of the following items of information for each listed toxic chemical known to be present at the facility: (i) Whether the toxic chemical at the facility is manufactured, processed, or otherwise used, and the general category or categories of use of the chemical. (ii) An estimate of the maximum amounts (in ranges) of the toxic chemical present at the facility at any time during the preceding calendar year. (iii) For each wastestream, the waste treatment or disposal methods employed, and an estimate of the I;j ^,^ treatment efficiency typically achieved by such meth' *' " ' ods for that wastestream. (iv) The annual quantity of the toxic chemical enterj^ ing each environmental medium. (2) USE OF AVAILABLE DATA.—In order to provide the information required under this section, the owner or operator of a facility may use readily available data (including monitoring data) collected pursuant to other provisions of law, or, where such data are not readily available, reasonable estimates of the -,, amounts involved. Nothing in this section requires the monitoring or measurement of the quantities, concentration, or frejf-j, quency of any toxic chemical released into the environment beyond that monitoring and measurement required under other .; provisions of law or regulation. In order to assure consistency, J the Administrator shall require that data be expressed in common units. (h) USE OF RELEASE FORM.—The release forms required under this section are intended to provide information to the Federal, State, and local governments and the public, including citizens of communities surrounding covered facilities. The release form shall be available, consistent with section 324(a), to inform persons about releases of toxic chemicals to the environment; to assist governmental agencies, researchers, and other persons in the conduct of research and data gathering; to aid in the development of appropriate regulations, guidelines, and standards; and for other similar purposes, (i) MODIFICATIONS IN REPORTING FREQUENCY.—

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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator may modify the frequency of submitting a report under this section, but the Administrator may not modify the frequency to be any more often than annually. A modification may apply, either nationally or in a specific geographic area, to the following: (A) All toxic chemical release forms required under this section. (B) A class of toxic chemicals or a category of facilities. (C) A specific toxic chemical. (D) A specific facility. '(2) REQUIREMENTS.—A modification may be made under paragraph (1) only if the Administrator—

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