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 90 STAT. 2012

PUBLIC LAW 94-469—OCT. 11, 1976

(ii) No person, while serving as a member of the committee, or designee of such member, may own any stocks or bonds, or have any pecuniary interest, of substantial value in any person engaged in the manufacture, processing, or distribution in commerce of any chemical substance or mixture subject to any requirement of this Act or of any rule promulgated or order issued thereunder. (iii) The Administrator, acting through attorneys of the Environmental Protection Agency, or the Attorney General may bring an action in the appropriate district court of the United States to restrain any violation of this subparagraph. (D) The Administrator shall provide the committee such administrative support services as may be necessary to enable the committee to carry out its function under this subsection. (f) REQUIRED ACTIONS.—Upon the receipt of— (1) any test data required to be submitted under this Act, or (2) any other information available to the Administrator, which indicates to the Administrator that there may be a reasonable basis to conclude that a chemical substance or mixture presents or will present a significant risk of serious or widespread harm to human beings from cancer, gene mutations, or birth defects, the Administrator shall, within the 180-day period beginning on the date of the receipt of such data or information, initiate appropriate action under section 5, 6, or 7 to prevent or reduce to a sufficient extent such risk or publish in the Federal Register a finding that such risk is not unreasonable. For good cause shown the Administrator may extend such period for an Publication in additional period of not more than 90 days. The Administrator shall Federal Register, publish in the Federal Register notice of any such extension and the reasons therefor. A finding by the Administrator that a risk is not unreasonable shall be considered agency action for purposes of judicial 5 USC 701. review under chapter 7 of title 5, United States Code. This subsection shall not take effect until two years after the effective date of this Act. (g) PETITION FOR STANDARDS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TEST DATA.—

A person intending to manufacture or process a chemical substance Infra. for which notice is required under section 5(a) and who is not required under a rule under subsection (a) to conduct tests and submit data on such substance may petition the Administrator to prescribe standards for the development of test data for such substance. The Administrator shall by order either grant or deny any such petition within 60 days of its receipt. If the petition is granted, the Administrator shall prescribe such standards for such substance within 75 days of Publication in the date the petition is granted. If the petition is denied, the AdminFederal Register, istrator shall publish, subjex?t to section 14, in the Federal Register the Post, p. 2034. reasons for such denial. SEC. 5. MANUFACTURING AND PROCESSING NOTICES. 15 USC 2604. (a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Except as provided in subsection (h), no person may— (A) manufacture a new chemical substance on or after the 30th day after the date on which the Administrator first publishes the list required by section 8(b), or (B) manufacture or process any chemical substance for a use which the Administrator has determined, in accordance with paragraph (2), is a significant new use, unless such person submits to the Administrator, at least 90 days before such manufacture or processing, a notice, in accordance with subsection (d), of such person's intention to manufacture or process such substance and such person complies with any applicable requirement of subsection (b).

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