2005 Maine Code - §796 — Material safety data sheets

      1. Data sheets. Any person who owns or operates a facility and is required to prepare or have available a material safety data sheet for a hazardous chemical under the United States Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, Public Law 91-596, as amended, and regulations promulgated under it shall submit to the local emergency planning committee of the emergency planning district in which the facility is located, the commission and the fire department having jurisdiction over the facility, either data sheets or lists for which data sheets are available of the hazardous chemicals and extremely hazardous substances that are stored at the facility in an amount that exceeds the threshold planning quantity for those chemicals or substances. The hazardous chemicals and extremely hazardous substances shall be grouped together on any such data sheets by the categories of health and physical hazards. The data sheets shall include, without limitation, all criteria set forth in 29 Code of Federal Regulations, Section 1910.1200.[1989, c. 464, §3 (new).]
      2. Content of lists. The list of chemicals referred to in subsection 1 must include each of the following:
   
A. A list of hazardous chemicals for which material safety data sheets are required under subsection 1 grouped in categories of health and physical hazards; [1989, c. 464, §3 (new).]    
B. The chemical name or the common name of each such chemical as provided on the material safety data sheet; and [1989, c. 464, §3 (new).]    
C. Any hazardous component of each such chemical as provided on the material safety data sheet. [1989, c. 464, §3 (new).] [1989, c. 464, §3 (new).]
      3. Revised data sheets. Within 3 months after the discovery of new information about a hazardous chemical or extremely hazardous substance identified in the data sheet required by subsection 1, paragraph A or within 3 months after obtaining a hazardous chemical or extremely hazardous substance for which reporting is required by subsection 1, paragraph A, the owner or operator of a facility shall prepare and submit a revised data sheet or a revised list of chemicals for which data sheets are available that meets the requirements of subsection 1, paragraph A and contains the new information to the local emergency planning committee, the commission, and the fire department having jurisdiction over the facility.[1989, c. 464, §3 (new).]

Section History:

PL 1989,  Ch. 464,   §3 (NEW).