2013 Maryland Code
ENVIRONMENT
§ 6-503 - Duties of Department

§6-503.

(a) The Department shall:

(1) Duplicate information contained on all chemical information lists and material safety data sheets that the Department receives under § 5-406 of the Labor and Employment Article;

(2) Maintain this information in a central repository for a period of 40 years; and

(3) Provide access to this information by the persons who are allowed access under this subtitle.

(b) On written request to the Department, the following persons may have access to, inspect, and make a copy, at the person’s expense, of any chemical information list and material safety data sheet that contains information on hazardous or toxic chemicals and that the Department maintains under this subtitle:

(1) Any environmental organization that is in the State of Maryland;

(2) Any civic or consumer organization that is in the State of Maryland; and

(3) Any individual who lives:

(i) In a local community where a business stores, produces, or locates hazardous or toxic chemicals; or

(ii) In the nearest local community to a business that stores, produces, or locates hazardous or toxic chemicals.

(c) Whenever the Department receives a written request, under this subtitle, for chemical information lists and material safety data sheets submitted by an employer in accordance with § 5-406 of the Labor and Employment Article, the Department shall promptly notify the employer of the request.