2018 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 116 - Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know
Subchapter III - General Provisions
Sec. 11044 - Public availability of plans, data sheets, forms, and followup notices

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Citation 42 U.S.C. § 11044 (2018)
Section Name §11044. Public availability of plans, data sheets, forms, and followup notices
Section Text (a) Availability to public

Each emergency response plan, material safety data sheet, list described in section 11021(a)(2) of this title, inventory form, toxic chemical release form, and followup emergency notice shall be made available to the general public, consistent with section 11042 of this title, during normal working hours at the location or locations designated by the Administrator, Governor, State emergency response commission, or local emergency planning committee, as appropriate. Upon request by an owner or operator of a facility subject to the requirements of section 11022 of this title, the State emergency response commission and the appropriate local emergency planning committee shall withhold from disclosure under this section the location of any specific chemical required by section 11022(d)(2) of this title to be contained in an inventory form as tier II information.

(b) Notice of public availability

Each local emergency planning committee shall annually publish a notice in local newspapers that the emergency response plan, material safety data sheets, and inventory forms have been submitted under this section. The notice shall state that followup emergency notices may subsequently be issued. Such notice shall announce that members of the public who wish to review any such plan, sheet, form, or followup notice may do so at the location designated under subsection (a).

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 99–499, title III, §324, Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1752.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 116 - EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW
SUBCHAPTER III - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 11044 - Public availability of plans, data sheets, forms, and followup notices
Contains section 11044
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 100 Stat. 1752
Public Law References Public Law 99-499
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