Any report of the Administrator shall include a detailed statement of the information on which it is based and shall be published in the Federal Register. The agency receiving a request under such a report shall make the requested determination, issue the requested order, and make the requested response within such time as the Administrator specifies in the request, but such time specified may not be less than 90 days from the date the request was made. The response of an agency shall be accompanied by a detailed statement of the findings and conclusions of the agency and shall be published in the Federal Register.
the Administrator may not take any action under section 2605(a) or 2606 of this title with respect to such risk.
In exercising any authority under this chapter, the Administrator shall not, for purposes of section 653(b)(1) of title 29, be deemed to be exercising statutory authority to prescribe or enforce standards or regulations affecting occupational safety and health.
In administering this chapter, the Administrator shall consult and coordinate with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the heads of any other appropriate Federal executive department or agency, any relevant independent regulatory agency, and any other appropriate instrumentality of the Federal Government for the purpose of achieving the maximum enforcement of this chapter while imposing the least burdens of duplicative requirements on those subject to the chapter and for other purposes. The Administrator shall, in the report required by section 2629 of this title, report annually to the Congress on actions taken to coordinate with such other Federal departments, agencies, or instrumentalities, and on actions taken to coordinate the authority under this chapter with the authority granted under other Acts referred to in subsection (b).
In addition to the requirements of subsection (a), if the Administrator obtains information related to exposures or releases of a chemical substance or mixture that may be prevented or reduced under another Federal law, including a law not administered by the Administrator, the Administrator shall make such information available to the relevant Federal agency or office of the Environmental Protection Agency.
15 U.S.C. § 2608
EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS2016-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 114-182, §19(h)(1), substituted "section 2605(a)" for "section 2605" wherever appearing. Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 114-182, §9(1)(A), in introductory provisions, substituted "determines" for "has reasonable basis to conclude", struck out "or will present" after "presents", and inserted ",without consideration of costs or other nonrisk factors, including an unreasonable risk to a potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulation identified as relevant by the Administrator, under the conditions of use," after "or the environment".Subsec. (a)(2)(A). Pub. L. 114-182, §9(1)(B)(i), inserted ",within the time period specified by the Administrator in the report," after "issues an order".Subsec. (a)(2)(B). Pub. L. 114-182, §9(1)(B)(ii), inserted "responds within the time period specified by the Administrator in the report and" before "initiates, within 90". Subsec. (a)(3) to (6). Pub. L. 114-182, §9(1)(C), (D), added pars. (3) to (5) and redesignated former par. (3) as (6). Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 114-182, §9(2), designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2).Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 114-182, §19(h)(2), substituted "Health and Human Services" for "Health, Education, and Welfare".Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 114-182, §9(3), added subsec. (e).
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATESection effective Jan. 1, 1977, see section 31 of Pub. L. 94-469 set out as a note under section 2601 of this title.
TERMINATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions in subsec. (d) of this section relating to reporting certain coordinating actions annually to Congress in the report required by section 2629 of this title, see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104-66 as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and page 163 of House Document No. 103-7.
- commerce
- The term "commerce" means trade, traffic, transportation, or other commerce (A) between a place in a State and any place outside of such State, or (B) which affects trade, traffic, transportation, or commerce described in clause (A).
- conditions of use
- The term "conditions of use" means the circumstances, as determined by the Administrator, under which a chemical substance is intended, known, or reasonably foreseen to be manufactured, processed, distributed in commerce, used, or disposed of.
- environment
- The term "environment" includes water, air, and land and the interrelationship which exists among and between water, air, and land and all living things.
- manufacture
- The term "manufacture" means to import into the customs territory of the United States (as defined in general note 2 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States), produce, or manufacture.
- potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulation
- The term "potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulation" means a group of individuals within the general population identified by the Administrator who, due to either greater susceptibility or greater exposure, may be at greater risk than the general population of adverse health effects from exposure to a chemical substance or mixture, such as infants, children, pregnant women, workers, or the elderly.
- Administrator
- the terms "Administration" and "Administrator" mean the Small Business Administration and the Administrator thereof, respectively; and