[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 28]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR720.120]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 720--PREMANUFACTURE NOTIFICATION--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart G--Compliance and Inspections
 
Sec. 720.120  Compliance.


    (a) Failure to comply with any provision of this part is a violation 
of section 15 of the Act (15 U.S.C 2614).
    (b) A person who manufactures or imports a new chemical substance 
before a notice is submitted and the notice review period expires is in 
violation of section 15 of the Act even if that person was not requied 
to submit the notice under Sec. 720.22.
    (c) Using for commercial purposes a chemical substance or mixture 
which a person knew or had reason to know was manufactured, processed, 
or distributed in commerce in violation of section 5 of this rule is a 
violation of section 15 of the Act (15 U.S.C. 2614).
    (d) Failure or refusal to establish and maintain records or to 
permit access to or copying of records, as required by the Act, is a 
violation of section 15 of the Act (15 U.S.C. 2614).
    (e) Failure or refusal to permit entry or inspection as required by 
section 11 is a violation of section 15 of the Act (15 U.S.C. 2614).
    (f) Violators may be subject to the civil and criminal penalties in 
section 16 of the Act (15 U.S.C. 2615) for each violation. Persons who 
submit materially misleading or false information in connection with the 
requirements of any provision of this rule may be subject to penalties 
calculated as if they never filed their notices.
    (g) EPA may seek to enjoin the manufacture or processing of a 
chemical substance in violation of this rule or act to seize any 
chemical substance manufactured or processed in violation of this rule 
or take other actions under the authority of section 7 of this Act (15 
U.S.C. 2606) or section 17 or this Act (15 U.S.C. 2616).