[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR23.902]

[Page 458-459]
 
            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 23_ ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENCY, RENEWABLE ENERGY 
TECHNOLOGIES, OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY, AND DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE--Table of Contents
 
Subpart 23.9_Contractor Compliance With Toxic Chemical Release Reporting
 
Sec.  23.902  General.

    (a) The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 
(EPCRA) and the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 (PPA) established 
programs to protect public health and the environment by providing the 
public with important information on the toxic chemicals being released 
by manufacturing facilities into the air, land, and water in its 
communities.
    (b) Under EPCRA section 313 (42 U.S.C. 11023), and PPA section 6607 
(42 U.S.C. 13106), the owner or operator of certain manufacturing 
facilities is required to submit annual reports on toxic chemical 
releases and waste management activities to the Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) and

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the States. See EPA's Web site at http://www.epa.gov/tri for guidance.

[60 FR 55307, Oct. 30, 1995, as amended at 61 FR 41474, Aug. 8, 1996; 68 
FR 43869, July 24, 2003]