[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR712.3]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
  CHAPTER VII--BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 712_ACTIVITIES INVOLVING SCHEDULE 1 CHEMICALS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  712.3  Initial and annual declaration requirements for facilities 

engaged in the production of Schedule 1 chemicals for purposes not 
prohibited by the CWC.

    (a) Declaration requirements. (1) Initial declaration. You must 
complete the forms specified in paragraph (b)(1) of this section, 
providing a current technical description of your facility or its 
relevant parts, if you produced Schedule 1 chemicals at your facility in 
excess of 100 grams aggregate in any one of the calendar years 1997, 
1998, or 1999. Note: Do not include production data in your initial 
declaration. Such information should be included in your annual 
declaration on past activities. See paragraph (a)(2) of this section.
    (2) Annual declaration on past activities. You must complete the 
forms specified in paragraph (b)(2) of this section if you produced at 
your facility in excess of 100 grams aggregate of Schedule 1 chemicals 
in the previous calendar year, beginning with calendar year 1997. As a 
declared Schedule 1 facility, in addition to declaring the production of 
each Schedule 1 chemical that comprises your aggregate production of 
Schedule 1 chemicals, you must also declare the total amount of each 
Schedule 1 chemical used (consumed) and stored at your facility, and 
domestically transferred from your facility during the previous calendar 
year, whether or not you produced that Schedule 1 chemical at your 
facility.
    (3) Annual declaration on anticipated activities. You must complete 
the forms specified in paragraph (b)(3) of this section if you 
anticipate that you will produce at your facility more than 100 grams 
aggregate of Schedule 1 chemicals in the next calendar year. If you are 
not already a declared facility, you must complete an initial 
declaration (see paragraph (a)(1) of this section) 200 calendar days 
before commencing operations or increasing production which will result 
in production of more than 100 grams aggregate of Schedule 1 chemicals 
(see Sec.  712.4).
    (b) Declaration forms to be used. (1) Initial declaration. (i) You 
must complete the Certification Form, Form 1-1 and Form A if you 
produced at your facility in excess of 100 grams aggregate of Schedule 1 
chemicals in calendar year

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1997, 1998, or 1999. You must provide a detailed current technical 
description of your facility or its relevant parts including a narrative 
statement, a detailed diagram of the declared areas in the facility, and 
an inventory of equipment in the declared area.
    (ii) If you plan to change the technical description of your 
facility from your initial declaration completed and submitted pursuant 
to paragraph (a)(1) of this section and Sec.  712.6, you must notify BIS 
200 calendar days prior to the change. Such notifications must be made 
through an amended declaration by completing a Certification Form, Form 
1-1 and Form A, including the new description of the facility. See Sec.  
712.7 for additional instructions on amending Schedule 1 declarations.
    (2) Annual declaration on past activities. If you are subject to the 
declaration requirement of paragraph (a)(2) of this section, you must 
complete the Certification Form and Forms 1-1, 1-2, 1-2A, 1-2B, and Form 
A if your facility was involved in the production of Schedule 1 
chemicals in the previous calendar year, beginning with calendar year 
1997. Form B is optional.
    (3) Annual declaration on anticipated activities. If you anticipate 
that you will produce at your facility in excess of 100 grams aggregate 
of Schedule 1 chemicals in the next calendar year you must complete the 
Certification Form and Forms 1-1, 1-4, and Form A. Form B is optional.
    (c) Quantities to be declared. If you produced in excess of 100 
grams aggregate of Schedule 1 chemicals in the previous calendar year, 
you must declare the entire quantity of such production, rounded to the 
nearest gram. You must also declare the quantity of any Schedule 1, 
Schedule 2 or Schedule 3 precursor chemical used to produce the declared 
Schedule 1 chemical, rounded to the nearest gram. You must further 
declare the quantity of each Schedule 1 chemical consumed or stored by, 
or domestically transferred from, your facility, whether or not the 
Schedule 1 chemical was produced by your facility, rounded to the 
nearest gram. In calculating the amount of Schedule 1 chemical you 
produced, consumed or stored, count only the amount of the Schedule 1 
chemical(s) in a mixture, not the total weight of the mixture (i.e., do 
not count the weight of the solution, solvent, or container).

    Note to Sec.  712.3(c):
    Schedule 1 reaction intermediates which exist or might exist during 
the course of synthesis to produce non-scheduled chemicals and which 
cannot be isolated using available technology should not be declared if 
the reaction is allowed to go to completion, completely consuming the 
real or hypothetical intermediates.

    (d) ``Declared'' Schedule 1 facilities and routine inspections. Only 
facilities that produced in excess of 100 grams aggregate of Schedule 1 
chemicals in calendar year 1997 or 1998, or during the previous calendar 
year, or that anticipate producing in excess of 100 grams aggregate of 
Schedule 1 chemicals during the next calendar year are considered 
``declared'' Schedule 1 facilities for the years declared. A 
``declared'' Schedule 1 facility is subject to initial and routine 
inspection by the OPCW (see part 716 of this subchapter).
    (e) Approval of declared Schedule 1 production facilities. 
Facilities that submit declarations pursuant to this section are 
considered approved Schedule 1 production facilities for purposes of the 
CWC, unless otherwise notified by BIS within 30 days of receipt by BIS 
of an annual declaration on past activities or annual declaration on 
anticipated activities (see paragraphs (a)(2) and (a)(3) of this 
section). If your facility does not produce more than 100 grams 
aggregate of Schedule 1 chemicals, no approval by BIS is required.