[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 48, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 48CFR23.902]



[Page 475]

 

            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 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]