[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 23]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 40CFR159.159]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 159_STATEMENTS OF POLICIES AND INTERPRETATIONS--Table of Contents

 

      Subpart D_Reporting Requirements for Risk/Benefit Information

 

Sec.  159.159  Information obtained before promulgation of the rule.



    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, information 

held by registrants on August 17, 1998 which has not been previously 

submitted to the Agency, but which is reportable under the terms of this 

part, must be submitted to the Agency if it meets any of the following 

criteria:

    (1) Information is otherwise reportable under Sec.  159.184, and 

pertains to an incident that is alleged to have occurred on or after 

January 1, 1994, and to have involved any of the following:

    (i) A fatality or hospitalization of a human being.

    (ii) A fatality of a domestic animal.

    (iii) A fatality or fatalities to fish or wildlife, if the incident 

meets the criteria for the exposure type and severity category 

designation ``W-A'' set forth in Sec.  159.184(c)(5)(iii).

    (2) Submission of the information is requested by the Agency 

pursuant to Sec.  159.195(c).

    (b) If a registrant possesses information required to be submitted 

by paragraph (a)(1) of this section, the registrant must submit on or 

before June 16, 1999 in accordance with Sec.  159.156(c), (d), and (e) 

an inventory of the incidents that meet the requirements of paragraphs 

(a)(1) of this section. Such an inventory must include the separate 

number of incidents that meet the requirements of paragraphs (a)(1)(i), 

(a)(1)(ii), and (a)(1)(iii) of this section, and for each type of 

incident, the total numbers of fatalities or hospitalizations involved.

    (c) If a registrant possesses information required to be submitted 

by paragraph (a)(2) of this section, the information must be submitted 

in accordance with any schedule contained in the Agency's request for 

the information.



[62 FR 49388, Sept. 19, 1997; 63 FR 33582, June 19, 1998, as amended at 

63 FR 41193, Aug. 3, 1998]