Texas § HS.370.003 - TOXIC CHEMICAL RELEASE FORM REQUIRED OF CERTAIN FACILITIES

§ HS.370.003. TOXIC CHEMICAL RELEASE FORM REQUIRED OF CERTAIN FACILITIES

TOXIC CHEMICAL RELEASE FORM REQUIRED OF CERTAIN FACILITIES. (a) The owner or operator of a facility shall submit a toxic chemical release form to the executive director if the facility: (1) has 10 or more full-time employees and a standard industrial classification code between 20 and 39 that was in effect on July 1, 1985, or has been designated as a facility subject to these requirements by the administrator; and (2) manufactured, processed, or otherwise used a toxic chemical in excess of the threshold amount during the calendar year for which a toxic chemical release form is required. (b) The owner or operator of a facility subject to Subsection (a) shall submit a toxic chemical release form for each toxic chemical manufactured, processed, or otherwise used at the facility during the preceding calendar year in a quantity exceeding the threshold amount. (c) The form shall be submitted not later than July 1 of each year and must contain data that reflect each release that occurred during the preceding calendar year. The administrator may modify the frequency with which a report must be submitted under this section as provided under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. Section 11001 et seq.). Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 132, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.