[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 29]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR717.10]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 717_RECORDS AND REPORTS OF ALLEGATIONS THAT CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES CAUSE 
SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE REACTIONS TO HEALTH OR THE ENVIRONMENT--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec. 717.10  Allegations subject to this part.

    (a) Allegations subject to this part are those allegations received 
on or after November 21, 1983 by persons subject to this part.
    (b) Allegations subject to this part are those that:
    (1) Are submitted either in writing and are signed by the alleger, 
or are submitted orally. In the case of an oral allegation, the firm 
must transcribe the allegation into written form, or it must inform the 
alleger that such allegation may be subject to this part and request 
that the alleger submit such allegation to the firm in writing and 
signed.
    (2) Implicate a substance that caused the stated significant adverse 
reaction by one of the following:
    (i) Naming the specific substance.
    (ii) Naming a mixture that contains a specific substance.
    (iii) Naming an article that contains a specific substance.
    (iv) Naming a company process or operation in which substances are 
involved.
    (v) Identifying an effluent, emission, or other discharge from a 
site of manufacturing, processing or distribution of a substance.
    (c) Allegations subject to this part may be made to a firm by any 
person, such as an employee of the firm, individual consumer, a neighbor 
of the firm's plant, another firm on behalf of its employees or an 
organization on behalf of its members.
    (d) EPA intends that firms should, to the maximum practical extent, 
provide allegers with information regarding the ultimate disposition of 
their allegations. For example, firms could provide a brief notice to 
the alleger stating that a record was created under this part based upon 
their allegation, or that a record was not created and briefly explain 
the reasons why not.