[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: 40CFR717.5]

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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. 717.5  Persons subject to this part.

    (a) Manufacturers. (1) All manufacturers of chemical substances are 
subject to this part except as provided in Sec. 717.7(a). If 
manufacture of a chemcial substance occurs at any site owned or 
controlled by a firm then that firm is subject to this part.
    (2) A manufacturer must collect:
    (i) Any allegation identifying a chemical substance it manufactures 
and any allegation identifying the operations in the manufacture of any 
chemical substance it manufactures.
    (ii) Any allegation identifying any of its own processing or 
distribution in commerce activities with respect to any chemical 
substance it manufactures.
    (iii) Any allegation identifying emissions, effluents, or other 
discharges from activities described in this paragraph.

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    (iv) Any allegation identifying a substance produced coincidentally 
during processing, use, storage or disposal of a chemical substance it 
manufactures.
    (3) For the purpose of this part, owned or controlled means 
ownership of 50 percent or more of a firm's voting stock or other equity 
rights, or the power to control the management and policies of that 
firm.
    (b) Processors. (1) A person who processes chemical substances, who 
is not also a manufacturer of those chemical substances, is subject to 
this part if (i) the person processes chemical substances to produce 
mixtures, or (ii) the person repackages chemical substances or mixtures.
    (2) As a processor subject to this part such person must collect:
    (i) Any allegation identifying any mixture it produces and 
distributes in commerce and any allegation identifying any chemical 
substance or mixture it repackages and distributes in commerce.
    (ii) Any allegation identifying any of its own further processing or 
distribution in commerce activities of the products described in 
paragraph (b)(2)(i) of this section.
    (iii) Any allegation identifying emissions, effluents, or other 
discharges from activities described in this paragraph.
    (iv) Any allegation identifying a substance produced coincidentally 
during the processing, use, storage or disposal of the products 
described in paragraph (b)(2)(i) of this section.
    (c) SIC code. SIC codes applicable to this part are published in 
Standard Industrial Classification Manual--1972 and the 1977 Supplement. 
This manual and supplement may be obtained from the U.S. Government 
Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402--stock number 4101-0006 and 
stock number 003-005-0170-0 respectively. Where there is a conflict 
between the SIC code use of a term and the definition of that term in 
this part, the definition in this part applies.

[48 FR 38187, Aug 22, 1983, as amended at 50 FR 46769, Nov. 13, 1985]