The Chemical Safety Information and Site Security Act of 1999: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Health and Environment of the Committee on Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 1790, May 19 and 26, 1999, Volume 4 |
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access to OCA Administrator Aegis Attorney believe BILIRAKIS bill Bliley Chairman chemical accidents chemical facilities chemical plants chemical release Chemical Safety Information citizens Clean Air Act concerns Congress County database DEGETTE disclosure dissemination electronic form emergency planning committees emergency response employees environment EPA's EPCRA FDLP Federal depository libraries FOIA FONG format Freedom of Information going government information GRUMET guidance hearing important industry Information Act Internet issue June 21 Kinsey law enforcement LEPC ment MICHAEL BILIRAKIS national security NCSL nity OCA data OCA information off-site consequence analysis officials posed potential PREPARED STATEMENT prevention public access public safety public's right records representatives request restrictions risk management plans Section Security Act SHERROD BROWN SOUTHWELL Subcommittee SUSMAN target terrorism terrorist attack testimony Thank threat tion Toxics Release Inventory Washtenaw County WAXMAN worst worst-case scenario data worst-case scenario information
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Page 39 - I would like to thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. I would be happy to answer any questions you may have.
Page 82 - Subcommittee on Health and Environment Committee on Commerce US House of Representatives Room 2125, Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 DEAR MR.
Page 111 - ... conjunction with the official having responsibility for the subject matter area and the General Counsel, and the Secretary shall determine whether or not to grant the request in accordance with the provisions of this subpart. (c) In making any record available to a person under this subpart, the Secretary shall provide the record in any form or format requested by the person if the record is readily reproducible by the Secretary in that form or format.
Page 111 - In making any record available to a person under this paragraph, an agency shall provide the record in any form or format requested by the person if the record is readily reproducible by the agency in that form or format.
Page 17 - Government publications, except those determined by their issuing components to be required for official use only or for strictly administrative or operational purposes which have no public interest or educational value and publications classified for reasons of national security, shall be made available to depository libraries through the facilities of the Superintendent of Documents for public information.
Page 101 - Right-to-Know provisions will help increase the public's knowledge and access to information on the presence of hazardous chemicals in their communities and releases of these chemicals into the environment. States and communities, working with facilities, will be better able to improve chemical safety and protect public health and the environment...
Page 111 - ... the agency determines have become or are likely to become the subject of subsequent requests for substantially the same records...
Page 111 - Each agency, in accordance with published rules, shall make available for public inspection and copying— (A) final opinions, including concurring and dissenting opinions, as well as orders, made in the adjudication of cases; (B) those statements of policy and interpretations which have been adopted by the agency and are not published in the Federal Register...
Page 39 - Know legislation. We understand the competing issues at stake here, between providing the necessary information to the community, which allows them to make informed decisions on local planning and preparedness issues, and limiting the distribution of information that can be used against those same communities in a criminal manner.
Page 34 - Public awareness of the potential danger from accidental releases of hazardous substances has increased over the years as serious chemical accidents have occurred around the world. Public concern intensified following the 1984 release of methyl isocyanate in Bhopal, India, which killed more than 2,000 people.