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15 U.S.C. § 2610 — Inspections and subpoenas
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**(a) In general** For purposes of administering this chapter, the Administrator, and any duly designated representative of the Administrator, may inspect any establishment, facility, or other premises in which chemical substances, mixtures, or products subject to subchapter IV are manufactured, processed, stored, or held before or after their distribution in commerce and any conveyance being used to transport chemical substances, mixtures, such products, or such articles in connection with distribution in commerce. Such an inspection may only be made upon the presentation of appropriate credentials and of a written notice to the owner, operator, or agent in charge of the premises or conveyance to be inspected. A separate notice shall be given for each such inspection, but a notice shall not be required for each entry made during the period covered by the inspection. Each such inspection shall be commenced and completed with reasonable promptness and shall be conducted at reasonable times, within reasonable limits, and in a reasonable manner.
**(b) Scope**
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), an inspection conducted under subsection (a) shall extend to all things within the premises or conveyance inspected (including records, files, papers, processes, controls, and facilities) bearing on whether the requirements of this chapter applicable to the chemical substances, mixtures, or products subject to subchapter IV within such premises or conveyance have been complied with.
(2) No inspection under subsection (a) shall extend to—
(A) financial information,
(B) sales information (other than shipment information),
(C) pricing information,
(D) personnel information, or
(E) research information (other than information required by this chapter or under a ru
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**(a) In general** For purposes of administering this chapter, the Administrator, and any duly designated representative of the Administrator, may inspect any establishment, facility, or other premises in which chemical substances, mixtures, or products subject to subchapter IV are manufactured, processed, stored, or held before or after their distribution in commerce and any conveyance being used to transport chemical substances, mixtures, such products, or such articles in connection with distribution in commerce. Such an inspection may only be made upon the presentation of appropriate credentials and of a written notice to the owner, operator, or agent in charge of the premises or conveyance to be inspected. A separate notice shall be given for each such inspection, but a notice shall not be required for each entry made during the period covered by the inspection. Each such inspection shall be commenced and completed with reasonable promptness and shall be conducted at reasonable times, within reasonable limits, and in a reasonable manner.
**(b) Scope**
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), an inspection conducted under subsection (a) shall extend to all things within the premises or conveyance inspected (including records, files, papers, processes, controls, and facilities) bearing on whether the requirements of this chapter applicable to the chemical substances, mixtures, or products subject to subchapter IV within such premises or conveyance have been complied with.
(2) No inspection under subsection (a) shall extend to—
(A) financial information,
(B) sales information (other than shipment information),
(C) pricing information,
(D) personnel information, or
(E) research information (other than information required by this chapter or under a rule promulgated, order issued, or consent agreement entered into thereunder),
unless the nature and extent of such information are described with reasonable specificity in the written notice required by subsection (a) for such inspection.
**(c) Subpoenas** In carrying out this chapter, the Administrator may by subpoena require the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of reports, papers, documents, answers to questions, and other information that the Administrator deems necessary. Witnesses shall be paid the same fees and mileage that are paid witnesses in the courts of the United States. In the event of contumacy, failure, or refusal of any person to obey any such subpoena, any district court of the United States in which venue is proper shall have jurisdiction to order any such person to comply with such subpoena. Any failure to obey such an order of the court is punishable by the court as a contempt thereof.
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**(a) Findings** The Congress finds that—
(1) human beings and the environment are being exposed each year to a large number of chemical substances and mixtures;
(2) among the many chemical substances and mixtures which are constantly being developed and produced, there are some whose manufacture, processing, distribution in commerce, use, or disposal may present an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment; and
(3) the effective regulation of interstate commerce in such chemical substances and mixtures also necessitates the regulation of intrastate commerce in such chemical substances and mixtures.
**(b) Policy** It is the policy of the United States that—
(1) adequate information should be developed with respect to the effect of chemical substances and mixtures on health and the environment and that the development of such information should be the responsibility of those who manufacture and those who process such chemical substances and mixtures;
(2) adequate authority should exist to regulate chemical substances and mixtures which present an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment, and to take action with respect to chemical substances and mixtures which are imminent hazards; and
(3) authority over chemical substances and mixtures should be exercised in such a manner as not to impede unduly or create unnecessary economic barriers to technological innovation while fulfilling the primary purpose of this chapter to assure that such innovation and commerce in such chemical substances and mixtures do not present an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment.
**(c) Intent of Congress** It is the intent of Congress that the Administrator shall carry out this chapter in a reasonable and prudent manner, and that the Admin
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It shall be unlawful for any person to—
(1) fail or refuse to comply with any requirement of this subchapter or any rule promulgated, order issued, or consent agreement entered into under this subchapter, or any requirement of subchapter II or any rule promulgated or order issued under subchapter II;
(2) use for commercial purposes a chemical substance or mixture which such person knew or had reason to know was manufactured, processed, or distributed in commerce in violation of section 2604 or 2605 of this title, a rule or order under section 2604 or 2605 of this title, or an order issued in action brought under section 2604 or 2606 of this title;
(3) fail or refuse to (A) establish or maintain records, (B) submit reports, notices, or other information, or (C) permit access to or copying of records, as required by this chapter or a rule thereunder; or
(4) fail or refuse to permit entry or inspection as required by [section 2610 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2610&num=0&edition=prelim).
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toward the development of rapid, reliable, and
economical screening techniques for carcino-
genic, mutagenic, teratogenic, and ecological ef-
fects of chemical substances and mixtures.
(d) Monitoring
The Administrator shall, in consultation and
cooperation with the Secretary of Health and
Human Services, establish and be responsible for
research aimed at the development, in coopera-
tion with local, State, and Federal agencies, of
monitoring techniques and instruments which
may be used in the detection of toxic chemical
substances and mixtures and which are reliable,
economical, and capable of being implemented
under a wide variety of conditions.
(e) Basic research
The Administrator shall, in consultation and
cooperation with the Secretary of Health and
Human Services, establish research programs to
develop the fundamental scientific basis of the
screening and monitoring techniques described
in subsections (c) and (d), the bounds of the reli-
ability of such techniques, and the opportunities
for their improvement.
(f) Training
The Administrator shall establish and pro-
mote programs and workshops to train or facili-
tate the training of Federal laboratory and tech-
nical personnel in existing or newly developed
screening and monitoring techniques.
(g) Exchange of research and development re-
sults
The Administrator shall, in consultation with
the Secretary of Health and Human Services and
other heads of appropriate departments and
agencies, establish and coordinate a system for
exchange among Federal, State, and local au-
thorities of research and development results re-
specting toxic chemical substances and mix-
tures, including a system to facilitate and pro-
mote the development of standard inf
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