Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 796 – Material safety data sheets
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1. Data sheets. Any person who owns or operates a facility and is required to prepare or have available a material safety data sheet for a hazardous chemical under the United States Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, Public Law 91-596, as amended, and regulations promulgated under it shall submit to the local emergency planning committee of the emergency planning district in which the facility is located, the commission and the fire department having jurisdiction over the facility, either data sheets or lists for which data sheets are available of the hazardous chemicals and extremely hazardous substances that are stored at the facility in an amount that exceeds the threshold planning quantity for those chemicals or substances. The hazardous chemicals and extremely hazardous substances shall be grouped together on any such data sheets by the categories of health and physical hazards. The data sheets shall include, without limitation, all criteria set forth in 29 C.F.R. § 1910.1200.
[PL 1989, c. 464, §3 (NEW).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 796
- Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
- Facility: includes sites where motor vehicles, watercraft, rolling stock and aircraft are present for more than 12 hours. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 791
- Hazardous chemical: means all hazardous chemicals as defined under Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 355. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 791
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
- United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
2. Content of lists. The list of chemicals referred to in subsection 1 must include each of the following:
A. A list of hazardous chemicals for which material safety data sheets are required under subsection 1 grouped in categories of health and physical hazards; [PL 1989, c. 464, §3 (NEW).]
B. The chemical name or the common name of each such chemical as provided on the material safety data sheet; and [PL 1989, c. 464, §3 (NEW).]
C. Any hazardous component of each such chemical as provided on the material safety data sheet. [PL 1989, c. 464, §3 (NEW).]
[PL 1989, c. 464, §3 (NEW).]
3. Revised data sheets. Within 3 months after the discovery of new information about a hazardous chemical or extremely hazardous substance identified in the data sheet required by subsection 1 or within 3 months after obtaining a hazardous chemical or extremely hazardous substance for which reporting is required by subsection 1, the owner or operator of a facility shall prepare and submit a revised data sheet or a revised list of chemicals for which data sheets are available that meets the requirements of subsection 1 and contains the new information to the local emergency planning committee, the commission, and the fire department having jurisdiction over the facility.
[PL 2023, c. 405, Pt. A, §131 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1989, c. 464, §3 (NEW). PL 2023, c. 405, Pt. A, §131 (AMD).