Section 311 of SARA Title III states that the owner or operator of a facility which is required to have a M.S.D.S. for a hazardous chemical under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 and subsequent regulations, is also required to submit a M.S.D.S. or list of such chemicals to each of the following entities: the appropriate local emergency planning committee, the State Emergency Response Commission and the Fire Department with jurisdiction over the facility.
Sections 311, 312 and 324 of SARA Title III and regulations 40 CFR 370.20, 370.21 and 370.30, published since the passage of the act, provide that any person may request in writing from a local emergency planning committee (L.E.P.C.) the emergency response plan, a specific M.S.D.S. and a specific facility inventory form. The L.E.P.C. shall make this information available to the person making the request.
Written notices of availability, submitted as a follow-up to emergency notification of release of an extremely hazardous substance, may subsequently be published, if and when such a release has occurred.
Members of the public who wish to review any such plan, M.S.D.S. or list, inventory form or follow-up emergency notice may obtain a Public Request for Information form at the office listed at the bottom of this notice. This office is open Monday through Friday excluding holidays, from 8:00 a.m. to noon and 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. It is requested that an appointment be arranged for such a review. Copies of documents may be requested, using the same form. It may take up to 30 days to provide certain information. Reasonable fees are charged for copies of documents.
INGHAM COUNTY
Telephone: (517) 887-4312
Bureau of Environmental Health
5303 South Cedar Street
P.O. Box 30161
Lansing, MI 48909