Sec. 11. Relationship to other Federal laws
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Section 9 of the Toxic Substances Control Act ( 15 U.S.C. 2608 ) is amended— in subsection (a)— in paragraph (1), in the first sentence— by striking presents or will present an unreasonable risk to health or the environment and inserting does not or will not meet the safety standard ; and by striking such risk the first place it appears and inserting the risk posed by the substance or mixture ; in paragraph (2)— in subparagraph (A), by inserting within the time period specified by the Administrator in the report after issues an order ; in subparagraph (B), by inserting responds within the time period specified by the Administrator in the report and before initiates, within 90 days ; and in the matter following subparagraph (B), by striking section 6 or 7 and inserting section 6(d) or section 7 ; by redesignating paragraph
(3)as paragraph (6); in paragraph
(6)(as so redesignated), by striking section 6 or 7 and inserting section 6(d) or 7 ; and by inserting after paragraph
(2)the following: The Administrator shall take the actions described in paragraph
(4)if the Administrator makes a report under paragraph
(1)with respect to a chemical substance or mixture and the agency to which the report was made does not— issue the order described in paragraph (2)(A) within the time period specified by the Administrator in the report; or respond under paragraph
(1)within the time frame specified by the Administrator in the report; and initiate action within 90 days of publication in the Federal Register of the response described in clause (i). If an agency to which a report under paragraph
(1)does not take the actions described in subparagraphs
(A)or
(B)of paragraph (3), the Administrator shall— if a safety assessment and safety determination for the substance under section 6 has not been completed, complete the safety assessment and safety determination; if the Administrator has determined or determines that the chemical substance does not meet the safety standard, initiate action under section 6(d) with respect to the risk; or take any action authorized or required under section 7, as appropriate. This subsection shall not relieve the Administrator of any obligation to complete a safety assessment and safety determination or take any required action under section 6(d) or 7 to address risks from the manufacture, processing, distribution in commerce, use, or disposal of a chemical substance or mixture, or any combination of those activities, that are not identified in a report issued by the Administrator under paragraph (1). ; in subsection (d), in the first sentence, by striking Health, Education, and Welfare and inserting Health and Human Services ; and by adding at the end the following: If the Administrator obtains information related to exposures or releases of a chemical substance that may be prevented or reduced under another Federal law, including laws not administered by the Administrator, the Administrator shall make such information available to the relevant Federal agency or office of the Environmental Protection Agency. .
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