Section 6-503 - Duties of Department. - Maryland Statutes

§ 6-503. Duties of Department.
 

(a)  Duplication of information; repository; access to information.- The Department shall: 

(1) Duplicate information contained on all chemical information lists and material safety data sheets that the Department receives under § 5-406 of the Labor and Employment Article; 

(2) Maintain this information in a central repository for a period of 40 years; and 

(3) Provide access to this information by the persons who are allowed access under this subtitle. 

(b)  Persons allowed access.- On written request to the Department, the following persons may have access to, inspect, and make a copy, at the person's expense, of any chemical information list and material safety data sheet that contains information on hazardous or toxic chemicals and that the Department maintains under this subtitle: 

(1) Any environmental organization that is in the State of Maryland; 

(2) Any civic or consumer organization that is in the State of Maryland; and 

(3) Any individual who lives: 

(i) In a local community where a business stores, produces, or locates hazardous or toxic chemicals; or 

(ii) In the nearest local community to a business that stores, produces, or locates hazardous or toxic chemicals. 

(c)  Notice of request for information.- Whenever the Department receives a written request, under this subtitle, for chemical information lists and material safety data sheets submitted by an employer in accordance with § 5-406 of the Labor and Employment Article, the Department shall promptly notify the employer of the request. 
 

[1985, chs. 530, 631; 1993, ch. 5, § 1.]