Nebraska Statutes 81-15,229. Inspection of information; publication of notice
(1) Each emergency plan, material safety data sheet, list of chemicals, inventory form, toxic chemical release form, and followup emergency notice shall be made available to the general public, consistent with section 322 of Title III, during normal working hours at the location or locations designated by the Department of Environment and Energy, the commission, or a local emergency planning committee, as appropriate. Upon request by an owner or operator of a facility subject to the requirements of section 81-15,224, the Department of Environment and Energy, the commission, or the appropriate committee shall withhold from disclosure under this section the location of any specific chemical required by section 81-15,225 to be contained in an inventory form as tier II information.
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 81-15,229
- Commission: means the State Emergency Response Commission. See Nebraska Statutes 81-15,195
- Environment: includes water, air, and land and the interrelationship which exists among and between water, air, and land and all living things. See Nebraska Statutes 81-15,197
- Facility: means the buildings, equipment, structures, and other stationary items located on a single site or on contiguous or adjacent sites and owned or operated by the same person or by any person which controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such person. See Nebraska Statutes 81-15,199
- Inventory form: means an emergency and hazardous chemical inventory form required to be prepared by an owner or operator of any facility required to prepare or have available a material safety data sheet for a hazardous chemical under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 29 U. See Nebraska Statutes 81-15,203
- List of chemicals: includes each of the following:
(1) A list of the hazardous chemicals for which a material safety data sheet is required under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 29 U. See Nebraska Statutes 81-15,204
- Material safety data sheet: means the sheet required to be developed under 29 C. See Nebraska Statutes 81-15,205
- Release: means to spill, leak, pump, pour, emit, empty, discharge, inject, escape, leach, dump, or dispose any hazardous chemical, extremely hazardous substance, or toxic chemical into the environment and includes the abandonment or discarding of barrels, containers, and other closed receptacles containing any such chemical or substance. See Nebraska Statutes 81-15,206
- State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Title III: means the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act pursuant to Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, as amended. See Nebraska Statutes 81-15,208
- Toxic chemical: means a substance on the list in Committee Print Number 99-169, as amended, of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, titled "Toxic Chemicals Subject to Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986" including any revised version as may be made pursuant to section 313 of Title III. See Nebraska Statutes 81-15,209
(2) Each local emergency planning committee shall annually publish a notice in local newspapers that the emergency plan, material safety data sheets, and inventory forms have been submitted under this section. The notice shall state that followup emergency notices may subsequently be issued. Such notice shall announce that members of the public who wish to review any such plan, sheet, form, or followup notice may do so at the location designated under subsection (1) of this section.