42 U.S.C. § 11044 — Public availability of plans, data sheets, forms, and followup notices

(a) Availability to public Each emergency response plan, material safety data sheet^*, list described in section 11021(a)(2) of this title , inventory form, toxic chemical^* release^* form, and followup emergency notice must be made available to the general public, consistent with section 11042 of this title , during normal working hours at the location or locations designated by the Administrator^*, Governor, State^* emergency response commission, or local emergency planning committee, as appropriate. Upon request by an owner^* or operator of a facility^* subject to the requirements of section 11022 of this title , the State emergency response commission and the appropriate local emergency planning committee must withhold from disclosure under this section the location of any specific chemical required by section 11022(d)(2) of this title to be contained in an inventory form as tier II information. (b) Notice of public availability Each local emergency planning committee must annually publish a notice in local newspapers that the emergency response plan, material safety data sheets, and inventory forms have been submitted under this section. The notice must state that followup emergency notices may subsequently be issued. Such notice must 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 (a).