[Ord. No. 2017-746, 4/12/2017]
1.
Submission of Safety Data Sheets (SDS) or List. The owner or operator of any facility which is 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.S.C § 651 et seq.) and regulations promulgated under that Act shall submit a material safety data sheet for each such chemical, or a list of such chemicals as described in Subsection 2, to the Morton-Rutledge Fire Department.
2.
Contents of List.
A.
The list of chemicals referred to in Subsection 1 shall include 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.S.C. § 651 et seq.) and regulations promulgated
under that Act, grouped in categories of health and physical hazards
as set forth under such Act and regulations promulgated under such
Act, or in such other categories as the Administrator may prescribe
under Subparagraph (B).
(2)
The chemical name or the common name of each such chemical as
provided on the material safety data sheet.
(3)
Any hazardous component of each such chemical as provided on
the material safety data sheet.
3.
Treatment of Mixtures.
A.
An owner or operator may meet the requirements of this section with
respect to a hazardous chemical which is a mixture by doing one of
the following:
(1)
Submitting a material safety data sheet for, or identifying
on a list, each element or compound in the mixture which is a hazardous
chemical. If more than one mixture has the same element or compound,
only one material safety data sheet, or one listing, of the element
or compound is necessary.
(2)
Submitting a material safety data sheet for, or identifying
on a list, the mixture itself.
(3)
Availability of SDS on request.
B.
If an owner or operator of a facility submits a list of chemicals
under Subsection 3A of this section, the owner or operator, upon request
by the Fire Chief, shall submit the material safety data sheet for
any chemical on the list to such committee.
4.
Initial Submission and Updating.
A.
The initial material safety data sheet or list required under this
section with respect to a hazardous chemical shall be provided before
the later of:
(1)
Sixty days after April 12, 2017; or
(2)
Thirty days after the owner or operator of a facility is required
to prepare or have available a material safety data sheet for the
chemical under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29
U.S.C. § 651 et seq.) and regulations promulgated under
that Act.
B.
Within three months following discovery by an owner or operator of
significant new information concerning an aspect of a hazardous chemical
for which a material safety data sheet was previously submitted to
the local emergency planning committee under Subsection 4A of this
section, a revised sheet shall be provided to such person.
5.
"Hazardous chemical" defined. For purposes of this section, the term
"hazardous chemical" has the meaning given such term by Section 1910.1200(c)
of Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
