Public Law 99-499

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Public Law 99-499 is a U.S. federal statute enacted in 1986 that, among other provisions, established the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act to improve community safety through hazardous chemical reporting and emergency planning requirements.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute
public law
administeredBy United States Environmental Protection Agency
aimsTo improve community safety through hazardous chemical reporting
increase public access to information on toxic chemicals
strengthen hazardous waste site cleanup authorities
alsoKnownAs SARA
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986
surface form: Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
amends Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
surface form: CERCLA

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
surface form: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
containsTitle Title I
Title II
Title III
Title IV
Title V
Title VI
country United States of America
surface form: United States
creates Local Emergency Planning Committees
State Emergency Response Commissions
enactedBy 99th United States Congress
establishes Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
focusesOn Superfund program reauthorization
community right-to-know about hazardous chemicals
emergency planning for chemical accidents
hazardous waste site cleanup
hasComponent Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986
surface form: Superfund program expansion

community right-to-know provisions
emergency planning requirements
liability provisions for hazardous waste cleanup
hasOfficialName Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986
hasShortName SARA
implementedThrough federal regulations under EPA authority
legalJurisdiction federal jurisdiction of the United States
partOf United States environmental statutory framework
publicLawNumber 99-499
requires hazardous chemical inventory reporting
state and local emergency planning
toxic chemical release reporting
signedBy Ronald Reagan
signingDate 1986-10-17
statutesAtLargeCitation 100 Stat. 1613
subjectArea emergency management
environmental law
hazardous waste regulation
title Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986
surface form: An Act to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to provide for the cleanup of the nation’s hazardous waste sites, and for other purposes
titleIIIName Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
surface form: Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986
yearEnacted 1986

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