HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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Department; defining certain terms a certain term; providing
for the purpose of this Act; requiring the Department to
maintain a central repository for information on hazardous
or toxic chemicals; requiring the Department to adopt
certain rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of
this Act; requiring the Department consult with the Division
of Labor and Industry when adopting certain rules and
regulations and to notify employers of certain requests;
generally relating to the providing of public access to
certain persons to certain information on hazardous or toxic
chemicals by the Department; providing for a delayed
effective date; and making provisions of this Act severable.

BY adding to

Article - Health - Environmental

Section 6-501 through 6-504, inclusive, to be under the new

subtitle "Subtitle 5. Public Access to Information

on Hazardous or Toxic Chemicals"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1982 Volume and 1984 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 89 - Division of Labor and Industry

Section 32H

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1979 Replacement Volume and 1984 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Health - Environmental

SUBTITLE 5. PUBLIC ACCESS TO INFORMATION ON HAZARDOUS OR

TOXIC CHEMICALS

6-501.

(A) IN THIS SUBTITLE, "HAZARDOUS OR TOXIC CHEMICAL" MEANS
ANY CHEMICAL FOR WHICH THERE IS SCIENTIFICALLY VALID EVIDENCE
THAT IT IS:

(1) EXCEPT A MIXTURE HAVING COMPONENTS WITH FLASH
POINTS OF 200 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, OR HIGHER, THE TOTAL VOLUME OF
WHICH MAKE UP 99 PERCENT OR MORE OF THE TOTAL VOLUME OF THE
MIXTURE, A COMBUSTIBLE LIQUID MEANING A LIQUID WHICH HAS A FLASH
POINT AT OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT;

(2) A COMPRESSED GAS, MEANING:

(I) A GAS OR A MIXTURE OF CASES HAVING, IN A
CONTAINER, AN ABSOLUTE PRESSURE EXCEEDING 40 PSI AT 70 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT;