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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 370.005

USE OF AVAILABLE DATA

Known as the Texas Toxic Chemical Release Reporting Act

The act spans §§ 370–370 (8 sections).

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 132, eff

(a) To provide the information required on the toxic chemical release form, the owner or operator of a facility may use:

(1) readily available data, including monitoring data, collected under other law; or

(2) reasonable estimates of the amounts involved if data under Subdivision (1) are not readily available.

(b) This section does not require monitoring or measurement of the quantities, concentration, or frequency of a toxic chemical released into the environment beyond the monitoring and measurement required under other law or regulation.

(c) To ensure consistency, data must be expressed in common units, as designated by the administrator.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.