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§2223b Working Group

Title 15 › Chapter 49— FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL › § 2223b

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Create a working group to carry out the program's duties. The group must include program officials from the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Department of Transportation, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (part of the Department of Justice), plus state and local emergency-response or regulatory officials and representatives of companies that make or process chemicals.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §2223b

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For the purpose of carrying out section 2223a of this title, the Administrator shall establish a working group which shall, at a minimum, consist of— (1)
(2)State and local operational officials with emergency response or relevant regulatory responsibilities; and
(3)representatives of companies engaged in the manufacture and processing of chemicals.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Firefighters’ Safety Study Act, and not as part of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 which comprises this chapter.

Amendments

2002—Par. (1)(E). Pub. L. 107–296 substituted “the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Department of Justice,” for “the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms,”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2002 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 107–296 effective 60 days after Nov. 25, 2002, see section 4 of Pub. L. 107–296, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 101 of Title 6, Domestic Security.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

15 U.S.C. § 2223b

Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60