§6729 United States Assistance in Inspections at Private Facilities

Summary

The Secretary of Defense may help a private facility get ready for possible inspections under the Convention if the facility asks and the facility is not owned, run, or contracted by the U.S. government. Normally the facility owner must pay back the Defense Department for the help. But if the facility is a small business (as defined in federal law) or is a U.S. person that does not handle Schedule 1 or 2 chemicals and in the previous calendar year made more than 30 metric tons of Schedule 3 or unscheduled organic chemicals with phosphorus, sulfur, or fluorine, or more than 200 metric tons of unscheduled discrete organic chemicals, then the U.S. National Authority pays the costs instead.