§6729 United States Assistance in Inspections at Private Facilities

Summary

The Secretary of Defense may help the owner of a private facility get ready for inspections under the Convention when asked. If the Secretary provides that help, the facility owner must pay back the government for the costs. If the owner is a small business (as defined in section 632 of title 15) or is a U.S. producer that meets special rules, the United States National Authority will repay the Secretary instead. To qualify as the U.S. producer covered, the person must be located in the United States, must not have any Schedule 1 or Schedule 2 chemicals, and in the prior calendar year must have made either more than 30 metric tons of Schedule 3 or unscheduled discrete organic chemicals that contain phosphorous, sulfur, or fluorine, or more than 200 metric tons of unscheduled discrete organic chemicals.