Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60

§6743 Prohibition Relating to Unscheduled Discrete Organic Chemicals and Coincidental Byproducts in Waste Streams

Title 22 › Chapter 75— CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION IMPLEMENTATION › Subchapter III— REPORTS › § 6743

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Even if other rules say otherwise, people in the United States do not have to report or undergo routine inspections that check whether certain chemicals are made, planned, held, used, imported, or exported. It covers unlisted organic chemicals and accidental byproducts not captured and sent into waste systems.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §6743

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(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, no person located in the United States shall be required to report on, or to submit to, any routine inspection conducted for the purpose of verifying the production, possession, consumption, exportation, importation, or proposed production, possession, consumption, exportation, or importation of any substance that is—

(1)an unscheduled discrete organic chemical; and

(2)a coincidental byproduct of a manufacturing or production process that is not isolated or captured for use or sale during the process and is routed to, or escapes, from the waste stream of a stack, incinerator, or wastewater treatment system or any other waste stream.

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References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act” and was translated as reading “this division”, meaning div. I of Pub. L. 105–277, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–856, known as the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act of 1998, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. For complete classification of division I to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 6701 of this title and Tables.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 6743

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60