---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 14305"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "14305"
heading: "Information gathering and access"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/14305"
units:
  - "Chapter 137 — Management of Rechargeable Batteries and Batteries Containing Mercury"
  - "Subchapter I — Generally"
---

# §14305. Information gathering and access

- (a) **Records and reports—** A person who is required to carry out the objectives of this chapter, including—
  - (1) a [regulated battery](/usc/42/14302.md?p=7) manufacturer;
  - (2) a [rechargeable consumer product](/usc/42/14302.md?p=6) manufacturer;
  - (3) a mercury-containing battery manufacturer; and
  - (4) an authorized agent of a person described in paragraph [(1)](#a-1), [(2)](#a-2), or [(3)](#a-3),

  shall establish and maintain such records and report such information as the [Administrator](/usc/42/14302.md?p=1) may by regulation reasonably require to carry out the objectives of this chapter.

- (b) **Access and copying—** The [Administrator](/usc/42/14302.md?p=1) or the [Administrator](/usc/42/14302.md?p=1)’s authorized representative, on presentation of credentials of the [Administrator](/usc/42/14302.md?p=1), may at reasonable times have access to and copy any records required to be maintained under [subsection (a)](#a).
- (c) **Confidentiality—** The [Administrator](/usc/42/14302.md?p=1) shall maintain the confidentiality of documents and records that contain proprietary information.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 104–142, § 6, May 13, 1996, 110 Stat. 1332.)