40 CFR 63.8495
§ 63.8495 In what form and for how long must I keep my records?
United States · 40 CFR — Protection of Environment · Status: effective
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- 40 CFR 63.8495, § 63.8495 In what form and for how long must I keep my records?, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/177353
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(a) Your records must be in a form suitable and readily available for expeditious review, according to § 63.10(b)(1).
(b) As specified in § 63.10(b)(1), you must keep each record for 5 years following the date of each occurrence, measurement, maintenance, corrective action, report, or record.
(c) You must keep each record onsite for at least 2 years after the date of each occurrence, measurement, maintenance, corrective action, report, or record, according to § 63.10(b)(1). You may keep the records offsite for the remaining 3 years.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.