Public Law 99-499
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Public Law 99-499 is a U.S. federal statute enacted in 1986 that, among other provisions, established the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act to improve community safety through hazardous chemical reporting and emergency planning requirements.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Public Law 99-499 canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T241164 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Public Law 99-499 Context triple: [Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, publicLawNumber, Public Law 99-499]
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Public Law 99-433
Public Law 99-433 is the formal designation of the Goldwater–Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986, a landmark U.S. law that overhauled the military command structure and strengthened joint operations among the armed services.
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Public Law 92-500
Public Law 92-500 is the 1972 U.S. federal statute that established the modern Clean Water Act framework for regulating water pollution and protecting the nation’s surface waters.
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C.
Public Law 96-480
Public Law 96-480 is the U.S. federal statute enacted in 1980 to promote the transfer of technology from federal laboratories to the private sector and encourage innovation and commercialization of government-funded research.
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D.
Public Law 93-198
Public Law 93-198 is the 1973 federal statute that granted the District of Columbia limited home rule, establishing an elected mayor and city council while retaining certain congressional oversight.
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E.
Public Law 93-438
Public Law 93-438 is the U.S. federal statute enacted in 1974 that reorganized the nation’s nuclear energy and regulatory framework, notably creating the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Public Law 99-499 Target entity description: Public Law 99-499 is a U.S. federal statute enacted in 1986 that, among other provisions, established the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act to improve community safety through hazardous chemical reporting and emergency planning requirements.
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A.
Public Law 99-433
Public Law 99-433 is the formal designation of the Goldwater–Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986, a landmark U.S. law that overhauled the military command structure and strengthened joint operations among the armed services.
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B.
Public Law 92-500
Public Law 92-500 is the 1972 U.S. federal statute that established the modern Clean Water Act framework for regulating water pollution and protecting the nation’s surface waters.
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C.
Public Law 96-480
Public Law 96-480 is the U.S. federal statute enacted in 1980 to promote the transfer of technology from federal laboratories to the private sector and encourage innovation and commercialization of government-funded research.
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D.
Public Law 93-198
Public Law 93-198 is the 1973 federal statute that granted the District of Columbia limited home rule, establishing an elected mayor and city council while retaining certain congressional oversight.
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E.
Public Law 93-438
Public Law 93-438 is the U.S. federal statute enacted in 1974 that reorganized the nation’s nuclear energy and regulatory framework, notably creating the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal statute
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public law ⓘ |
| administeredBy | United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
improve community safety through hazardous chemical reporting
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increase public access to information on toxic chemicals ⓘ strengthen hazardous waste site cleanup authorities ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
SARA
ⓘ
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act ⓘ |
| amends |
CERCLA
ⓘ
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ⓘ |
| containsTitle |
Title I
ⓘ
Title II ⓘ Title III ⓘ Title IV ⓘ Title V ⓘ Title VI ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creates |
Local Emergency Planning Committees
ⓘ
State Emergency Response Commissions ⓘ |
| enactedBy | 99th United States Congress ⓘ |
| establishes | Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Superfund program reauthorization
ⓘ
community right-to-know about hazardous chemicals ⓘ emergency planning for chemical accidents ⓘ hazardous waste site cleanup ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Superfund program expansion
ⓘ
community right-to-know provisions ⓘ emergency planning requirements ⓘ liability provisions for hazardous waste cleanup ⓘ |
| hasOfficialName | Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ⓘ |
| hasShortName | SARA ⓘ |
| implementedThrough | federal regulations under EPA authority ⓘ |
| legalJurisdiction | federal jurisdiction of the United States ⓘ |
| partOf | United States environmental statutory framework ⓘ |
| publicLawNumber | 99-499 ⓘ |
| requires |
hazardous chemical inventory reporting
ⓘ
state and local emergency planning ⓘ toxic chemical release reporting ⓘ |
| signedBy | Ronald Reagan ⓘ |
| signingDate | 1986-10-17 ⓘ |
| statutesAtLargeCitation | 100 Stat. 1613 ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
emergency management
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environmental law ⓘ hazardous waste regulation ⓘ |
| title | An Act to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to provide for the cleanup of the nation’s hazardous waste sites, and for other purposes ⓘ |
| titleIIIName | Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 ⓘ |
| yearEnacted | 1986 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Public Law 99-499 Description of subject: Public Law 99-499 is a U.S. federal statute enacted in 1986 that, among other provisions, established the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act to improve community safety through hazardous chemical reporting and emergency planning requirements.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.