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such data is necessary to protect against an unreasonable 
risk of injury to health or the environment, such notice may 
be made by such means as the Commission determines will 
provide notice at least twenty-four hours before such release 
is made. 
“(c) Any officer or employee of the United States or 
former officer or employee of the United States, who by vir- 
tue of such employment or official position has obtained pos- 
session of, or has access to material the disclosure of which 
is prohibited by subsection (a) or (e) and who knowing 
that disclosure of such material is prohibited by such sub- 
section, willfully discloses the material in any manner to 
any person not entitled to receive it, shall be guilty of a mis- 
demeanor and fined not more than $ 10,000 or imprisoned 
for not more than one year, or both. Section 1905 of title 18, 
United States Code, does not apply with respect to the pub- 
lishing, divulging, disclosure, or making known of, or making 
available, information reported or otherwise obtained under 
this title. 
“(d) For purposes of this section, the term ‘ officer or 
employee of the United States’ includes — 
“(1) any contractor with the United Stales who is 
furnished information as authorized by this section and 
any employee of any such contractor, and 
“(2) any member of an institutional biohazard 
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