Subchapter C—Federal Hazardous Substances Act Regulations
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SUBCHAPTER C—FEDERAL HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES ACT REGULATIONS PART 1500—HAZARDOUS SUB- for use by children over 18 but not over 36 months of age. STANCES AND ARTICLES: ADMIN- 1500.53 Test methods for simulating use and ISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT abuse of toys and other articles intended REGULATIONS for use by children over 36 but not over 96 months of age. Sec. 1500.81 Exemptions for food, drugs, cos- 1500.1 Scope of subchapter. metics, and fuels. 1500.2 Authority. 1500.82 Exemption from full labeling and 1500.3 Definitions. other requirements. 1500.4 Human experience with hazardous 1500.83 Exemptions for small packages, substances. minor hazards, and special cir- 1500.5 Hazardous mixtures. cumstances. 1500.12 Products declared to be hazardous 1500.85 Exemptions from classification as substances under section 3(a) of the act. banned hazardous substances. 1500.13 Listing of ‘‘strong sensitizer’’ sub- 1500.86 Exemptions from classification as a stances. banned toy or other banned article for 1500.14 Products requiring special labeling use by children. under section 3(b) of the act. 1500.87 Children’s products containing lead: 1500.15 Labeling of fire extinguishers. inaccessible component parts. 1500.17 Banned hazardous substances. 1500.88 Exemptions from lead limits under 1500.18 Banned toys and other banned arti- section 101 of the Consumer Product cles intended for use by children. Safety Improvement Act for certain elec- 1500.19 Misbranded toys and other articles tronic devices. intended for use by children. 1500.89 Procedures and requirements for de- 1500.20 Labeling requirement for advertising terminations regarding lead content of toys and games. materials or products under section 1500.40 Method of testing toxic substances. 101(a) of the Consumer Product Safety 1500.41 Method of testing primary irritant Improvement Act. substances. 1500.90 Procedures and requirements for ex- 1500.42 Test for eye irritants. clusions from lead limits under section 1500.43 Method of test for flashpoint of vola- 101(b) of the Consumer Product Safety tile flammable materials by Tagliabue Improvement Act. open-cup apparatus. 1500.91 Determinations regarding lead con- 1500.43a Method of test for flashpoint of tent for certain materials or products volatile flammable materials. under section 101 of the Consumer Prod- 1500.44 Method for determining extremely uct Safety Improvement Act. flammable and flammable solids. 1500.121 Labeling requirements; prominence, 1500.45 Method for determining extremely placement, and conspicuousness. flammable and flammable contents of 1500.122 Deceptive use of disclaimers. self-pressurized containers. 1500.123 Condensation of label information. 1500.46 Method for determining flashpoint of 1500.125 Labeling requirements for accom- extremely flammable contents of self- panying literature. pressurized containers. 1500.126 Substances determined to be ‘‘spe- 1500.48 Technical requirements for deter- cial hazards.’’ mining a sharp point in toys and other 1500.127 Substances with multiple hazards. articles intended for use by children 1500.128 Label comment. under 8 years of age. 1500.129 Substances named in the Federal 1500.49 Technical requirements for deter- Caustic Poison Act. mining a sharp metal or glass edge in 1500.130 Self-pressurized containers: label- toys and other articles intended for use ing. by children under 8 years of age. 1500.133 Extremely flammable contact adhe- 1500.50 Test methods for simulating use and sives; labeling. abuse of toys and other articles intended 1500.134 Policy on first aid labeling for sa- for use by children. line emesis. 1500.51 Test methods for simulating use and 1500.135 Summary of guidelines for deter- abuse of toys and other articles intended mining chronic toxicity. for use by children 18 months of age or 1500.210 Responsibility. less. 1500.211 Guaranty. 1500.52 Test methods for simulating use and 1500.212 Definition of guaranty; suggested abuse of toys and other articles intended forms. 522 VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:34 Sep 15, 2021 Jkt 253055 PO 00000 Frm 00532 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Q:\16\16V2.TXT PC31 kpayne on VMOFRWIN702 with $$_JOB Consumer Product Safety Commission § 1500.3 1500.213 Presentation of views under section Act (Pub. L. 92–573, 86 Stat. 1207–33 (15 7 of the act. U.S.C. 2051–81)). 1500.214 Examinations and investigations; (b) Statutory definitions. Except for samples. the definitions given in section 2 (c) 1500.230 Guidance for lead (Pb) in consumer products. and (d) of the act, which are obsolete, 1500.231 Guidance for hazardous liquid the definitions set forth in section 2 of chemicals in children’s products. the act are applicable to this part and 1500.232 Statement on animal testing pol- are repeated for convenience as follows icy. (some of these statutory definitions are interpreted, supplemented, or provided IMPORTS with alternatives in paragraph (c) of 1500.265 Imports; definitions. this section): 1500.266 Notice of sampling. (1) Territory means any territory or 1500.267 Payment for samples. possession of the United States, includ- 1500.268 Hearing. ing the District of Columbia and the 1500.269 Application for authorization. 1500.270 Granting of authorization. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico but ex- 1500.271 Bonds. cluding the Canal Zone. 1500.272 Costs chargeable in connection with (2) Interstate commerce means (i) com- relabeling and reconditioning inadmis- merce between any State or territory sible imports. and any place outside thereof and (ii) AUTHORITY: 15 U.S.C. 1261–1278. commerce within the District of Co- lumbia or within any territory not or- SOURCE: 38 FR 27012, Sept. 27, 1973, unless ganized with a legislative body. otherwise noted. (3) Person includes an individual, § 1500.1 Scope of subchapter. partnership, corporation, and associa- tion. Set forth in this subchapter C are the (4)(i) Hazardous substance means: regulations of the Consumer Product (A) Any substance or mixture of sub- Safety Commission issued pursuant to stances which is toxic, corrosive, an ir- and for the implementation of the Fed- ritant, a strong sensitizer, flammable eral Hazardous Substances Act as or combustible, or generates pressure amended (see § 1500.3(a)(1)). through decomposition, heat, or other means, if such substance or mixture of § 1500.2 Authority. substances may cause substantial per- Authority under the Federal Haz- sonal injury or substantial illness dur- ardous Substances Act is vested in the ing or as a proximate result of any cus- Consumer Product Safety Commission tomary or reasonably foreseeable han- by section 30(a) of the Consumer Prod- dling or use, including reasonably fore- uct Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2079(a)). seeable ingestion by children. (B) Any substance which the Com- § 1500.3 Definitions. mission by regulation finds, pursuant (a) Certain terms used in this part. As to the provisions of section 3(a) of the used in this part: act, meet the requirements of section (1) Act means the Federal Hazardous 2(f)(1)(A) of the act (restated in (A) Substances Act (Pub. L. 86–613, 74 Stat. above). 372–81 (15 U.S.C. 1261–74)) as amended (C) Any radioactive substance if, by: with respect to such substance as used (i) The Child Protection Act of 1966 in a particular class of article or as (Pub. L. 89–756, 80 Stat. 1303–05). packaged, the Commission determines (ii) The Child Protection and Toy by regulation that the substance is suf- Safety Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91–113, 83 ficiently hazardous to require labeling Stat. 187–90). in accordance with the act in order to (iii) The Poison Prevention Pack- protect the public health. aging Act of 1970 (Pub. L. 91–601, 84 (D) Any toy or other article intended Stat. 1670–74). for use by children which the Commis- (2) Commission means the Consumer sion by regulation determines, in ac- Product Safety Commission estab- cordance with section 3(e) of the act, lished May 14, 1973, pursuant to provi- presents an electrical, mechanical, or sions of the Consumer Product Safety thermal hazard. 523 VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:34 Sep 15, 2021 Jkt 253055 PO 00000 Frm 00533 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Q:\16\16V2.TXT PC31 kpayne on VMOFRWIN702 with $$_JOB § 1500.3 16 CFR Ch. II (1–1–21 Edition) (ii) Hazardous substance shall not 200 milligrams or less per kilogram of apply to pesticides subject to the Fed- body weight, when administered by eral Insecticide, Fungicide, and continuous contact with the bare skin Rodenticide Act, to foods, drugs, and for 24 hours or less. cosmetics subject to the Federal Food, (ii) If the Commission finds that Drug, and Cosmetic Act, nor to sub- available data on human experience stances intended for use as fuels when with any substance indicate results dif- stored in containers and used in the ferent from those obtained on animals heating, cooking, or refrigeration sys- in the dosages and concentrations spec- tem of a house. ‘‘Hazardous substance’’ ified in paragraph (b)(6)(i) of this sec- shall apply, however, to any article tion, the human data shall take prece- which is not itself a pesticide within dence. the meaning of the Federal Insecticide, (7) Corrosive means any substance Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act but which in contact with living tissue will which is a hazardous substance within cause destruction of tissue by chemical the meaning of section 2(f)(1) of the action, but shall not refer to action on Federal Hazardous Substances Act (re- inanimate surfaces. stated in paragraph (b)(4)(i) of this sec- (8) Irritant means any substance not tion) by reason of bearing or con- corrosive within the meaning of sec- taining such a pesticide. tion 2(i) of the act (restated in para- (iii) Hazardous substance shall not in- graph (b)(7) of this section) which on clude any source material, special nu- immediate, prolonged, or repeated con- clear material, or byproduct material tact with normal living tissue will in- as defined in the Atomic Energy Act of duce a local inflammatory reaction.