Rulemaking

FINAL RULE: September 22, 2008

This notice provides the criteria and process for Commission acceptance of accreditation of ‘‘third party’’ laboratories for testing to the lead paint ban (laboratories that are not owned, managed, or controlled by a manufacturer or private labeler of a children’s product to be tested by the laboratory for certification purposes), ‘‘firewalled’’ laboratories (those that are owned, managed, or controlled by a manufacturer or private labeler of a children’s product to be tested by the laboratory for certification purposes and that seek accreditation under the additional statutory criteria for ‘‘firewalled’’ laboratories), and laboratories owned or controlled in whole or in part by a government.

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