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RCA: Petition Requesting Rulemaking on Products Containing Organohalogen Flame Retardants

August 11, 2015

Final

Record of Commission Action

(Briefing Package August 5, 2015. OS no. 4309)

Decision

The Commission voted unanimously (5-0) to approve publication of a notice in the Federal Register, as drafted, for public comment on a petition (HP 15-1) from several petitioners requesting that the Commission initiate rulemaking to declare several categories of products
containing additive organohalogen flame retardants to be "banned hazardous substances" under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act.

Commissioners Voting

Ballot vote due August 11, 2015

  • Chairman Elliot F. Kaye
  • Commissioner Robert S. Adler
  • Commissioner Ann Marie Buerkle
  • Commissioner Joseph P. Mohorovic
  • Commissioner Marietta S. Robinson
Type
Records of Commission Action and Commission Meeting Minutes
Date
Report an unsafe product