Code of Maine Rules
06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL
Chapter 881 - FEES: CHEMICAL USE IN CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS
Section 096-881-1 - Definitions
Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024
The following terms, as used in this rule, have the following meanings:
A. Board. "Board" means the Board of Environmental Protection.
B. Children's product. "Children's product" means a consumer product intended for use by children, such as baby products, toys, car seats, personal care products and clothing, and any consumer product containing a chemical of high concern that when used or disposed of will likely result in a child's or a fetus's being exposed to that chemical.
C. CMR. "CMR' means the Code of Maine Rules.
D. Consumer product. "Consumer product" means any item sold for residential or commercial use, including any component parts and packaging. "Consumer product" does not include a food or beverage or an additive to a food or beverage, a tobacco product or paper or forest products or a pesticide regulated by the federal Environmental Protection Agency. "Consumer product" also does not include a drug or biologic regulated by the federal Food and Drug Administration or the packaging of a drug or biologic regulated by the federal Food and Drug Administration if the packaging is regulated by the federal Food and Drug Administration.
E. Department. "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection, which includes both the Board and the Commissioner.
F. Distributor. "Distributor" means a person who sells consumer products to retail establishments on a wholesale basis.
G. Manufacturer. "Manufacturer" means any person who manufactured a final consumer product or whose brand name is affixed to the consumer product. In the case of a consumer product that was imported into the United States, "manufacturer" includes the importer or first domestic distributor of the consumer product if the person who manufactured or assembled the consumer product or whose brand name is affixed to the consumer product does not have a presence in the United States.
H. MRSA. "MRSA" means the Maine Revised Statutes Annotated.
I. Priority chemical. "Priority chemical" means a chemical identified as such by the board under chapter 880, section 2, of department rules, 06-096 CMR 880.
