Code of Maine Rules
06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL
Chapter 889 - DESIGNATION OF TWO FLAME RETARDANTS AS PRIORITY CHEMICALS
Section 096-889-3 - Designation of two Regulated Flame Retardants as priority chemicals
Universal Citation: 06 ME Code Rules ยง 096-889-3
Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024
A. Presence on chemicals of high concern list. The Regulated Flame Retardants are present on the list of chemicals of high concern published by the Department under 38 M.R.S. §1693-A, as of the effective date of this chapter.
NOTE: To view the full list of chemicals of high concern, go to: http://www.maine.gov/dep/safechem/highconcern/index.html.
B. Criteria for designation. The following criteria for designation of the two Regulated Flame Retardants as priority chemicals, as set forth under 38 M.R.S. §1694, have been met as documented in the basis statement accompanying this chapter:
(1) The regulated Flame Retardants have been
found through bio monitoring to be present in human bodily tissues or
fluids;
(2) The regulated Flame
Retardants have been found through sampling and analysis to be present in
household dust and indoor air; and
(3) The regulated Flame Retardants have been
found to be present in consumer products which are used or present in the
home.
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