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CPSC RIN: 3041-AD07 Publication ID: Spring 2011 
Title: ●Petition HP10-2 Requesting a Standard for Cadmium in Children's Jewelry 
Abstract: A request from the Empire State Consumer Project, the Sierra Club, the Center for Environmental Health, and Rochesterians Against the Misuse of Pesticides was submitted to the Commission on May 28, 2010. This request was docketed under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA) as Petition No. HP 10-2. A Federal Register notice soliciting comments on the petition was published on August 19, 2010. The comment period closed on October 18, 2010. The petitioners request that the Commission adopt regulations declaring that any toy metal jewelry containing more than trace amounts of cadmium by weight that could be ingested by children is a banned hazardous substance. If the Commission finds that it lacks sufficient information to determine the appropriate level of cadmium in products, the petitioners request that, as an interim measure, the Commission adopt the maximum levels established for lead. On February 16, 2011, the Commission voted unanimously (5-0) to defer the decision on the petition for six months. The Commission directed staff to participate in the ASTM F15.24 subcommittee to develop a voluntary standard addressing accessible cadmium from children's metal jewelry, and to work with the ASTM F15.22 subcommittee on the ASTM F963 standard with respect to toy jewelry. 
Agency: Consumer Product Safety Commission(CPSC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Prerule Stage 
Major: Undetermined  Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined 
CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined     (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1262(j), Administrative Procedure Act    15 USC 2058(i), Federal Hazardous Substances Act   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Petition Docketed  08/05/2010    
Notice for Comment Published in Federal Register  08/19/2010  75 FR 51246   
Comment Period Closed  10/18/2010    
Staff Sends Briefing Package to Commission  02/09/2011    
Commission Decision to Defer Petition   02/16/2011    
Staff Sends Report to Commission   08/00/2011    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined  Government Levels Affected: None 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest.
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Hyun Kim
Office of the General Counsel
Consumer Product Safety Commission
4330 East West Highway,
Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone:301 504-7632
Email: hkim@cpsc.com