3041-AD62 201804 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 3041 Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC Petition to Amend Labeling for Methylene Chloride

The Commission received a petition requesting that the Commission amend the agency’s 1987 Statement of Interpretation and Enforcement Policy regarding labeling of household products containing methylene chloride (Policy Statement). The petition asks the Commission to expand the Policy Statement to address acute hazards from inhalation of methylene chloride vapors in addition to the chronic hazards addressed by the current Policy Statement. Staff submitted a briefing package to the Commission. The Commission voted on June 2, 2017 to grant the petition. Staff is preparing a briefing package with a draft revised Policy Statement for Commission consideration.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Prerule Stage No No Independent agency None Federal Hazardous Substances Act No Petition Docketed 08/02/2016 Notice Published in Federal Register 09/01/2016 81 FR 60298 Comment Period End 10/31/2016 Staff Sends Briefing Package to Commission 05/26/2017 Commission Decision 06/02/2017 Staff Sends Briefing Package With Draft Policy Statement to Commission 05/00/2018 Undetermined Undetermined Undetermined No No John Gordon Project Manager, Directorate for Health Sciences 3041 301 987-2025 jgordon@cpsc.gov 5 Research Place, Rockville MD 20850