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PUBLIC LAW 86-613-JULY 12, 1960
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Public Law 86-613 July 12, 1960 rS« 12831
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AN
ACT
To regulate the interstate distribution and sale of packages of hazardous substances intended or suitable for household use.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives United States of America in Congress assembled,
of the
SHORT TITLE
1. This Act may be cited as the "Federal Hazardous Substances Labeling Act". SECTION
DEFINITIONS
SEC. 2. For the purposes of this Act— (a) The term "territory" means any territory or possession of the United States, including the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico but excluding the Canal Zone. (b) The term "interstate commerce" means (1) commerce between any State or territory and any place outside thereof, and (2) commerce within the District of Columbia or within any territory not organized with a legislative body. (c) The term "Department" means the Department of Health, Education, and "Welfare. (d) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. (e) The term "person" includes an individual, partnership, corporation, and association. (f) The term "hazardous substance" means: 1. (A) Any substance or mixture of substances which (i) is toxic, (ii) is corrosive, (iii) is an irritant, (iv) is a strong sensitizer, (v) is flammable, or (vi) generates pressure through decomposition, heat, or other means, if such substance or mixture of substances may cause substantial personal injury or substantial illness during or as a proximate result of any customary or reasonably foreseeable handling or use, including reasonably loreseeable ingestion by children. (B) Any substances which the Secretary by regulation finds, pursuant to the provisions of section 3(a), meet the requirements of subparagraph 1(A) of this paragraph. (C) Any radioactive substance, if, with respect to such substance as used in a particular class of article or as packaged, the Secretary determines by regulation that the substance is sufficiently hazardous to require labeling in accordance with this Act in order to protect the public health. 2. The term "hazardous substance" shall not apply to'economic poisons subject to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Ro7 us*c*'i35^ note dcnticide Act, nor to foods, drugs and cosmetics subject to the 52 Stat. 1040.*' Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, nor to substances in21 USC 301. tended for use as fuels when stored in containers and used in the heating, cooking, or refrigeration system of a house. 3. The term "hazardous substance" shall not include any source material, special nuclear material, or byproduct material as de42 ^x^sc*^2bi 1 fined in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and regulate, lations issued pursuant thereto by the Atomic ' Energy Commission. (g) The term "toxic" shall apply to any substance (other than a radioactive substance) which has the capacity to produce personal injury or illness to man through ingestion, inhalation, or absorption through any body surface.
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