[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 12, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15710-15711]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-05578]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
Strong Sensitizer Guidance
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or
Commission) is announcing the availability of a document prepared by
CPSC staff titled, ``Strong Sensitizer
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Guidance.'' This guidance document is intended to clarify the ``strong
sensitizer'' definition, assist manufacturers in understanding how CPSC
staff would assess whether a substance and/or product containing that
substance should be considered a ``strong sensitizer,'' and how the
Commission would make such a determination. The staff guidance document
is available on the Commission's Web site and from the Commission's
Office of the Secretary.
ADDRESSES: The guidance document is available from the Commission's Web
site at http://www.cpsc.gov/Global/Regulations-Laws-and-Standards/Regulated-Products-Rules/strongsensitizerguidance.pdf. Copies may also
be obtained from the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Office of the
Secretary, Room 820, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814;
telephone 301-504-7923.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joanna Matheson, Ph.D., Project
Manager, Office of Hazard Identification and Reduction, U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission, 5 Research Place, Rockville, MD 20850;
telephone (301) 987-2564; [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Elsewhere in this issue of the Federal
Register, the Commission is publishing a notice of proposed rulemaking
for the purpose of revising the supplemental definition of ``strong
sensitizer'' found at 16 CFR 1500.3(c)(5). The Commission is proposing
to revise the supplemental definition of ``strong sensitizer'' due to
advancements in the science of sensitization that have occurred since
the current supplemental definition of ``strong sensitizer'' was
promulgated in 1986. Toward this end, the Commission convened a panel
of scientific experts from academia, industry, and the Federal
Government who evaluated the current definition in light of scientific
advances in the field of sensitization and made recommendations for
proposed changes to the current definition, which eliminate redundancy,
remove certain subjective factors, incorporate new and future
technology for determining the sensitization characteristics of
substances, rank the criteria for classification of strong sensitizers
in order of importance (e.g., human over animal data), define criteria
for ``severity of reaction'', and adopt a weight-of-the-evidence
approach to determine the strength of the sensitizer.
Commission staff has prepared a document titled, ``Strong
Sensitizer Guidelines,'' which explains and clarifies each section of
the proposed ``strong sensitizer'' supplemental definition by
explaining the current scientific rationale underlying the
methodologies and analysis that staff will consider when assessing
whether a substance is a strong sensitizer. The CPSC expects that the
guidance document will assist manufacturers and other stakeholders in
understanding how CPSC staff and the Commission would assess whether a
substance or product containing a substance should be considered a
``strong sensitizer.'' The staff guidance document is available on the
Commission's Web site and from the Commission's Office of the
Secretary, both listed in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
Dated: March 7, 2013.
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Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2013-05578 Filed 3-11-13; 8:45 am]
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