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UNITED STATES. OF AMERICA <br /> BEFORE THE: CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY. COMMISSION <br /> In. the. Matt_r of the )' <br /> Petition: of Conaumsr. )• <br /> Federation. of America Nz. <br /> to Declare Methylene Y <br /> Chloride: a Hazardous 3 <br /> Substance and ta. Initi'ate)' <br /> Pr.oceedings• to: Ban such ) <br /> Substance: }, <br /> Pursuant. to the Adm ni'strative Procedures Act , 3 U.S.C. section, <br /> 553(a). and' regulations. of the Consumer Product. Safety Commission-- ..c <br /> (CPSC).,,_ 16 C.,F.R.. section, iS66.201 (a) , Consumer Federation of America <br /> (CRA). fier 'by• petztions: CPSC' to. immediately commence proceedings to <br /> declares nothyiene chlOT. ide (or• Dirhioromethane: or. DCM) a hazardous.._ <br /> substance under the Federal- Hazardous Sub%tance3_ Act (FHSA) , section= <br /> iS U.S.C,., section 1262: Upon a finding: that: DCh is a, hazardoue <br /> substances, this- petition soeks: further proceedings establishing: DCH as <br /> a banned` hazardous; substance: under FHSA4 section 2(q) (1) (p)., 15 U.S.C. <br /> section 12b1.� <br /> h <br /> INTEREST• OF PETITIS)IVE <br /> The Consumer FLdtw-ation of America ts: tha natian ' s largest: consumer <br /> advocacy organization representing. 200, organizations and. over. 30 <br /> million conaumorz. Fbtr the. past sever.aI. years CFA has been working to <br /> protect. caneumern from the: adverse: health consequences: from, Indoor air - - <br /> pollutants and; tha CFA mambership has designated indoor air- quality as <br /> our organization 's numbor one. heAlth and: safety pribrityi In, September- <br /> L9a4', CFA communicated its concerns about mathylone. chloride3 to CPSC <br />