[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR1061.1]

[Page 137]
 
                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1061_APPLICATIONS FOR EXEMPTION FROM PREEMPTION--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  1061.1  Scope and purpose.




Sec.  
1061.1 Scope and purpose.
1061.2 Definitions.
1061.3 Statutory considerations.
1061.4 Threshold requirements for applications for exemption.
1061.5 Form of applications for exemption.
1061.6 Contents of applications for exemption.
1061.7 Documentation of the State or local requirement.
1061.8 Information on the heightened degree of protection afforded.
1061.9 Information about the effect on interstate commerce.
1061.10 Information on affected parties.
1061.11 Incomplete or insufficient applications.
1061.12 Commission consideration on merits.

    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2075; 15 U.S.C. 1261n; 15 U.S.C. 1203; 15 
U.S.C. 1476.

    Source: 56 FR 3416, Jan. 30, 1991, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) This part applies to the submission and consideration of 
applications by State and local governments for exemption from 
preemption by statutes, standards, and regulations of the Consumer 
Product Safety Commission.
    (b) This part implements section 26 of the Consumer Product Safety 
Act (CPSA) (15 U.S.C. 2075), section 18 of the Federal Hazardous 
Substances Act (FHSA) (15 U.S.C. 1261n), section 16 of the Flammable 
Fabrics Act (FFA) (15 U.S.C. 1203), and section 7 of the Poison 
Prevention Packaging Act (PPPA) (15 U.S.C. 1476), all as amended.