1488-S2 AMH SERB H5213.1

2SHB 1488  - H AMD TO H AMD (1488-S2 AMH HUNT H4955.2)907
     By Representative Serben

WITHDRAWN 02/14/2006

     On page 2, beginning on line 20 of the amendment, after "Sec. 2." strike all material through "apply to:" on line 25 and insert "(1) After July 1, 2007, no person may manufacture, knowingly sell, offer for sale, or distribute for sale or use in this state products containing a flame retardant that has not been subject to an independent risk assessment and been found to be a technically feasible and safer alternative to decabromodiphenyl ether.
     (2) A manufacturer of products containing a flame retardant that has been restricted under this section must, once the restriction takes effect, notify persons that sell the manufacturer's products about the provisions of this section.
     (3) Subsections (1) and (2) of this section do not apply to:"

     Renumber the remaining subsection.

EFFECT:  Repeals the ban on PBDEs and prohibits the manufacture and sale of flame retardants that have not been subject to an independent risk assessment and been found to be a technically feasible and safer alternative to deca-BDE.

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