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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1500', '§ 1500', '§ 1500', '§ 1500', '§ 1500', '§ 1500', '§ 1500', '§ 1500', '§ 1500']

§ 1500.3 Definitions, 16 C.F.R. § 1500.3 | Casetext
16 C.F.R. § 1500.3
§ 1500.3 Definitions
Note: The definitions of extremely flammable, flammable, and combustible hazardous substances set forth above in paragraphs (b)(10) and (c)(6) are effective August 10, 1987. The definitions remaining in effect until August 10, 1987, as published at 38 FR 27012, Sept. 27, 1973, and amended at 38 FR 30105, Nov. 1, 1973, are set forth below. Manufacturers and labelers of products subject to the Federal Hazardous Substances Act may continue to use these definitions for labeling of those products under the conditions set forth in § 1500.3(c)(6)(iv), as amended. (b)(10) Extremely flammable shall apply to any substance which has a flashpoint at or below 20 °F. as determined by the Tagliabue Open Cup Tester; flammable shall apply to any substance which has a flashpoint of above 20 °F., to and including 80 °F., as determined by the Tagliabue Open Cup Tester; and combustible shall apply to any substance which has a flashpoint above 80 °F. to and including 150 °F., as determined by the Tagliabue Open Cup Tester; except that the flammability or combustibility of solids and of the contents of self-pressurized containers shall be determined by methods found by the Commission to be generally applicable to such materials or containers, respectively, and established by regulations issued by the Commission, which regulations shall also define the terms flammable, combustible, and extremely flammable in accord with such methods. (c)(6)(i) Extremely flammable means any substance that has a flashpoint at or below 20 °F. as determined by the method described in § 1500.43. (ii) Flammable means any substance that has a flashpoint of above 20 °F., to and including 80 °F., as determined by the method described in § 1500.43.
§ 1500.2 Authority
§ 1500.4 Human experience with hazardous substances