Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 889 - DESIGNATION OF TWO FLAME RETARDANTS AS PRIORITY CHEMICALS › Section 096-889-2 - Definitions

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
For terms not defined in this chapter, the definitions found
				  in
Regulation of Chemical Use in Children's Products,
06-096
				  C.M.R. ch. 880(1) apply. The following terms, as used in this chapter, have the
				  following meanings:
Child Care Article.
"Child Care Article" means a
				  children's product designed or intended by the manufacturer to facilitate sleep
				  or the feeding of children or to help children with sucking or teething.
Children's Clothing.
"Children's Clothing" means
				  an article of cloth or fiber, woven or otherwise assembled, into a material
				  suitable for wearing on the body of a child under the age of 12 years, and
				  their component parts; examples include but are not limited to pants, shirts,
				  and outerwear such as gloves, hats, or raingear.
Children's Footwear.
"Children's Footwear" means
				  an article intended to be worn on the feet of a child under the age of 12
				  years, such as shoes or slippers.
Children's Sleepwear.
"Children's Sleepwear"
				  means any product of wearing apparel (in sizes 0-14), such as nightgowns,
				  pajamas, or similarly related items, such as robes, intended to be worn
				  primarily for sleeping or activities related to sleeping.
Children's Toy.
"Children's Toy" means a
				  children's product designed or intended by the manufacturer for a child under
				  the age of 12 years for use by the child when the child plays. "Children's Toy"
				  does not include helmets, googles or other personal protective equipment
				  designed to protect the wearer's body from injury during sports and recreation
				  activities.
Electronic Device.
"Electronic Device" means a
				  consumer product which displays information in the visual form, including but
				  not limited to computers, television, cell phone, or a monitor, and also
				  includes hand-held electronic devices marketed to or intended for use by a
				  child under the age of 12 years.
Household Furniture and Furnishings.
"Household
				  Furniture and Furnishings" means consumer products that are large, movable
				  products used to make a space livable, including but not limited to bed frames,
				  upholstered couches or chairs, tables, desks, and storage units, and other
				  children's products intended for use as decorative accessories for a house or
				  room, including but not limited to bedding, textiles, clocks, ornaments,
				  pictures, mirrors and frames.
Mattress.
"Mattress" means ticking filled with a
				  resilient material used alone or in combination with other products intended or
				  promoted for sleeping upon, including portable crib mattresses.
Mattress Pad.
"Mattress Pad" means a thin, flat
				  mat or cushion, and/or ticking filled with resilient material intended or
				  promoted for use on top of a mattress.
Regulated Flame Retardants.
"Regulated Flame
				  Retardants" means any one of the following: decabromodiphenyl ether with a CAS
				  number of 1163-19-5; hexabromocylododecane with a CAS number of
				  25637-99-4.
Ticking.
"Ticking" means the outermost layer of
				  fabric or related material that encloses the core and upholstery materials of a
				  mattress or mattress pad.
NOTE
: For the definition of "children's product"
				  see
Toxic Chemicals in Children's Products
,
				  38 M.R.S.
				  §1691(7) or Department
				  rule, 06-096 C.M.R. ch. 880(1)(G).