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* c*. m *> v ta.> V I :Ar E. I. d u Pof.r a Nc.Mour-'s & Co mp an y S '. Mil. ., Wil min g t o n . Cc l a .v a r ^ iw s Lk'GAL OrPARTf.TST ^T-rr / March 19, 1973 1 - -- . -S' / /C._ - .. r. L.t - y..?.. i-.rr. ,. -- -, r, Fh` fell. - natters were ciccussed at the :i:.: ..'..msu l.i \iif: title on `..`edr.esday. ?o title:. for of Seven Cr':ca.*, cf r.-.i cion. . T..~ p c uition :: ::; cf certain c.V :scs of paint in Decem ber <*..c con .ents. .`.It!:-.urn the .5-, limitation became ;f:'cctivc- January 1, 1973, it has been held in ebcyanc* an v: the product.: proofed for exemption until s--ch tin-; no F-A acts on tne petition. PB/ is not bound ir, r.: y time limit.?ticn and is not required to act on the rer.icic.T within any time frame. Bctv.een 100 and 150 comments fere received by FDA. A-'-vcruo cements were directed largely to specific caterer, cs ratner tuor* to all cateuoriec or to the con cept of estT.*;lishin" coemptions. ire prrioscd e:-:crnfcicnr for h 5t"> s'" " 7.*;l -- ? * -1 -vi". - r : ud rocT~ c> m . rro in Cm.... 1 . _.,o important "aeveit j c cm. .* nto A:c re "" tiioct Oiicrcd by r ;nit..:-:-rs 'Jr.ion, Jess Myeroon, Rcnrerenta- tive Potential, the Fnvircr.mtntcl Prorection croup,* or.d Professor Pete's croup from C cores bohr. University*. r'--:: It will be recalled that Professor Pace raised a number of different cuestiono. First, he ashed FDA to DUP 000350 4 ' ,Pr. 19 t r17? "^ i also C::.'.ic; ?. fc. a stucv ox' the- mexic know .2:17 s-* the ciei- IIcv.1 V*'rl* UJVivT*"i^v lo It 3c supposed to be carbonate. c!o not . there is supposed to b= study This, however,*will be a V:o-year 3* PDA's Proposed ,CO; Limitation on Lc?d. FIA apparently hopes tc : u* o.i a decision on the .Oc ,j lir.itation until after its study on safe lead levels in ccuplotc FDA has never said this to IIFCA directly, The agency did, however, in response to a Congressional incuiry, ::o advise a Congressman or* January 20, 1973* UPCA asked for aecc-sc.to all FDA data supporting the .06# limitation, The federal agency refused access to some in- formation s o i;?CA filed a. lawsuit demand1 ">g access under the Freedom of Information Act. FDA has fxled a notion for summit try judgment, WPCA's reply to the notion vras filed March 14 or 15, 1973* We don't know what we night find if v;e rerc given access to all of the infomat ion relied upon by FDA in establishing its proposed ,0c# limitation. FDA nay have information that lead is poisonous at a 1# level, _ for' example, tut this vrould not necessarily support the imposition of r. .06# limitation. 4. State and Local Lairs and Regulations Regarding the Use cuT Lend ln~~Pslnut xiTUctroTt, the ore!'!nances proposed Yor adoption regarding the use of lead based paint were modified to change the allowable level from a .06# level to 0.5# Sue to .HPCA representations. The mayor vetoed the council ordinances because they vrould have required that all non-complying paint be stripped from the* -walls of housing. It is expected, however, that the ordinances will be modified, reenacted by the council, and signed by the mayor. The labeling requirement irill become effective thirty days after the effective date of the ordinances. < Hcvr York State has.a bill pending before the Legislature which would establish a ,05# limitation. Wc know of no basis for such a restriction. Upon inquiry, the Assemblyman who introduced the bill said that he did not knew the basic for the .05# limitation, since he had merely introduced the bill at the request of the Attorney General. V.'e think the limitation number Is a misprint DUp 000352 .'T 'V^- . V ' w>. ^ s- ; Pr-c 4 March 19, 1973 ani that it *.:as intended .to put -in the 0.5# liir.itn.tion. The sponsor of the bill has agreed to ask the Attorney General for clnrifice.tion. The bill will be kept on ice until a. response is obtained. In Illinois, the Legislature hi -d a public hearing on its bill. Thereafter, the Illinois bill was pr.ended to nut in a 0.5# limitation ir. ..lace . of the previous .06CS limitation. The bill was then passed by the Illinois Senate. On the House side of the Illinois Legislature, th * legislative proposal would establish a limit of 0.5# this year and .06# next year. ITPCA rill keep working to get the House bill changed to. conform to the Senate bill in Illinois, . *- In the District.of. Columbia, ITPCA got V ' rJ*-* ' the .06# limitation anerfded to . substitute a :0.5#--linit ' In Maine,. ITPCA 'got the' sane result;it obtained in the. District, of .Colur.bia, '' i > w**!,`*. - i,* f riiv\Vi'1 am ' v-TH it Vi+- ' ''l?-,':?- ;;pril T,' 1^73. I t^V. v - Public hearings'-;orV the -exemptions .vero^'-J -^ S/'ESS:' ?chcduled by Macsachusetts^on,March UPCAfistgoing vf,vSI all out on this and will appear. at -.the ^public; hearings in both Boston and Springfield.r>rV"'v.`V.J " In Pennsylvania, the bill being 'considered -- by the Legislature would establish' a Unit of 0.5# ' v:. *'' effective January 1, 1974. The problem with this bill,'is that 1 it does not allow for any exemptions. 5. Legal action by ITPCA.'. The. Massachusetts situation ras considered so extreme ancu so dangerous-by the , <:' p : Lawyers* Committee that the Committee voted to recommend to IiFCA1 c Board that legal action be taken to challenge the labeling requirement:. 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