58:10A-18. Regulations; identification and quantification of ingredients; information by manufacturers; deletion or addition to list of restricted chemical material
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a. The commissioner shall, within 90 days of the effective date of this act, promulgate regulations establishing methods for identification and quantification of ingredients in sewage system cleaners containing any restricted chemical material.
b. The commissioner shall, within 180 days of the effective date of this act, promulgate regulations requiring manufacturers of sewage system cleaners distributed, sold or offered for sale in this State to furnish to the commissioner any existing information regarding chemical components of such products, including the nature and extent of investigations and research performed by the manufacturer concerning the effects of such products on the quality of the groundwaters of the State, provided that, in lieu of furnishing this information, the manufacturers may refer the commissioner to any available information which has already been obtained by any Federal or State agency.
c. Whenever the commissioner finds, after investigation and public hearing, that any ingredient other than a restricted chemical material in a sewage system cleaner distributed, sold, offered or exposed for sale in this State is shown to be dangerous, deleterious or injurious to the public health in its impact on the quality of the groundwaters of the State, he shall prohibit or restrict the sale, distribution, offer or exposure for sale or use by any person of sewage system cleaners containing such ingredients.
d. Whenever the commissioner finds, after investigation and public hearing, that any restricted chemical material will not be dangerous, deleterious or injurious to the public health in its impact on the quality of the groundwaters of the State when used in a sewage system cleaner, he may authorize the use of such chemical material in such products.
L.1981, c. 253, s. 4, eff. Aug. 12, 1981.