CPSC Grants Petition Requesting Exception from 100 ppm Lead Content Limit

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has received a petition requesting an exception from the 100 ppm lead content limit under section 101(b) of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA), as amended by Public Law 112–28. CPSC is granting an exception to the 100 ppm lead content limit for certain aluminum alloy components of children’s die-cast, ride-on pedal tractors, and similar component parts made of aluminum alloy on similar ride-on children’s products for children ages 3 years and older. Such products may include other children’s ride-on tractors, children’s ride-on cars, and other ride-on toys. These aluminum alloy components must meet a lead content limit of 300 ppm.

These aluminum components include: body castings (right and left sides), rear wheel hubs, wide front axle yokes, wide frontend adaptor brackets, and other component parts that are similar to these parts and are not likely be placed in the mouth or ingested or extensively contacted by children because of their function and location on the product. The exposure to lead in such parts at the 300 ppm limit is expected to be so low that it would have no measurable adverse effect on public health or safety, taking into account normal and reasonably foreseeable use and abuse.

Section 101(b)(1) of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) provides for a functional purpose exception from the lead content limits, under certain circumstances. The exception allows CPSC, on its own initiative or upon petition by an interested party, to exclude a specific product, class of product, material, or component part from the lead limits established for children’s products under the CPSIA. The above announcement is in response to a petition submitted under the rules of section 101(b) of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA), as amended by Public Law 112–28.