CPSC: An exception for Lead content in pen point on consultation

CPSC has received a petition requesting an exception from the lead content limit (≤100mg/kg) for substrate under CPSIA. To allow interested parties to comment on the additional information, CPSC is reopening for comment until April 2, 2014.

Recently the petitioner submitted a letter to the CPSC to inform the Commission about the possible availability of a low lead stainless steel alternative to the nickel silver alloy point currently used in solvent based ink pens and for which a lead limit exception would be required. They stated that a trial batch of the stainless steel points passed technical qualification when tested with solvent based inks. But they also stated that production of the low lead stainless steel points on a consistent basis in industrial quantities to meet the volume and timing demands of customers is not technically feasible. So they requested for an exception for the continued use of the nickel silver alloy point be limited to five years.

More details please refer to the following website.

http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Regulations-Laws--Standards/Federal-Register-Notices/2014/Petition-Requesting-Exception-from-Lead-Content-Limits-BIC-USA-Inc-Reopening-of-the-Comment-Period-Comment-Request/