Resolve, Directing the Department of Environmental Protection To Add a Flame Retardant to the Lists of Chemicals of Concern and of High Concern

Sec. 1. Chemicals of concern. Resolved: That the Department of Environmental Protection shall add the flame retardant tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl)phosphate, also known as chlorinated tris, which is used as a substitute for the "penta" mixture of polybrominated diphenyl ethers, to the list of chemicals of concern pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 38, section 1693, subsection 2, unless the Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention determines that chlorinated tris does not meet one or more of the criteria in Title 38, section 1693, subsection 1. The Department of Environmental Protection shall complete this addition to the list of chemicals of concern by January 1, 2014; and be it further

Sec. 2. Chemicals of high concern. Resolved: That the Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall add chlorinated tris to the list of chemicals of high concern pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 38, section 1693-A, subsection 3, unless the Department of Environmental Protection determines, in concurrence with the Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, that chlorinated tris does not meet one or more of the criteria in Title 38, section 1693-A, subsection 2. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall complete this addition to the list of chemicals of high concern by January 15, 2014.

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This resolve directs the Department of Environmental Protection to add chlorinated tris, which is a flame retardant chemical, to the list of chemicals of concern and the list of chemicals of high concern, pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 38, sections 1693 and 1693-A, respectively, unless the Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Environmental Protection in concurrence with the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, respectively, determines that chlorinated tris does not meet the statutory criteria.