{"data":{"id":"us/16-cfr-1145.4","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"16 CFR 1145.4","heading":"Consumer patching compounds containing respirable free-form asbestos; risk of cancer associated with inhalation of asbestos fibers.","body":"(a) The Commission finds that it is in the public interest to regulate the risk of cancer associated with inhalation of asbestos fibers from consumer patching compounds containing respirable free-form asbestos under the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA) rather than under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA) because of the desirability of avoiding possibly lengthy resource-consuming, inefficient rulemaking proceedings under the FHSA and because of the availability of civil penalties under the CPSA for knowing noncompliance.\n(b) Therefore, consumer patching compounds containing respirable free-form asbestos are regulated under CPSA.","path":["Title 16—Commercial Practices","CHAPTER II—CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION","SUBCHAPTER B—CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY ACT REGULATIONS","PART 1145—REGULATION OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO OTHER ACTS UNDER THE CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY ACT"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-16.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:29Z","sha256":"63bb20976f46e4698c884dfd17cd811290f7262bc4a6c12df20ac5daa50d812b","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/16-cfr-1145.3","next":"us/16-cfr-1145.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}