Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§300j–22 Recall of drinking water coolers with lead-lined tanks

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 6A— - PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XII— - SAFETY OF PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS › Part Part F— - Additional Requirements To Regulate Safety of Drinking Water › § 300j–22

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

If the Administrator puts a drinking water cooler on the federal list because it has a lead-lined tank, that cooler is treated as posing an immediate danger under the Consumer Product Safety Act. After public notice, a chance to comment, and a public hearing, the Consumer Product Safety Commission must order the makers and importers to repair, replace, or recall and give refunds for those coolers within 1 year after October 31, 1988. For enforcement, that order is handled like an enforcement order under the Consumer Product Safety Act.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §300j–22

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For purposes of the Consumer Product Safety Act [15 U.S.C. 2051 et seq.], all drinking water coolers identified by the Administrator on the list under section 300j–23 of this title as having a lead-lined tank shall be considered to be imminently hazardous consumer products within the meaning of section 12 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 2061). After notice and opportunity for comment, including a public hearing, the Consumer Product Safety Commission shall issue an order requiring the manufacturers and importers of such coolers to repair, replace, or recall and provide a refund for such coolers within 1 year after October 31, 1988. For purposes of enforcement, such order shall be treated as an order under section 15(d) of that Act (15 U.S.C. 2064(d)).

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References in Text

The Consumer Product Safety Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 92–573, Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1207, which is classified generally to chapter 47 (§ 2051 et seq.) of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 2051 of Title 15 and Tables.

Amendments

1996—Pub. L. 104–182 made technical amendment to section catchline and first word of text.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 300j–22

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73