                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SCHEDULE FOR REMOVAL OF INCIDENTAL AMOUNTS OF HEAVY METALS (§ 10.1-1425.22)

A. On and after July 1, 1995, no manufacturer or distributor shall offer for
sale, sell, or offer for promotional purposes in the Commonwealth a package or
packaging component which includes, in the package itself or in any packaging
component, inks, dyes, pigments, adhesives, stabilizers, or any other additives
containing lead, cadmium, mercury, or hexavalent chromium which has been
intentionally introduced as an element during manufacturing or distribution, and
which exceeds a concentration level established by this article. This
prohibition shall not apply to the incidental presence of any of these elements
in a package or packaging component.

B. On and after July 1, 1995, no manufacturer or distributor shall offer for
sale, sell, or offer for promotional purposes in the Commonwealth a product in a
package which includes, in the package itself or in any of the packaging
components, inks, dyes, pigments, adhesives, stabilizers, or any other additives
containing lead, cadmium, mercury, or hexavalent chromium which has been
intentionally introduced as an element during manufacturing or distribution, and
which exceeds a concentration level established by this article. This
prohibition shall not apply to the incidental presence of any of these elements
in a package or packaging component.

C. The sum of the concentration levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, and hexavalent
chromium present in a package or packaging component shall not exceed the
following:

   1. Six hundred parts per million by weight on and after July 1, 1995;

   2. Two hundred fifty parts per million by weight on and after July 1, 1996;
   and

   3. One hundred parts per million by weight on and after July 1, 1997.

D. Concentration levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, and hexavalent chromium shall
be determined using ASTM test methods, as revised, or U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, S-W 846, as revised.

HISTORY: 1994, c. 944.