567—144.1 (455F) Scope. This chapter is intended to implement provisions of Iowa Code sections 455F.1 to 455F.11. The Act requires retailers that sell household hazardous materials to maintain and prominently display consumer information booklets which provide information on the proper use of household hazardous materials, and specific instructions for the proper disposal of certain substance categories. Additionally, retailers are required to make available consumer information bulletins about household hazardous materials. Manufacturers or distributors of household hazardous materials who authorize independent contractor retailers to sell products of the manufacturer or distributor on a person-to-person basis are required to provide each independent contractor retailer with sufficient quantities of the booklet. The independent contractor retailer is to provide a copy of the booklet to the customer at the time of the sale.
The Act requires the environmental protection commission to adopt rules which designate the type and amount of information to be included in the consumer information booklets and bulletins. The booklets and bulletins are available free from the department of natural resources, but the rules allow the retailers to provide their own.
This chapter contains rules identifying products which are considered to be household hazardous products and informational signs as well as prescribing the general information to be included in consumer information booklets.