---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 C.F.R. § 1101.42"
title: "16"
number: "1101.42"
heading: "Imminent hazard exception."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/16/1101.42"
---

# §1101.42. Imminent hazard exception.

- (a) **Statutory provision.** [Section 6(b)(4)(A)](/cfr/16/6.md?p=b-4-A) provides that the requirements of [section 6(b)(1)](/cfr/16/6.md?p=b-1) do not apply to public disclosure of “information about any consumer product with respect to which product the Commission has filed an action under [section 12](/cfr/16/12.md) (relating to imminently hazardous products).”
- (b) **Scope of exception.** This exception applies once the Commission has filed an action under [section 12](/cfr/16/12.md) of the CPSA ([15 U.S.C. 2061](/usc/15/2061.md)), in a United States district court. Once the exception applies, information may be disclosed to the public while the proceeding is pending without following the requirements of [section 6(b)(1)](/cfr/16/6.md?p=b-1) if the information concerns or relates to the product alleged to be imminently hazardous. Upon termination of the proceeding, information filed with the court or otherwise made public is not subject to [section 6(b)](/cfr/16/6.md?p=b). Information in the Commission's possession which has not been made public is subject to [section 6(b)](/cfr/16/6.md?p=b).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Section 6(b) of Public Law 92-573, as amended by Section 211 of Public Law 110-314, 122 Stat. 3016, 15 U.S.C. 2055(b), 5 U.S.C. 553(b).

### Source

Source: 48 FR 57430, Dec. 29, 1983, unless otherwise noted.