---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 300j–22"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "300j–22"
heading: "Recall of drinking water coolers with lead-lined tanks"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/300j-22"
units:
  - "Chapter 6A — Public Health Service"
  - "Subchapter XII — Safety of Public Water Systems"
  - "Part F — Additional Requirements To Regulate Safety of Drinking Water"
---

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


For purposes of the Consumer Product Safety Act [[15 U.S.C. 2051](/usc/15/2051.md) et seq.], all [drinking water coolers](/usc/42/300j–21.md?p=1) identified by the [Administrator](/usc/42/4005.md?p=1) on the list under [section 300j–23 of this title](/usc/42/300j–23.md) as having a [lead-lined tank](/usc/42/300j–21.md?p=7) shall be considered to be imminently hazardous consumer products within the meaning of [section 12](/usc/15/12.md) of such Act ([15 U.S.C. 2061](/usc/15/2061.md)). After notice and opportunity for comment, including a public hearing, the Consumer Product Safety Commission shall issue an order requiring the [manufacturers](/usc/42/300aa–33.md?p=3) and importers of such coolers to [repair](/usc/42/300j–21.md?p=4), 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)](/usc/15/15.md) of that Act ([15 U.S.C. 2064(d)](/usc/15/2064.md?p=d)).


## Source credit

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIV, § 1462, as added Pub. L. 100–572, § 2(a), Oct. 31, 1988, 102 Stat. 2885; amended Pub. L. 104–182, title V, § 501(f)(8), Aug. 6, 1996, 110 Stat. 1692.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### 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.