15 U.S.C. § 1274: Remedies respecting banned hazardous substances

To give public notice that the article or substance is a banned hazardous substance. To mail such notice to each person who is a manufacturer, distributor, or dealer of such article or substance. To mail such notice to every person to whom the person giving the notice knows such article or substance was delivered or sold. If repairs to or changes in the article or substance may be made so that it will not be a banned hazardous substance, to make such repairs or changes. To replace such article or substance with a like or equivalent article or substance which is not a banned hazardous substance. at the time of public notice under subsection (a), or at the time the consumer receives actual notice that the article or substance is a banned hazardous substance, To give public notice that such defective toy or article contains a defect which creates a substantial risk of injury to children. To mail such notice to each person who is a manufacturer, distributor, or dealer of such toy or article. To mail such notice to every person to whom the person giving notice knows such toy or article was delivered or sold. If repairs to or changes in the toy or article can be made so that it will not contain a defect which creates a substantial risk of injury to children, to make such repairs or changes. To replace such toy or article with a like or equivalent toy or article which does not contain a defect which creates a substantial risk of injury to children. To refund the purchase price of such toy or article (less a reasonable allowance for use, if such toy or article has been in the possession of the consumer for 1 year or more (i) at the time of public notice under paragraph (1)(A), or (ii) at the time the consumer receives actual notice that the toy or article contains a defect which creates a substantial risk of injury to children, whichever first occurs). No charge shall be made to any person (other than a manufacturer, distributor, or dealer) who avails himself of any remedy provided under an order issued under subsection (b) or (c), and the person subject to the order shall reimburse each person (other than a manufacturer, distributor, or dealer) who is entitled to such a remedy for any reasonable and foreseeable expenses incurred by such person in availing himself of such remedy. An order issued under subsection (a), (b), or (c) with respect to a toy, article or substance may require any person who is a manufacturer, distributor, or dealer of the toy, article or substance to reimburse any other person who is a manufacturer, distributor, or dealer of such toy, article or substance for such other person’s expenses in connection with carrying out the order, if the Commission determines such reimbursement to be in the public interest. An order under subsection (a), (b), or (c) may be issued only after an opportunity for a hearing in accordance with section 554 of title 5 , except that, if the Commission determines that any person who wishes to participate in such hearing is a part of a class of participants who share an identity of interest, the Commission may limit such person’s participation in such hearing to participation through a single representative designated by such class (or by the Commission if such class fails to designate such a representative). For purposes of this section (1) the term “manufacturer” includes an importer for resale, and (2) a dealer who sells at wholesale an article or substance shall with respect to that sale be considered the distributor of that article or substance. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the Commission, in determining that an article or substance distributed in commerce presents a substantial product hazard and that notification or other action under this section should be taken, to prepare a comparison of the costs that would be incurred in providing notification or taking other action under this section with the benefits from such notification or action.