[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 105 (Monday, June 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29717-29718]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14334]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION


Petition Requesting Development of Safety Standard for Shopping 
Carts

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Commission has received a petition from Mr. John S. Morse, 
Ph.D., PE, requesting that the Commission develop a safety standard to 
prevent shopping carts from tipping over. The Commission solicits 
written comments concerning the petition.

DATES: Comments on the petition should be received in the Office of the 
Secretary by August 1, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments, preferably in five copies, on the petition should 
be mailed to the Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, Washington, DC 20207, telephone (301) 504-0800, or 
delivered to the Office of the Secretary, Room 501, 4330 East-West 
Highway, Bethesda, Maryland 20814. Comments may also be filed by 
telefacsimile to (301) 504-0127 or by email to [email protected]. 
Comments should be captioned ``Petition CP 97-2, Petition for 
Development of a Safety Standard for Shopping Carts.'' A copy of the 
petition is available for inspection at the Commission's Public Reading 
Room, Room 419, 4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rockelle Hammond, Office of the 
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, D.C. 20207; 
telephone (301) 504-0800, ext. 1232.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission has received correspondence 
from Mr. John S. Morse, Ph.D., PE, which requests that the Commission 
develop a safety standard to prevent shopping carts from tipping over 
to the side or rear. The Commission is docketing the correspondence as 
a petition under provisions of the Consumer Product Safety Act, 15 
U.S.C. 2051 et seq. Mr. Morse notes that he believes shopping carts are 
dangerous to children. The petition asks that the requested standard 
require that all shopping carts meet certain performance tests.
    Interested parties may obtain a copy of the petition by writing or 
calling the Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, Washington, DC 20207; telephone (301) 504-0800. A copy of 
the petition is also available for inspection from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, in the Commission's Public Reading Room,

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Room 419, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland.

    Dated: May 23, 1997.
Sadye E. Dunn,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 97-14334 Filed 5-30-97; 8:45 am]
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