[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 46 (Thursday, March 8, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 13914]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-5762]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION


Petition Requesting Exemption For Certain Model Rocket Propellant 
Devices For Use With Ground Vehicles

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Commission has received a petition (HP 01-2) requesting 
that the Commission exempt certain model rocket propellant devices for 
vehicles that travel on the ground. The Commission solicits written 
comments concerning the petition.

DATES: The Office of the Secretary must receive comments on the 
petition by May 7, 2001.

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 HP 01-2, Petition for Exemption 
for Model Rocket Propellant Devices for Ground Vehicles.'' 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, DC 20207; 
telephone (301) 504-0800, ext. 1232.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission has received correspondence 
from Centuri Corporation requesting that the Commission issue a rule 
exempting certain model rocket propellant devices (motors) to be used 
for model rocket ground vehicles. The petitioner wants an exemption for 
race cars that travel on the ground along a tethered line and are 
propelled as rockets. The Commission is docketing the correspondence as 
a petition under provisions of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act 
(``FHSA''), 15 U.S.C. 1261-1278.
    Model rocket propellant devices use materials that would be 
considered hazardous substances under the FHSA. 15 U.S.C. 1261(f). The 
FHSA bans toys that contain a hazardous substance accessible by a 
child. Id. 1261(q)(1)(A). However, the FHSA gives the Commission 
authority to exempt from the definition of banned hazardous substance 
an article that requires inclusion of a hazardous substance in order to 
function, has labeling giving adequate directions and warnings for safe 
use, and is intended for children who are mature enough that they may 
reasonably be expected to read and heed the directions and warnings. 
Id. Under this authority, the Commission's existing regulations exempt 
model rocket propellant devices designed for use in light-weight, 
recoverable, and reflyable model rockets, if they meet certain 
requirements. 16 CFR 1500.85(a)(8). The petitioner asks that similar 
requirements apply to certain propellant devices used for model rocket 
vehicles that would travel on the ground along a tethered line so that 
they too would be exempt from the definition of banned hazardous 
substance.
    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, Room 
419, 4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland.

    Dated: March 5, 2001.
Sadye E. Dunn,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 01-5762 Filed 3-7-01; 8:45 am]
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