[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 73 (Monday, April 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 19429]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-9395]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION


Petition Requesting Performance Standard for Bicycle Handlebars; 
Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Commission has received a petition (HP 01-1) requesting 
that the Commission issue a performance standard for bicycle handlebars 
regarding energy dissipation and distribution during impact. By notice 
published in the Federal Register of February 14, 2001, the Commission 
solicited written comments concerning the petition. 66 FR 10273. In 
response to a request to do so, the Commission is now extending the 
comment period on the petition for an additional 30 days.

DATES: The Office of the Secretary must receive comments on the 
petition not later than May 16, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the petition, preferably in five copies, 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 
facsimile to (301) 504-0127 or by e-mail to [email protected]. Comments 
should be captioned ``Petition HP 01-1, Petition for Bicycle Handlebar 
Performance Standard.''

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 received correspondence from 
Flaura Koplin Winston, MD., Ph.D., Director, The Interdisciplinary 
Pediatric Injury Control Research Center, Children's Hospital of 
Philadelphia, requesting that the Commission issue a rule prescribing 
performance standards for bicycle handlebars regarding energy 
dissipation and distribution during impact. The Commission docketed the 
correspondence as a petition (Petition No. HP 01-1) under provisions of 
the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (``FHSA''), 15 U.S.C. Secs. 1261-
1278.
    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. The 
petition can also be obtained from the CPSC world wide web site at: 
http://www.cpsc.gov/library/foia/foia01/petition/bicycle.pdf
    A copy of the petition is 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.
    By notice published in the Federal Register of February 14, 2001, 
the Commission established a 60 day comment period on the petition. 66 
FR 10273. By this notice, the Commission is granting a request that the 
comment period be extended for thirty days, that is, through May 16, 
2001.

    Dated: April 11, 2001.
Sadye E. Dunn,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 01-9395 Filed 4-13-01; 8:45 am]
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