[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 83 (Tuesday, April 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 21222]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-10635]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION


Petition Requesting Performance Standards for Auxiliary Hazard 
Lighting Systems for Snowmobiles

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Commission has received a petition (CP 02-2) requesting 
that the Commission issue performance standards for auxiliary hazard 
lighting systems for snowmobiles. The Commission solicits written 
comments concerning the petition.

DATES: The Office of the Secretary must receive comments on the 
petition by July 1, 2002.

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 CP 02-2, Petition for Performance 
Standards for Auxiliary Hazard Lighting Systems for Snowmobiles.'' A 
copy of the petition is available for inspection at the Commission's 
Public Reading Room, Room 419, 4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, 
Maryland. The petition is also available on the CPSC website at 
www.cpsc.gov.

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 Snow Glow Inc. requesting that the Commission issue a 
rule prescribing performance standards for auxiliary hazard lighting 
systems on snowmobiles. The petitioner asserts that snowmobiles without 
such auxiliary hazard lighting systems pose an increased risk of 
collision between snowmobiles and serious injury or death to the 
operator of either snowmobile involved.
    The petitioner maintains that auxiliary hazard lighting systems to 
reduce or eliminate this risk must exhibit the following 
characteristics: (1) Have an energy power source separate from the main 
power source of the snowmobile; (2) operate for a minimum of 40 hours 
at 0 degrees Fahrenheit and function in temperatures of minus 30 
degrees Fahrenheit or colder; (3) have an on-off switch that is 
separate from the main electrical system; (4) emit yellow light from 
the front of the snowmobile and red from the rear; and (5) have a 
flashing display visible in unobstructed darkness from at least one 
half mile distance, from the front and rear of the snowmobile
    The Commission is docketing the correspondence as a petition under 
provisions of the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA), 15 U.S.C. 2051-
2084.
    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 is available on the CPSC website at www.cpsc.gov. 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: April 25, 2002.
Todd A. Stevenson, Secretary,
Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 02-10635 Filed 4-29-02; 8:45 am]
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