[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 84 (Wednesday, May 1, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 21640]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-10784]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION


Petition Requesting Standard for Hunting Tree Stands and Ban of 
Waist Belt Restraints Used With Hunting Tree Stands

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Commission has received a petition (CP 02-3) requesting 
that the Commission issue a consumer product safety standard for 
hunting tree stands and ban waist belt restraints used with the stands. 
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, 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 02-3, Petition on Hunting 
Tree Stands.'' A copy of the petition is available for inspection at 
the Commission's Public Reading Room, Room 419, 4330 East-West Highway, 
Bethesda, Maryland, or from the library/electronic reading room section 
of the Commission's 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 Carol Pollack-Nelson, Ph.D., requesting that the Commission issue 
regulations that would establish a mandatory standard for hunting tree 
stands to address the risk of falling, and ban waist belt restraints 
used with the tree stands. The Commission is docketing this request as 
a petition under the Consumer Product Safety Act. 15 U.S.C. Secs. 2056 
and 2058. The petitioner states that incident reports and medical 
literature show that serious injuries and death are associated with 
hunting tree stands and waist belt restraints. She states that 
``regulation is needed to ensure that stands are designed with optimal 
materials and instructions in order to reduce the likelihood of a 
fall.'' She also states that, although waist belts are intended to 
prevent injury, they have been involved in four fatalities where 
hunters were asphyxiated by them.
    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. Copies of 
the petition are 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, or from the 
library/electronic reading room section of the Commission's website at 
www.cpsc.gov.

    Dated: April 25, 2002.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 02-10784 Filed 4-30-02; 8:45 am]
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