[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 22, 2009)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 67987]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-30378]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

16 CFR Part 1422

RIN 3041-AC78


Standard for Recreational Off-Highway Vehicles

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice of extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Commission is extending its comment period to receive 
information regarding the advance notice of proposed rulemaking 
concerning Recreational Off-Highway Vehicles (ROVs). The Commission 
received two letters requesting an extension of the comment period, one 
from three manufacturers and distributors of Multi-Purpose Off-Highway 
Utility Vehicles, and the other from a trade association. The letters 
each requested that the comment period be extended 60 days from the 
date certain information was received by the companies or became 
publicly available. The Commission has decided to extend the comment 
period 75 days after the original comment period of December 28, 2009.

DATES: Written comments in response to this document must be received 
by the Commission no later than March 15, 2010.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2009-
0087, by any of the following methods:

Electronic Submissions

    Submit electronic comments in the following way:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments. To ensure timely processing of 
comments, the Commission is no longer accepting comments submitted by 
electronic mail (e-mail) except through http://www.regulations.gov.

Written Submissions

    Submit written submissions in the following way:
    Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for paper (preferably in five copies), 
disk, or CD-ROM submissions), to: Office of the Secretary, Consumer 
Product Safety Commission, Room 502, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, 
MD 20814; telephone (301) 504-7923.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and docket number for this rulemaking. All comments received may be 
posted without change, including any personal identifiers, contact 
information, or other personal information provided, to http://www.regulations.gov. Do not submit confidential business information, 
trade secret information, or other sensitive or protected information 
electronically. Such information should be submitted in writing.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background comments or 
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about submitting 
comments, call or write to Rockelle Hammond, Office of the Secretary, 
Consumer Product Safety Commission, Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301) 
504-6833.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 28, 2009, the Commission 
published an ANPR in the Federal Register concerning ROVs. 74 FR 55495. 
The ANPR was issued under the authority of the Consumer Product Safety 
Act (CPSA). The ANPR provided for a 60-day comment period to end 
December 28, 2009. Three companies that manufacture and/or distribute 
Multi-Purpose Off-Highway Utility Vehicles (American Honda Motor Co., 
Inc., Deere & Company and Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.) and a trade 
association (Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle Association) have 
requested that the Commission extend the comment period 60 days after 
the companies receive certain information or that information becomes 
publicly available. A portion of this information was publicly released 
on November 20, 2009. The remainder, which was posted for a period of 
five days on the Commission's Web site in draft form, was finalized on 
December 15, 2009, and is now publicly available.\1\ Because this 
information was only recently released, the Commission has decided to 
extend the comment period to 75 days from the date of the original 
comment period deadline, or March 15, 2010.
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    \1\ All of this information will become part of the public 
record.

    Dated: December 17, 2009.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. E9-30378 Filed 12-21-09; 8:45 am]
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