[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 20, 2010)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 42017-42018]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-17596]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

16 CFR Part 1218

RIN 3041-AC81


Safety Standard for Bassinets and Cradles

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice of reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety Commission (``CPSC'' or 
``Commission'') is reopening the comment period for its proposed rule 
on the Safety Standard for Bassinets and Cradles. The reopened comment 
period will expire on September 10, 2010.

DATES: Written comments in response to this document must be received 
by the Commission no later than September 10, 2010.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2010-
0028, by any of the following methods:

Electronic Submissions

    Submit electronic comments in the following way: Federal 
eRulemaking

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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; if furnished at all, 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 April 28, 2010, the Commission published 
a notice of proposed rulemaking (``NPR'') in the Federal Register 
titled, ``Safety Standard for Bassinets and Cradles'' (75 FR 22303). 
The Commission issued the NPR pursuant to section 104(b) of the 
Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (``CPSIA'') which 
requires the Commission to promulgate consumer product safety standards 
for durable infant or toddler products. These standards are to be 
``substantially the same as'' applicable voluntary standards or more 
stringent than the voluntary standard if the Commission concludes that 
more stringent requirements would further reduce the risk of injury 
associated with the product. The NPR proposed a more stringent safety 
standard for bassinets and cradles that will further reduce the risk of 
injury associated with these products. The NPR provided a 75-day public 
comment period which ended on July 12, 2010.
    Although the NPR was posted on the CPSC's Web site at the same time 
it was published in the Federal Register, the NPR was not posted on the 
regulations.gov Web site until June 23, 2010. Additionally, after 
publication of the NPR, Commission staff met with various parties 
concerning test methods described in the NPR. The Commission is placing 
summaries of those meetings into the administrative record. To ensure 
that all interested parties have adequate notice of this NPR and the 
meeting summaries and the ability to comment on them, the Commission is 
reopening the docket to continue to receive public comments until 
September 10, 2010.

    Dated: July 14, 2010.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2010-17596 Filed 7-19-10; 8:45 am]
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