[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 96 (Monday, May 19, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 28688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-11445]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

[Docket No. CPSC-2011-0081]


CPSC Workshop on Potential Ways To Reduce Third Party Testing 
Costs Through Determinations Consistent With Assuring Compliance; 
Reopening of the Comment Period

AGENCY: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice; comment request.

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SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) 
published a notice in the Federal Register on February 27, 2014 (79 FR 
11088), announcing an April 3, 2014 public workshop regarding potential 
ways to reduce third party testing costs through determinations 
consistent with assuring compliance. In the Federal Register notice the 
Commission invited the public to submit any written comments by April 
17, 2014. In response to the notice in the Federal Register the 
Juvenile Products Manufacturer's Association (JPMA) submitted a comment 
requesting a 90-day extension of the comment period to allow JPMA time 
to collect additional data from material manufacturers and test 
laboratories. The Toy Industry Association (TIA) also submitted a 
comment requesting the Commission keep the docket open to continue to 
collect data. To allow interested parties to submit additional comments 
or information, the Commission is reopening the comment period until 
July 16, 2014.

DATES: Submit comments by July 16, 2014.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2011-
0081, 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. The Commission does not accept 
comments submitted by electronic mail (email), except through: http://www.regulations.gov. The Commission encourages you to submit electronic 
comments by using the Federal eRulemaking Portal, as described above.

Written Submissions

    Submit written submissions in the following way:
    Mail/Hand delivery/Courier, preferably in five copies, to: Office 
of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Room 820, 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 notice. 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 documents or 
comments received, go to: http://www.regulations.gov, and insert the 
Docket No. CPSC-2011-0081, into the ``Search'' box, and follow the 
prompts.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 14(a)(2) of the Consumer Product 
Safety Act generally requires that children's products that are subject 
to a CPSC children's product safety rule must be tested by a third 
party CPSC-accepted laboratory for compliance with applicable CPSC 
rules. 15 U.S.C. 2063(a)(2).\1\ Public Law 112-28 (August 12, 2011) 
(Pub. L. 112-28) directed the CPSC to seek and review comments on 
``opportunities to reduce the cost of third party testing requirements 
consistent with assuring compliance with any applicable consumer 
product safety rule, ban, standard, or regulation.'' The Commission 
fulfilled that sole related requirement in 2012.
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    On the Commission's own initiative in furtherance of continuing to 
seek meaningful ways to reduce the cost of third party testing while 
assuring compliance, the Commission published a notice in the Federal 
Register on February 27, 2014 (79 FR 11088), announcing an April 3, 
2014 public workshop regarding potential ways to reduce third party 
testing costs through determinations consistent with assuring 
compliance. In the Federal Register notice, the Commission invited the 
public to submit any written comments by April 17, 2014. The Commission 
received 13 written comments in response to the notice. JPMA submitted 
a comment requesting a 90 day extension of the comment period to allow 
JPMA time to collect additional data from material manufacturers and 
test laboratories. TIA also submitted a comment requesting that the 
Commission keep the docket open to collect data.
    Through this notice, the Commission is reopening the comment period 
until July 16, 2014, to allow all interested parties to submit 
additional comments and information. This extension ends 90 days after 
the close of the original comment period.

    Dated: May 14, 2014.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2014-11445 Filed 5-16-14; 8:45 am]
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