[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 13 (Thursday, January 21, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 3354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01133]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

16 CFR Part 1231

[Docket No. CPSC-2015-0031]


Safety Standard for High Chairs; Correction

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; correction.

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SUMMARY: The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission 
(``Commission'' or ``CPSC'') is correcting a Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking (``NPR'') that appeared in the Federal Register of November 
9, 2015 (80 FR 69144). The document proposed a safety standard for high 
chairs. The Commission is correcting an error in the proposed 
regulatory text concerning rearward stability.

DATES: As established in the November 9, 2015 NPR, comments on the 
proposed rule are due by January 25, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stefanie C. Marques, Project Manager, 
Directorate for Health Sciences, U.S. Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, 5 Research Place, Rockville, MD 20850; telephone: 301-987-
2581; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of November 9, 2015 
(80 FR 69144), the Commission published an NPR proposing to establish a 
safety standard for high chairs pursuant to section 104(b) of the 
Consumer Product Safety Act of 2008 (``CPSIA''; Pub. L. 110-314, 122 
Stat. 3016). The NPR proposed to incorporate by reference ASTM F404-15, 
Standard Consumer Safety Specification for High Chairs (``ASTM F404-
15'') into 16 CFR part 1231 and proposed more stringent requirements 
than those specified in ASTM F404-15 for rearward stability and 
warnings on labels and in instructional literature. The NPR contained 
an error, which the Commission is now correcting.
    The correction pertains to proposed 16 CFR 1231.2, paragraph 
(b)(2), regarding the rearward stability index (``SI'') the Commission 
proposed to require for high chairs. The preamble to the NPR (page 
69151, section VIII.A., titled Description of Proposed Changes to ASTM 
Standard, Rearward Stability) and the briefing package available on the 
Commission's Web site correctly described and discussed the 
Commission's proposal to require high chairs to have an SI of 50 or 
more. However, the proposed regulatory text on page 69159 of the NPR 
misstated the proposed requirement as prohibiting high chairs from 
having an SI of 50 or more.
    The Commission hereby makes the following correction to the NPR 
appearing on page 69144 in the Federal Register of November 9, 2015:


Sec.  1231.2  [Corrected]

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On page 69159, in the third column, in Sec.  1231.2, in paragraph 
(b)(2), ``6.5.2 Rearward stability--When tested in accordance with 
7.7.2.6 (paragraph (c)(3) of this section), a high chair shall not have 
a Rearward Stability Index of 50 or more.'' is corrected to read 
``6.5.2 Rearward stability--When tested in accordance with 7.7.2.6 
(paragraph (c)(3) of this section), a high chair shall have a Rearward 
Stability Index of 50 or more.''

    Dated: January 15, 2016.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2016-01133 Filed 1-20-16; 8:45 am]
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