[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 2020)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 4918-4919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-01413]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

16 CFR Parts 1112, 1130, and 1236

[CPSC Docket No. 2017-0020]


Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking To Establish a Safety 
Standard for Infant Sleep Products; Notice of Extension of Comment 
Period

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) published a 
supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (Supplemental NPR) to 
promulgate a consumer product safety standard for infant sleep products 
(infant sleep products) in the Federal Register on November 12, 2019. 
The Supplemental NPR invited the public to submit written comments 
during a 75-day comment period, beginning on the Supplemental NPR 
publication date, and ending on January 27, 2020. In response to a 
request for an extension of the comment period, the Commission is 
extending the comment period by 30 days.

DATES: Submit comments by February 26, 2020.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2017-
0020, electronically or in writing:
    Electronic Submissions: Submit electronic comments to the Federal

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eRulemaking Portal at: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments. CPSC does not accept comments 
submitted by electronic mail (email), except through 
www.regulations.gov. CPSC encourages you to submit electronic comments 
by using the Federal eRulemaking Portal, as described above.
    Written Submissions: Submit written submissions by mail/hand 
delivery/courier to: Division of the Secretariat, 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 proposed 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 electronically any confidential 
business information, trade secret information, or other sensitive or 
protected information that you do not want to be available to the 
public. If furnished at all, such information should be submitted in 
accordance with the instructions for written submissions above.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to: http://www.regulations.gov, and insert the 
docket number, CPSC-2017-0020, into the ``Search'' box, and follow the 
prompts.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  On October 25, 2019, the Commission voted 
to publish a Supplemental NPR in the Federal Register, to promulgate a 
consumer product safety standard for infant sleep products. The 
Supplemental NPR published on November 12, 2019, with a 75-day comment 
period, which closes on January 27, 2020. On January 11, 2020, Joanne 
E. Mattiace, from the Law Offices of Joanne E. Mattiace, submitted a 
request to extend the comment period by 60 days. The request states 
that stakeholders are ``diligently working to submit comments'' by 
January 27, 2020, however, the CPSC staff's December 12, 2019 letter to 
ASTM International regarding ASTM F15.18 Bassinet and Cradles and 
Infant Inclined Sleep Products Updates, which discusses the staff's 
safety concerns with in-bed sleepers and compact bassinets, has 
``resulted in additional issues of great importance that now need to be 
fully evaluated and discussed.'' Ms. Mattiace requests that the 
Commission extend the comment period for 60 days so that stakeholders 
can ``prepare comments of much more benefit for the agency.''
    The Commission has considered this request and will grant an 
extension of the comment period by 30 days, until February 26, 2020.

Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2020-01413 Filed 1-27-20; 8:45 am]
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