[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 164 (Monday, August 24, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52096-52097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-18497]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

[Docket No. CPSC-2006-0057]


Notice of Availability: Revisions to the Plan Documented in NIST 
Technical Note 2048: Simulation and Analysis Plan To Evaluate the 
Impact of CO Mitigation Requirements for Portable Generators

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: In July 2019, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) 
announced the availability of, and

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sought public comment on, a document related to CPSC's efforts to 
address carbon monoxide poisoning hazards from portable generators: 
NIST Technical Note 2048: Simulation and Analysis Plan to Evaluate the 
Impact of CO Mitigation Requirements for Portable Generators (NIST TN 
2048). The CPSC is announcing the availability of ``Revisions to the 
Plan Documented in NIST Technical Note 2048: Simulation and Analysis 
Plan to Evaluate the Impact of CO Mitigation Requirements for Portable 
Generators,'' a memorandum documenting CPSC staff's revisions to the 
plan in NIST TN 2048, resulting from CPSC and National Institute of 
Standards and Technology (NIST) staffs' review and analysis of public 
comments on the plan.

ADDRESSES: ``Revisions to the Plan Documented in NIST Technical Note 
2048: Simulation and Analysis Plan to Evaluate the Impact of CO 
Mitigation Requirements for Portable Generators,'' is available on the 
CPSC website at: https://www.cpsc.gov/Research-Statistics/Injury-Statistics#portable-generators-and-engine-driven-tools. The document 
will also be made available through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 
https://www.regulations.gov, under Docket No. CPSC-2006-0057, 
Supporting and Related Materials. Copies are also available from the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission, Division of the Secretariat, Room 
820, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone: 301-504-
7479; email [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Buyer, Project Manager, 
Directorate for Engineering Sciences, Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, 5 Research Place, Rockville, MD 20850; telephone: 301-987-
2293; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CPSC is engaged in an ongoing effort to 
address carbon monoxide (CO) poisonings of consumers from portable 
generators.\1\ NIST staff and CPSC staff developed a plan that would 
enable CPSC staff to estimate the effectiveness of CO-mitigation 
requirements adopted in two voluntary standards in 2018: ANSI/PGMA 
G300-2018, Safety and Performance of Portable Generators (PGMA G300) 
and ANSI/UL 2201-2018, Carbon Monoxide (CO) Emission Rate of Portable 
Generators (UL 2201). PGMA G300 has requirements for a system that will 
shut off the generator when specific CO concentrations are present near 
the generator, as well as notification requirements to alert the user 
to the presence of CO after the generator has shut off. UL 2201 has 
requirements for a system that will shut off the generator when 
specific CO concentrations are present near the generator and a 
requirement for a reduced CO emission rate.
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    \1\ On November 21, 2016, the Commission published a notice of 
proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to address the CO hazard associated with 
portable generators. (Safety Standard for Portable Generators, 81 FR 
83,556).
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    NIST TN 2048 is intended to provide a reasonable test of how 
generators complying with each standard operate in a wide range of 
conditions. In July 2019, the Commission announced the availability of, 
and sought public comment on, NIST TN 2048 (84 FR 32729 (July 9, 
2010)). On August 8, 2019, CPSC staff hosted a public meeting to allow 
interested parties to ask clarifying questions about information in 
NIST TN 2048, to assist the interested parties in providing their 
comments.\2\ NIST TN 2048 is available on NIST's website at: http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/NIST.TN.2048, and from the Commission's Division of 
the Secretariat, at the location listed in the ADDRESSES section of 
this notice.
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    \2\ U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Log of Meeting, 
dated August 8, 2019. Available online at: https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/2019-8-8%20%20Public%20Meeting%20to%20Answer%20Clarifying%20Questions%20on%20NIST%20TN%202048.pdf?wcYot3.N1c5yJ686gJjiRPNaPOteO1I8.
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    Four sets of comments were submitted into the docket on 
regulations.gov in response to the Notice of Availability of NIST TN 
2048.\3\ The purpose of CPSC staff's memorandum, ``Revisions to the 
Plan Documented in NIST Technical Note 2048: Simulation and Analysis 
Plan to Evaluate the Impact of CO Mitigation Requirements for Portable 
Generators,'' is to document staff's revisions to NIST TN 2048 
resulting from CPSC and NIST staffs' review and analysis of the 
comments. CPSC staff's memorandum is available at: https://www.cpsc.gov/Research-Statistics/Injury-Statistics#portable-generators-and-engine-driven-tools, at: https://www.regulations.gov, under Docket 
No. CPSC-2006-0057, Supporting and Related Materials, and from the 
Commission's Division of the Secretariat. Staff is working with NIST to 
execute the revised simulation plan.
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    \3\ The comments are available online at: www.regulations.gov, 
under docket CPSC-2006-0057.

Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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