[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 142 (Tuesday, July 26, 2022)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 44306-44307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-15905]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

16 CFR Parts 1112, 1130, and 1240

[CPSC Docket No. CPSC-2020-0010]


Safety Standard for Crib Bumpers/Liners; Withdrawal

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Termination of rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: On May 16, 2022, the President signed into law the Safe Sleep 
for Babies Act of 2021 (SSBA), requiring that crib bumpers, 
``regardless of the date of manufacture, shall be considered a banned 
hazardous product'' under the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA). In 
light of that new statutory direction, CPSC is terminating its pending 
rulemaking proceeding on crib bumpers/liners, and in a separate notice 
of proposed rulemaking, proposing to codify the requirements for crib 
bumpers pursuant to the SSBA. The Commission is also terminating the 
related proposed rule amendment to include the safety standard for crib 
bumpers/liners in the list of notice of requirements, as well as the 
related proposed amendment to identify ``crib bumpers/liners'' as a 
durable infant or toddler product subject to CPSC's consumer 
registration requirements.

DATES: The notice of proposed rulemaking published at 85 FR 18878, 
April 3, 2020, is withdrawn as of July 26, 2022.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West 
Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela J. Stone, Attorney Advisor, 
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, 
Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone: (301) 504-7619; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 3 of the Safe Sleep for 
Babies Act of 2021, H.R. 3182, Public Law 117-126 (SSBA), the 
Commission is terminating the rulemaking on crib bumpers/liners it 
commenced under section 104 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement 
Act of 2008 (CPSIA), CPSC Docket No. CPSC-2020-0010.\1\ Under a 
separate Federal Register document, published elsewhere in this issue 
of the Federal Register, CPSC is issuing a proposed rule stating that 
crib bumpers are banned under the SSBA.
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    \1\ On July 19, 2022, the Commission voted 5-0 to issue this 
notice terminating rulemaking.
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    On April 3, 2020, the Commission published a notice of proposed 
rulemaking (NPR) that set forth proposed requirements for a safety 
standard for crib bumpers/liners pursuant to section 104 of the CPSIA 
(85 FR 18878). The Commission received comments on the proposed rule 
but has not published a final rule.
    On May 3, 2022, Congress passed the SSBA, which the President 
signed on May 16, 2022. Section 3 of the SSBA requires that, not later 
than 180 days after enactment, ``crib bumpers, regardless of the date 
of manufacture, shall be considered a banned hazardous product under 
section 8 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2057).'' 15 
U.S.C. 2057e.
    In light of the SSBA's mandate that crib bumpers shall be 
considered a banned hazardous product under section 8 of the CPSA, CPSC 
is no longer proposing to regulate crib bumpers under the CPSIA and is 
terminating that rulemaking to establish a consumer product safety 
standard for crib bumpers/liners. In a separate Federal Register 
notice, CPSC proposes to issue a rule stating that crib bumpers are 
banned pursuant to the SSBA's designation of crib bumpers as a banned 
hazardous product.
    The termination of the crib bumpers/liners rulemaking includes 
termination of the proposal to amend 16 CFR part 1130 to include ``crib 
bumpers/liners'' in the definition of a ``durable infant or toddler 
product.'' 85 FR at 18893. The termination of this rulemaking 
additionally terminates the proposal to issue a notice of requirements 
for crib bumpers/liners, which proposed to amend 16 CFR part 1112 to 
include 16 CFR part 1240, the CFR section where the crib bumpers/liners 
standard would

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have been codified if the standard had become final. Id.

Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2022-15905 Filed 7-25-22; 8:45 am]
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