[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 144 (Thursday, July 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45303-45304]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16203]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

[Docket No. CPSC-2010-0028]


Notice of Availability and Request for Comment: Revision to the 
Voluntary Standard for Bassinets and Cradles

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's (Commission or 
CPSC) mandatory rule, Safety Standard for Bassinets and Cradles, 
incorporates by reference ASTM F2194-13, Standard Consumer Safety 
Specification for Bassinets and Cradles, with modifications. ASTM 
revised F2194-13 several times between 2013 and 2022, but did not 
notify the Commission of those revisions. ASTM has again revised the 
voluntary standard for bassinets and cradles, publishing ASTM F2194-
22[egr]1, and the Commission has received notice of this revision. CPSC 
seeks comment on whether ASTM F2194-22[egr]1 improves the safety of the 
consumer product covered by the standard.

DATES: Comments must be received by August 11, 2022.

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ADDRESSES: Submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2010-0028, by 
any of the following methods:
    Electronic Submissions: Submit electronic comments to the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal at: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments. CPSC typically does not accept 
comments submitted by electronic mail (email), except as described 
below. CPSC encourages you to submit electronic comments by using the 
Federal eRulemaking Portal.
    Mail/hand delivery/courier/confidential Written Submissions: Submit 
comments by mail, hand delivery, or courier to: Division of the 
Secretariat, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East-West 
Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone: (301) 504-7479. If you wish to 
submit confidential business information, trade secret information, or 
other sensitive or protected information that you do not want to be 
available to the public, you may submit such comments by mail, hand 
delivery, or courier, or you may email them to: [email protected].
    Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and 
docket number. CPSC may post all comments without change, including any 
personal identifiers, contact information, or other personal 
information provided, to: https://www.regulations.gov. Do not submit 
through this website: confidential business information, trade secret 
information, or other sensitive or protected information that you do 
not want to be available to the public. If you wish to submit such 
information, please submit it according to the instructions for mail/
hand delivery/courier/confidential written submissions.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to: https://www.regulations.gov, and insert the 
docket number, CPSC-2010-0028, into the ``Search'' box, and follow the 
prompts.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Celestine T. Kish, Project Manager, 
Directorate for Engineering, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 5 
Research Place, Rockville, MD 20850; telephone: (301) 987-2547; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 104(b) of the Consumer Product 
Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) requires the Commission to adopt 
mandatory standards for durable infant or toddler products. 15 U.S.C. 
2056a(b)(1). Mandatory standards must be ``substantially the same as'' 
voluntary standards, or may be ``more stringent'' than voluntary 
standards, if the Commission determines that more stringent 
requirements would further reduce the risk of injury associated with 
the products. Id. Mandatory standards may be based, in whole or in 
part, on a voluntary standard.
    Pursuant to section 104(b)(4)(B) of the CPSIA, if a voluntary 
standards organization revises a standard that has been adopted, in 
whole or in part, as a consumer product safety standard under CPSIA 
section 104, it must notify the Commission. The revised voluntary 
standard then shall be considered to be a consumer product safety 
standard issued by the Commission under section 9 of the Consumer 
Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2058), effective 180 days after the date 
on which the organization notifies the Commission (or a later date 
specified by the Commission in the Federal Register) unless, within 90 
days after receiving that notice, the Commission responds to the 
organization that it has determined that the proposed revision does not 
improve the safety of the consumer product covered by the standard, and 
therefore, the Commission is retaining its existing mandatory consumer 
product safety standard. 15 U.S.C. 2056a(b)(4)(B).
    Under this authority, in 2013 the Commission issued a mandatory 
safety rule for bassinets and cradles. The rulemaking created 16 CFR 
part 1218, which incorporated by reference ASTM F2194-13, Standard 
Consumer Safety Specification for Bassinets and Cradles, with 
modifications to make the standard more stringent. 78 FR 63019 (Oct. 
23, 2013). The mandatory standard included performance requirements and 
test methods, as well as requirements for warning labels and 
instructions, to address hazards to children. Since promulgation of the 
final rule, ASTM has published several revisions to ASTM F2194-13: 
2013a, 2016, 2016,[egr]1 and 2022, but ASTM did not notify CPSC of 
these updates.
    In June 2022, ASTM published a revised version of the voluntary 
standard for bassinets and cradles, and made editorial revisions in 
July 2022. On July 18, 2022, ASTM notified the Commission that it had 
approved and published a revised version of the voluntary standard, 
ASTM F2194-22.[egr]1 CPSC staff is assessing the revised voluntary 
standard to determine, consistent with section 104(b)(4)(B) of the 
CPSIA, its effect on the safety of consumer products covered by the 
standard. The Commission invites public comment on that question to 
inform staff's assessment and any subsequent Commission consideration 
of the revisions in ASTM F2194-22.[egr]\1\
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    \1\ The Commission voted 5-0 to publish this notice.
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    Read-only copies of redlines demonstrating revisions to ASTM F2194-
13a, ASTM F2194-16, ASTM F2194-16,[egr]1, ASTM F2194-22, and ASTM 
F2194-22,[egr]1, are available for review on ASTM's website (https://www.astm.org/CPSC.htm), at no cost. Likewise, a read-only copy of the 
existing, incorporated standard, ASTM F2194-13, is available for 
viewing, at no cost, on the ASTM website at: https://www.astm.org/READINGLIBRARY/. Interested parties can also download copies of the 
standards by purchasing them from ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor 
Drive, P.O. Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959; phone: 610-832-
9585; https://www.astm.org. Alternatively, interested parties may 
schedule an appointment to inspect copies of the standards at CPSC's 
Division of the Secretariat, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 
4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814, telephone: 301-504-7479; 
email: [email protected].
    Comments must be received by August 11, 2022. Because of the short 
statutory time frame Congress established for the Commission to 
consider revised voluntary standards under section 104(b)(4) of the 
CPSIA, CPSC will not consider comments received after this date.

Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2022-16203 Filed 7-27-22; 8:45 am]
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