[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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