[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 187 (Thursday, September 28, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 66722]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-21165]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

16 CFR Part 1025

[CPSC Docket No. CPSC-2016-0006]


Rules of Practice for Adjudicative Proceedings

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Termination of rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety Commission is withdrawing its 
proposed rule to update the Commission's Rules of Practice for 
Adjudicative Proceedings because the Commission has not taken any 
action on this proposed rule since it was published in 2016.

DATES: As of September 28, 2023, the proposed rule published on April 
13, 2016, at 81 FR 21775, is withdrawn.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Vice, Office of the General 
Counsel, 4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone: 301-
504-6996; [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Administrative Procedure Act, 
adjudications required by a statute to be determined on the record 
after an opportunity for an agency hearing are subject to certain 
procedural requirements. 5 U.S.C. 554. In 1980, the Commission adopted 
Rules of Practice for Adjudicative Proceedings (Rules) to govern such 
Commission proceedings. 16 CFR part 1025.
    On April 13, 2016, the Commission issued a notice of proposed 
rulemaking (NPR) to update the Rules. 81 FR 21775. The Commission 
proposed to modernize the Rules to reflect changes in civil and 
administrative litigation and revisions to the Federal Rules of Civil 
Procedure and Federal Rules of Evidence since adoption of the Rules. 
The Commission received four comments on the proposed rule.
    In November 2019, Commission staff sent to the Commission a draft 
supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPR). The draft SNPR 
proposed additional changes to the Rules in light of comments received 
on the NPR and the Commission's experience with adjudicative 
proceedings since publication of the NPR. The Commission did not take 
any action on the draft SNPR.
    Because the Commission has not taken action on this proposed rule 
since 2016, the Commission is terminating this proceeding.\1\ In the 
future, the Commission may consider revisions to the Rules in light of 
its experience with agency adjudications and relevant circumstances 
including changes to rules for Federal judicial proceedings.
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    \1\ On September 19, 2023, the Commission voted 4-0 to publish 
this termination of rulemaking.

Elina Lingappa,
Paralegal Specialist, Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 
Commission.
[FR Doc. 2023-21165 Filed 9-27-23; 8:45 am]
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