[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 58 (Thursday, March 27, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

16 CFR Part 1238

[Docket No. CPSC-2018-0015]


Safety Standard for Stationary Activity Centers

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: In June 2019, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission 
(CPSC or Commission) published a consumer product safety standard for 
stationary activity centers pursuant to section 104 of the Consumer 
Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA). The Commission's 
mandatory standard incorporates by reference ASTM F2012-18[egr]\1\, 
Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for Stationary 
Activity Centers. The CPSIA sets forth a process for updating mandatory 
standards for durable infant or toddler products that are based on a 
voluntary standard, when a voluntary standards organization revises the 
standard. In November 2024, ASTM published a revised voluntary 
standard. This direct final rule updates the mandatory standard for 
stationary activity centers to incorporate by reference the 2024 
version of ASTM F2012, which the Commission has allowed to become the 
mandatory standard under section 104. The purpose of the direct final 
rule is to conform the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) to the correct 
version of ASTM F2012 to provide an accurate reference to the standard 
that will be enforced as a mandatory rule.

DATES: The rule is effective on July 5, 2025, unless the Commission 
receives a significant adverse comment by April 28, 2025. If the 
Commission receives such a comment, it will publish a notice in the 
Federal Register, withdrawing this direct final rule before its 
effective date. The incorporation by reference of the publication 
listed in this rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register 
as of July 5, 2025.

ADDRESSES: You can submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2018-
0015, 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 email, except as described below.
    Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier/Confidential Written Submissions: CPSC 
encourages you to submit electronic comments by using the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal. You may, however, submit comments by mail, hand 
delivery, or courier to: Office of the Secretary, 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 to 
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-2018-0015, into the ``Search'' box, and follow the 
prompts.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bradley Gordon, Project Manager, 
Division of Mechanical and Combustion Engineering, U.S. Consumer 
Product Safety Commission, 5 Research Place, Rockville, MD 20850; 
telephone: (301) 987-2099; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Statutory Authority and Background

A. Statutory Authority

    Section 104(b) of the CPSIA requires the Commission to assess the 
effectiveness of voluntary standards for durable infant or toddler 
products \1\ and adopt mandatory standards for these products. 15 
U.S.C. 2056a(b)(1). Mandatory standards must be ``substantially the 
same as'' applicable voluntary standards, or they may be ``more 
stringent'' than the voluntary standards if the Commission determines 
that more stringent requirements would further reduce the risk of 
injury associated with the products. Id. Accordingly, mandatory 
standards may be based, in whole or in part, on a voluntary standard.
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    \1\ Section 104(f)(2)(G) of the CPSIA lists stationary activity 
centers as a durable infant or toddler product. 15 U.S.C. 
2056a(f)(2)(G).
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    Section 104(b)(4)(B) of the CPSIA specifies the process for when a 
voluntary standards organization revises a standard the Commission has 
incorporated by reference under section 104(b)(1). 15 U.S.C. 
2056a(b)(4)(B). First, the voluntary standards organization must notify 
the Commission of the revision. Once the Commission receives this 
notification, the Commission may reject or accept the revised standard. 
To reject a revised standard, the Commission must notify the voluntary 
standards organization within 90 days of receiving the notice of 
revision that the Commission has determined that the revised standard 
does not improve the safety of the consumer product and that CPSC is 
retaining the existing standard. If the Commission does not take this 
action, then the revised voluntary standard will be considered a 
consumer product safety standard issued under section 9 of the Consumer 
Product Safety Act (CPSA) (15 U.S.C. 2058), effective 180 days after 
the Commission received notification of the revision (or a later date 
specified by the Commission in the Federal Register). 15 U.S.C. 
2056a(b)(4)(B).

B. Safety Standard for Stationary Activity Centers

    On June 18, 2019, under section 104 of the CPSIA, the Commission 
published the first stationary activity centers rule that incorporated 
by reference ASTM F2012-18[egr]\1\, Standard

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Consumer Safety Performance Specification for Stationary Activity 
Centers, as the mandatory standard. 84 FR 28205.
    The ASTM standard incorporated by CPSC defines a stationary 
activity center as ``a freestanding product intended to remain 
stationary that enables a sitting or standing occupant whose torso is 
completely surrounded by the product to walk, rock, play, spin or 
bounce, or all of these, within a limited range of motion.'' Section 
3.1.12, ASTM F2012-18[egr]\1\; see 16 CFR 1238.2.
    On January 6, 2025, ASTM notified the Commission that it had 
approved and published a newly revised version of the voluntary 
standard, ASTM F2012-24. The revision includes a change to update the 
requirements for assessing the permanency of warning labels attached to 
the product. The Commission determines that this change improves the 
safety of stationary activity centers, because it provides improved 
requirements for permanent attachment of labels and improved testing 
consistency of label permanency.
    The revision to the standard also adds example warning labels that 
manufacturers can use on stationary activity centers, and it also 
includes several editorial changes. The Commission determines that 
these changes are safety-neutral and do not reduce the safety of 
stationary activity centers because they do not change any requirements 
in the standard.
    On January 21, 2025, the Commission published in the Federal 
Register a Notice of Availability, requesting comment on whether the 
2024 revision improves the safety of stationary activity centers. 90 FR 
6844. CPSC received one anonymous comment, discussed below, addressing 
the new example warning labels.
    Based on staff's evaluation of ASTM F2012-24 and consideration of 
the comment received, the Commission will allow ASTM F2012-24 to become 
the new consumer product safety standard for stationary activity 
centers because it improves safety. Pursuant to CPSIA section 104, the 
revised voluntary standard will take effect as the new mandatory 
standard for stationary activity centers on July 5, 2025. 15 U.S.C. 
2056a(b)(4)(B). This direct final rule updates 16 CFR part 1238 to 
incorporate by reference the applicable provisions of the revised 
voluntary standard, ASTM F2012-24.\2\
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    \2\ On March 18, 2025, the Commission voted (4-1) to publish 
this direct final rule.
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II. Description of ASTM F2012-24 Related to Stationary Activity Centers

    The ASTM standard for stationary activity centers includes 
performance requirements, test methods, and requirements for marking, 
labeling, and instructional literature, to address hazards to children 
associated with stationary activity centers. The 2024 revision to the 
voluntary standard, ASTM F2012, includes updated requirements for 
assessing the permanency of attaching warning labels, updated warning 
label examples, and editorial changes.

A. Updated Requirements for Assessing Warning Label Permanency

    In section 7.5.3 of ASTM F2012-24, ASTM revised the requirement to 
assess the permanency of attaching a warning label by a seam. In ASTM 
F2012-18[egr]\1\, section 7.5.3 includes instructions to test whether a 
warning label is permanent, which require clamping the label and 
applying a specified pull force in any direction. In ASTM F2012-24, 
ASTM revised the test requirements to specify that (1) the same pull 
force specified in ASTM F2012-18[egr]\1\ must be applied in the 
direction most likely to cause failure, rather than in any direction, 
and (2) the pull force must be applied gradually within a period of 5 
seconds and then maintained for an additional 10 seconds. The direction 
most likely to cause failure can be determined by applying pull forces 
to the label in different directions until separation from the product, 
to identify the direction with the lowest pull force. These changes are 
consistent with recommendations of the Ad Hoc Language task group. The 
Commission determines that the updated requirements are an improvement 
in safety because: (1) the requirement to pull the warning label in the 
direction most likely to cause failure represents the worst-case 
scenario and thus will better ensure the permanency of the label; and 
(2) the addition of a specific test duration will provide better 
consistency across test labs.

B. Updated Warning Labels

    In ASTM F2012-18[egr]\1\, section 8.4.7 provides one example of a 
warning label that meets the formatting requirements for a warning 
label's message panel text layout in section 8.4.6. This figure, shown 
in Figure 1, continues to be provided in section 8.4.7 in ASTM F2012-
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    The 2024 version of ASTM F2012, however, updates the language in 
section 8.4.7 from ``an example warning'' to ``[e]xample warnings'' to 
refer to four other example warning labels that are added to ASTM 
F2012, shown in Figure 2.
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    \3\ Reprinted, with permission, from ASTM F2012-24, Standard 
Consumer Safety Performance Specification for Stationary Activity 
Centers, copyright ASTM International. A copy of the complete 
standard may be obtained for downloading from www.astm.org. The 
standard may be viewed at no charge as explained in Sec.  1238.2 of 
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    The content in the four additional example warning labels is the 
same as content in the initial example warning label. However, the 
arrangement of the text, the layout of the text relative to the signal 
word panel, and the overall dimensions of the warnings have been 
modified. The new example warning labels are wider and shorter than the 
initial example warning. Variations in the exterior dimensions of these 
warning labels allow for their placement on a wider range of product 
components, which provides manufacturers with more flexibility for 
label placement. The Commission determines that this revision is 
safety-neutral and does not reduce the safety of stationary activity 
centers.
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    \4\ Reprinted, with permission, from ASTM F2012-24, Standard 
Consumer Safety Performance Specification for Stationary Activity 
Centers, copyright ASTM International. A copy of the complete 
standard may be obtained for downloading from www.astm.org. The 
standard may be viewed at no charge as explained in Sec.  1238.2 of 
the rule.
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    The Commission notes that the four additional sample warnings 
contain two formatting errors, as identified by the anonymous 
commenter. The safety alert symbol (exclamation mark in a triangle) in 
the examples, in Figure 2, should appear as an orange exclamation point 
rather than a white exclamation point. Section 8.4.4 of ASTM F2012-24 
requires that the warnings shall conform to ANSI Z535.4-2011, American 
National Standard for Product Safety Signs and Labels, sections 6.1-
6.4, 7.2-7.6.3, and 8.1. Section 7.2.6 of ANSI Z535.4-2011 requires the 
solid triangle portion to be the same color as the signal word 
lettering, and the exclamation mark portion to be the same color as the 
signal word panel background.
    Additionally, the base of the triangle in the warning symbols 
should be aligned with the base of the signal word ``WARNING'' as 
required by section 8.4.4 of ASTM F2012-24. Section 6.3 of ANSI Z534.4-
2011 specifies that the base of the safety alert symbol must be on the 
same horizontal line as the base of the letters of the signal word and 
the height of the safety alert symbol must be equal or exceed the 
signal word letter height.
    These formatting errors are minor deviations from the applicable 
voluntary standards that do not impact the effectiveness of the warning 
labels. Commission staff has requested that ASTM correct these 
formatting errors in the next revision of ASTM F2012.

C. Editorial Changes

    ASTM F2012-24 also includes revisions that are primarily editorial 
changes to language that do not materially change the requirements for 
stationary activity centers. The changes include correcting typos, 
adding missing units, and hyphenating certain words. The changes also 
include rephrased wording to delete unnecessary text to reduce 
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and to modify text to clarify the characterization of certain 
requirements. The Commission determines that these changes are safety-
neutral and do not reduce the safety of stationary activity centers.

D. Public Comments

    The Commission requested public comment on how the revisions to 
ASTM F2012-24 affect the safety of stationary activity centers and 
received one anonymous comment. As discussed in Section II.B. in this 
preamble, the commenter pointed out that newly added example warnings 
in ASTM F2012-24, shown in Figure 2 of this preamble, fail to comply 
with the formatting requirements incorporated by section 8.4.4 of the 
standard in minor respects, which Commission staff has requested that 
ASTM address in the voluntary standards process.

E. Summary of Assessment of ASTM F2012-24

    Under CPSIA section 104(b)(4)(B), unless the Commission determines 
that ASTM's revision to a voluntary standard that is referenced in a 
mandatory standard ``does not improve the safety of the consumer 
product covered by the standard,'' the revised voluntary standard 
becomes the new mandatory standard. The Commission concludes that 
F2012-24 improves the safety of stationary activity centers.

III. Incorporation by Reference

    Section 1238.2 of the direct final rule incorporates by reference 
ASTM F2012-24. The Office of the Federal Register (OFR) has regulations 
regarding incorporation by reference. 1 CFR part 51. Under these 
regulations, agencies must discuss, in the preamble to a final rule, 
ways in which material the agency incorporates by reference is 
reasonably available to interested parties, and how interested parties 
can obtain the material. In addition, the preamble to the final rule 
must summarize the material. 1 CFR 51.5(b).
    In accordance with the OFR regulations, Section II. of this 
preamble summarizes the revised provisions of ASTM F2012-24 that the 
Commission incorporates by reference into 16 CFR part 1238. The 
standard is reasonably available to interested parties in several ways. 
Until the direct final rule takes effect, a read-only copy of ASTM 
F2012-24 is available for viewing on ASTM's website at: https://www.astm.org/CPSC.htm. Once the rule takes effect, a read-only copy of 
the standard will be available for viewing on the ASTM website at: 
https://www.astm.org/READINGLIBRARY/. Additionally, interested parties 
can purchase a copy of ASTM F406-24 from ASTM International, 100 Barr 
Harbor Drive, P.O. Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959 USA; 
phone: 610-832-9585; www.astm.org. Finally, interested parties can 
schedule an appointment to inspect a copy of the standard at CPSC's 
Office of the Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 
East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814, telephone: 301-504-7479; email: 
[email protected].

IV. Testing and Certification

    Section 14(a) of the CPSA (15 U.S.C. 2051-2089) requires 
manufacturers, including importers, of products subject to a consumer 
product safety rule under the CPSA, or to a similar rule, ban, 
standard, or regulation under any other act enforced by the Commission, 
to certify that the products comply with all applicable CPSC 
requirements. 15 U.S.C. 2063(a). Such certification must be based on a 
test of each product, or on a reasonable testing program, or, for 
children's products, on tests of a sufficient number of samples by a 
third party conformity assessment body accredited by CPSC to test 
according to the applicable requirements. As noted in Section I.A. of 
this preamble, standards issued under section 104(b)(1)(B) of the CPSIA 
are ``consumer product safety standards.'' Thus, they are subject to 
the testing and certification requirements of section 14 of the CPSA.
    Additionally, because stationary activity centers are children's 
products, a CPSC-accepted third party conformity assessment body must 
test samples of the products for compliance with 16 CFR part 1238. 
Products subject to part 1238 also must be compliant with all other 
applicable CPSC requirements,\5\ \6\ including the lead content 
requirements in section 101 of the CPSIA,\7\ and the phthalates 
prohibitions in section 108 of the CPSIA \8\ and 16 CFR 1307. In 
accordance with section 14(a)(3)(B)(vi) of the CPSIA, the Commission 
previously published a notice of requirements (NOR) for accreditation 
of third party conformity assessment bodies (i.e., third party 
laboratories) for testing stationary activity centers, and codified the 
requirement at 16 CFR 1112.15(b)(48).
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    \6\ 15 U.S.C. 2056a(d).
    \7\ 15 U.S.C. 1278a.
    \8\ 15 U.S.C. 2057c.
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    The modifications to assess warning label permanency in ASTM F2012-
24 specify the direction and timing to conduct an existing test. These 
changes will not require laboratories to obtain additional test 
equipment or new training. The Commission considers third party labs 
that are currently CPSC-accepted for 16 CFR part 1238 to have 
demonstrated competence to test stationary activity centers to the 
revised ASTM F2012-24, as incorporated into part 1238. Accordingly, the 
existing accreditations that the Commission has accepted for testing to 
this standard will cover testing to the revised standard. The existing 
NOR for the Safety Standard for Stationary Activity Centers will remain 
in place, and CPSC-accepted third party labs are expected to update the 
scope of their accreditations to reflect the revised stationary 
activity center standard in the normal course of renewing their 
accreditations.

V. Direct Final Rule Process

    The Commission is issuing this rule as a direct final rule. 
Although the Administrative Procedure Act (APA; 5 U.S.C. 551-559) 
generally requires agencies to provide notice of a rule and an 
opportunity for interested parties to comment on it, section 553 of the 
APA provides an exception when the agency ``for good cause finds'' that 
notice and comment are ``impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the 
public interest.'' Id. 553(b)(4)(B).
    The purpose of this direct final rule is to update the reference in 
the CFR so that it reflects the version of the ASTM standard that takes 
effect by statute. Under the terms of the CPSIA, ASTM F2012-24 takes 
effect as the new CPSC standard for stationary activity centers even if 
the Commission does not issue this direct final rule. Thus, the purpose 
of the direct final rule is to conform the CFR to the updated ASTM 
F2012 standard to provide an accurate reference to the standard that 
will be enforced as a mandatory rule. Consequently, public comments 
would not lead to substantive changes to the standard or to the effect 
of the revised standard as a consumer product safety rule under section 
104(b) of the CPSIA. Under these circumstances, notice and comment are 
unnecessary.
    In Recommendation 2024-6, the Administrative Conference of the 
United States (ACUS) endorses direct final rulemaking as an appropriate 
procedure to expedite rules that are unlikely to elicit any significant 
adverse comments. See 89 FR 106406 (Dec. 30, 2024). ACUS recommends 
that agencies use the direct final rule process when they act under the 
``unnecessary'' prong of the good cause exemption in 5 U.S.C. 
553(b)(4)(B). 89 FR 106406, 106409. ACUS also explains that notice and

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comment may be ``unnecessary'' when the agency lacks discretion 
regarding the substance of the rule. Id. at 106408. As noted, this rule 
updates a reference in the CFR to reflect a change that occurs by 
statute. Consistent with the ACUS recommendation, the Commission is 
publishing this rule as a direct final rule, because CPSC does not 
expect any significant adverse comments.
    Unless CPSC receives a significant adverse comment within 30 days 
of this notification, the rule will become effective on July 5, 2025. 
In accordance with ACUS's recommendation, the Commission considers a 
significant adverse comment to be one where the commenter explains why 
the rule ``would be inappropriate,'' including an assertion challenging 
``the rule's underlying premise or approach,'' or a claim that the rule 
``would be ineffective or unacceptable without a change.'' 89 FR 
106409.
    If the Commission receives a significant adverse comment, the 
Commission will withdraw this direct final rule. Depending on the 
comment and other circumstances, the Commission may then incorporate 
the adverse comment into a subsequent direct final rule or publish a 
notice of proposed rulemaking, providing an opportunity for public 
comment.

VI. Regulatory Flexibility Act

    The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA; 5 U.S.C. 601-612) generally 
requires agencies to review proposed and final rules for their 
potential economic impact on small entities, including small 
businesses, and prepare regulatory flexibility analyses. 5 U.S.C. 603-
604. The RFA applies to any rule that is subject to notice and comment 
procedures under section 553 of the APA. 5 U.S.C. 601-612. As discussed 
in Section V. of this preamble regarding the Direct Final Rule Process, 
the Commission has determined that notice and the opportunity to 
comment are unnecessary for this rule. Therefore, the RFA does not 
apply. The Commission also notes the limited nature of this document, 
which updates the incorporation by reference to reflect the mandatory 
CPSC standard that takes effect under section 104 of the CPSIA.

VII. Paperwork Reduction Act

    The current mandatory standard for stationary activity centers 
includes labeling requirements that constitute a ``collection of 
information,'' as defined in the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA; 44 
U.S.C. 3501-3521). The revised mandatory standard for stationary 
activity centers does not alter these requirements. The Commission took 
the steps required by the PRA for information collections when it 
adopted 16 CFR part 1238, including obtaining approval and a control 
number. Because the information collection is unchanged, the revision 
does not affect the information collection requirements or approval 
related to the standard.

VIII. Environmental Considerations

    The Commission's regulations provide for a categorical exclusion 
from any requirement to prepare an environmental assessment or an 
environmental impact statement where they ``have little or no potential 
for affecting the human environment.'' 16 CFR 1021.5(c)(2). This rule 
falls within the categorical exclusion, so no environmental assessment 
or environmental impact statement is required.

IX. Preemption

    Section 26(a) of the CPSA provides that where a consumer product 
safety standard is in effect and applies to a product, no state or 
political subdivision of a state may either establish or continue in 
effect a requirement dealing with the same risk of injury unless the 
state requirement is identical to the Federal standard. 15 U.S.C. 
2075(a). Section 26(c) of the CPSA also provides that states or 
political subdivisions of states may apply to CPSC for an exemption 
from this preemption under certain circumstances. Section 104(b) of the 
CPSIA deems rules issued under that provision ``consumer product safety 
standards.'' Therefore, once a rule issued under section 104 of the 
CPSIA takes effect, it will preempt in accordance with section 26(a) of 
the CPSA.

X. Effective Date

    Under the procedure set forth in section 104(b)(4)(B) of the CPSIA, 
when a voluntary standards organization revises a standard that the 
Commission adopted as a mandatory standard, the revision becomes the 
CPSC standard 180 days after notification to the Commission, unless the 
Commission determines that the revision does not improve the safety of 
the product, or the Commission sets a later date in the Federal 
Register. 15 U.S.C. 2056a(b)(4)(B). The Commission is taking neither of 
those actions with respect to the revised standard for stationary 
activity centers. Therefore, ASTM F2012-24 automatically will take 
effect as the new mandatory standard for stationary activity centers on 
July 5, 2025, 180 days after the Commission received notice of the 
revision. As a direct final rule, unless the Commission receives a 
significant adverse comment within 30 days of this notice, the rule 
will become effective on July 5, 2025.

XI. Congressional Review Act

    The Congressional Review Act (CRA; 5 U.S.C. 801-808) states that 
before a rule may take effect, the agency issuing the rule must submit 
the rule, and certain related information, to each House of Congress 
and the Comptroller General. 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1). The CRA submission 
must indicate whether the rule is a ``major rule.'' The CRA states that 
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) determines 
whether a rule qualifies as a ``major rule.''
    Pursuant to the CRA, OIRA has determined that this rule does not 
qualify as a ``major rule,'' as defined in 5 U.S.C. 804(2). To comply 
with the CRA, CPSC will submit the required information to each House 
of Congress and the Comptroller General.

List of Subjects in 16 CFR Part 1238

    Consumer protection, Imports, Incorporation by reference, Infants 
and children, Labeling, Law enforcement, Safety, and Toys.

    For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Commission amends 16 
CFR chapter II as follows:

PART 1238--SAFETY STANDARD FOR STATIONARY ACTIVITY CENTERS

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1. The authority citation for part 1238 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2056a.


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2. Revise Sec.  1238.2 to read as follows:


Sec.  1238.2  Requirements for stationary activity centers.

    Each stationary activity center shall comply with all applicable 
provisions of ASTM F2012-24, Standard Consumer Safety Performance 
Specification for Stationary Activity Centers, approved on November 1, 
2024. The Director of the Federal Register approves this incorporation 
by reference in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. This 
material is available for inspection at the U.S. Consumer Product 
Safety Commission (CPSC) and at the National Archives and Records 
Administration (NARA). Contact the U.S. Consumer Product Safety 
Commission at: Office of the Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814, telephone (301) 
504-7479, email: [email protected]. For

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information on the availability of this material at NARA, email 
fr.inspection@nara.gov, or go to: www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html. A free, read-only copy of the standard is 
available for viewing on the ASTM website at https://www.astm.org/READINGLIBRARY/. You may also obtain a copy from ASTM International, 
100 Barr Harbor Drive, P.O. Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959; 
phone: (610) 832-9585; www.astm.org.

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