[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 34 (Friday, February 20, 2026)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 8150-8151]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-03387]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
16 CFR Part 1219
[Docket No. CPSC-2010-0075]
Notification of Availability and Request for Comment: Revision to
the Voluntary Standard for Full-Size Baby Cribs
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Notification 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 Full-Size Baby Cribs,
incorporates by reference ASTM F1169-19, Standard Consumer Safety
Specification for Full-Size Baby Cribs. ASTM notified the Commission
that it has revised this incorporated voluntary standard. CPSC seeks
comment on whether the revision improves the safety of full-size baby
cribs.
DATES: Comments must be received by March 6, 2026.
ADDRESSES: You can submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2010-
0075, 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. 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. 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-2010-0075, into the ``Search'' box, and follow the
prompts.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Taxier, Project Manager,
Division of Mechanical and Combustion Engineering, U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission, 5 Research Place, Rockville, MD 20850;
telephone: (301) 987-2211; 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 they may be ``more stringent'' than the
applicable 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.
Section 104(b)(4)(B) of the CPSIA specifies the process for when a
voluntary standards organization revises a standard that the Commission
previously had incorporated by reference under section 104(b)(1).
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, 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).
Under this authority, the Commission issued a mandatory safety rule
that incorporates by reference ASTM F1169-10, Standard Consumer Safety
Specification for Full-Size Baby Cribs, with modifications, codified at
16 CFR part 1219 (75 FR 81766, Dec. 28, 2010). This mandatory standard
includes performance requirements and test procedures, as well as
requirements for warning labels and instructions, to address hazards to
children associated with full-size baby cribs.
On February 2, 2026, ASTM notified the Commission that it had
approved and published a revised version of the voluntary standard,
ASTM F1169-25. CPSC is assessing the revised voluntary standard to
determine, consistent with section 104(b)(4)(B) of the CPSIA, its
effect on the safety of full-size baby cribs subject to 16 CFR part
1219. The Commission invites public comment to inform CPSC staff's
assessment and subsequent Commission consideration of the revisions in
ASTM F1169-25.
The currently incorporated voluntary standard (ASTM F1169-19) and
the revised voluntary standard (ASTM F1169-25) are available for review
in several ways. A read-only copy of the existing (ASTM F1169-19),
incorporated standard is available for viewing, at no cost, on the ASTM
website at: https://www.astm.org/READINGLIBRARY/. A read-only copy of
the revised standard (ASTM F1169-25), including a red-lined version
that identifies the changes from the 2019 version to the 2025 version,
is available, at no cost, on ASTM's website at: https://www.astm.org/CPSC.htm. 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 can schedule an
appointment to inspect copies of the standards at CPSC's Office of the
Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East-West
Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814, telephone: 301-504-7479.
Comments must be received by March 6, 2026. 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
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consider comments received after this date.
Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2026-03387 Filed 2-19-26; 8:45 am]
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