United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2024_register executive 2024-08-13 article Proposed Rules D09002ee1ca5513de D09002ee1ca5514ef United States Consumer Product Safety Commission originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) proposes to address the risk of injury and death associated with children ingesting button cell or coin cell batteries obtained from toys by adding performance and labeling requirements for battery- operated toys containing such batteries. The proposed requirements would provide the highest level of safety feasible, and are consistent with the Commission's recent Reese's Law rulemaking and international standards for electronic toys. The Commission also proposes to amend CPSC's list of notice of requirements (NORs) to include toys containing button cell or coin cell batteries. 89 FR 65791 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2024-08-13/2024-17472 2024-17472 fr13au24-8 6355-01-P CPSC Docket No. CPSC-2024-0023 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2024-08-13/2024-17472 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-13/html/2024-17472.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-13/pdf/2024-17472.pdf Administrative Practice and Procedure Audit Consumer Protection Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Third Party Conformity Assessment Body Incorporation by Reference Infants and Children Labeling Law Enforcement Toys 25 p. 65791 65815 89 FR 65791 Title 16 Part 1112 16 CFR Part 1112 Title 16 Part 1250 16 CFR Part 1250 Safety Standard for Toys: Requirements for Toys Containing Button Cell or Coin Cell Batteries; Federal Register Vol. 89, Issue PRORULE 2024-17472 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION 2024-10-15 CPSC Docket No. CPSC-2024-0023 6355-01-P 2024-17472 Notice of proposed rulemaking.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) proposes to address the risk of injury and death associated with children ingesting button cell or coin cell batteries obtained from toys by adding performance and labeling requirements for battery- operated toys containing such batteries. The proposed requirements would provide the highest level of safety feasible, and are consistent with the Commission's recent Reese's Law rulemaking and international standards for electronic toys. The Commission also proposes to amend CPSC's list of notice of requirements (NORs) to include toys containing button cell or coin cell batteries.

Submit comments by October 15, 2024. Benjamin Mordecai, Project Manager, Division of Mechanical Engineering, Directorate for Laboratory Sciences, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 5 Research Place, Rockville, MD 20850; Telephone 301-987-2506; email: bmordecai@cpsc.gov. Administrative Practice and Procedure Audit Consumer Protection Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Third Party Conformity Assessment Body Incorporation by Reference Infants and Children Labeling Law Enforcement Toys Safety Standard for Toys: Requirements for Toys Containing Button Cell or Coin Cell Batteries, bmordecai@cpsc.gov cpsc-os@cpsc.gov oira_submission@omb.eop.gov https://forms.office.com/g/kSefsxqT3X https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/ecec_03132024.pdf https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.t04.htm https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172071.htm https://www.census.gov/naics/ https://www.circana.com/intelligence/press-releases/2024/us-toy-industry-sales-decline-8-in-2023-while-remaining-5-7-billion-above-2019-sales-circana-reports/ https://www.cpsc.gov/cgi-bin/labsearch/ https://www.cpsc.gov/content/2020-Age-Determination-Guidelines https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2017/hobby-lobby-recalls-easter-and-july-4th-light-up-spinner-toys https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2017/Target-Recalls-Halloween-LED-Gel-Clings https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2020/Toysmith-Recalls-LightUp-Magic-Wands-Due-to-Choking-and-Ingestion-Hazards https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2021/K-M-International-Recalls-Slap-Watches-Due-to-Coin-Cell-Battery-Ingestion-and-Choking-Hazards https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2022/Halo-Recalls-Promotional-Childrens-Projector-Flashlights-Due-to-Button-Battery-Ingestion-and-Choking-Hazards https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/8-19-2022-Letter-to-ASTM-Battery-Operated-Toys.pdf?VersionId=PgFoeCeb0BYz0kyg6z87tbwHKv3x9W0y https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/Letter-to-ASTM-F15-22-Reeses-Law-NPR-230320.pdf?VersionId=6ZGPs5nSLhBGlFdoz1IWHF1wo.oOgarH https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/NoticeofProposedRulemakingSafetyStandardandNotificationRequirementsforButtonCellorCoinBatteriesandConsumerProductsContainingSuchBatteries.pdf?VersionId=kDinNeydktkt3T8RRtzN4u1GTXPRjpEl https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK430915/ https://www.regulations.gov www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars Vol. 89, no. 156 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2024-08-13 continuing daily deposited born digital 243 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2024-08-13 P0b002ee1ca53c57d 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr13au24 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2024-08-13 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-13/pdf/FR-2024-08-13.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-13/xml/FR-2024-08-13.xml fdlp 65755 65987 DGPO 2024-08-13 2024-08-13 FR-2024-08-13 machine generated eng FR FR-2024-08-13 89 156