[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 20, 2010)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 42017-42018]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-17596]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
16 CFR Part 1218
RIN 3041-AC81
Safety Standard for Bassinets and Cradles
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Notice of reopening of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety Commission (``CPSC'' or
``Commission'') is reopening the comment period for its proposed rule
on the Safety Standard for Bassinets and Cradles. The reopened comment
period will expire on September 10, 2010.
DATES: Written comments in response to this document must be received
by the Commission no later than September 10, 2010.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2010-
0028, by any of the following methods:
Electronic Submissions
Submit electronic comments in the following way: Federal
eRulemaking
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Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for
submitting comments. To ensure timely processing of comments, the
Commission is no longer accepting comments submitted by electronic mail
(e-mail) except through http://www.regulations.gov.
Written Submissions
Submit written submissions in the following way:
Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for paper (preferably in five copies),
disk, or CD-ROM submissions), to: Office of the Secretary, Consumer
Product Safety Commission, Room 502, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda,
MD 20814; telephone (301) 504-7923.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and docket number for this rulemaking. All comments received may be
posted without change, including any personal identifiers, contact
information, or other personal information provided, to http://www.regulations.gov. Do not submit confidential business information,
trade secret information, or other sensitive or protected information
electronically; if furnished at all, such information should be
submitted in writing.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background comments or
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about submitting
comments, call or write to Rockelle Hammond, Office of the Secretary,
Consumer Product Safety Commission, Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301)
504-6833.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 28, 2010, the Commission published
a notice of proposed rulemaking (``NPR'') in the Federal Register
titled, ``Safety Standard for Bassinets and Cradles'' (75 FR 22303).
The Commission issued the NPR pursuant to section 104(b) of the
Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (``CPSIA'') which
requires the Commission to promulgate consumer product safety standards
for durable infant or toddler products. These standards are to be
``substantially the same as'' applicable voluntary standards or more
stringent than the voluntary standard if the Commission concludes that
more stringent requirements would further reduce the risk of injury
associated with the product. The NPR proposed a more stringent safety
standard for bassinets and cradles that will further reduce the risk of
injury associated with these products. The NPR provided a 75-day public
comment period which ended on July 12, 2010.
Although the NPR was posted on the CPSC's Web site at the same time
it was published in the Federal Register, the NPR was not posted on the
regulations.gov Web site until June 23, 2010. Additionally, after
publication of the NPR, Commission staff met with various parties
concerning test methods described in the NPR. The Commission is placing
summaries of those meetings into the administrative record. To ensure
that all interested parties have adequate notice of this NPR and the
meeting summaries and the ability to comment on them, the Commission is
reopening the docket to continue to receive public comments until
September 10, 2010.
Dated: July 14, 2010.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2010-17596 Filed 7-19-10; 8:45 am]
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