[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR1402.1]

[Page 389]
 
                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1402--CB BASE STATION ANTENNAS, TV ANTENNAS, AND SUPPORTING STRUCTURES
--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  1402.1  Scope.

    (a) This part 1402 requires manufacturers (including importers) of 
Citizens Band (CB) base station antennas, outdoor television (TV) 
antennas, and their supporting structures to provide notification of 
ways to avoid the hazard of electrocution which exists when these 
products are allowed to come near powerlines while the antennas are 
being put up or taken down. The notification must be provided to (1) 
prospective purchasers of such products at the time of original purchase 
and (2) the first purchaser of such products for purposes other than 
resale. The notification consists of instructions to accompany the 
products, warning labels on the products, and warning statements on the 
packaging or parts container. Samples of the instructions, labels, and 
warning statements must also be provided to the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission.
    (b) This part 1402 applies to any of the following that are 
``consumer products'' as defined in section 3 of the Consumer Product 
Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2052) and that are manufactured or imported, or 
packaged or sold by the manufacturer or importer, after September 26, 
1978.
    (1) Antennas designed or intended to be used as outdoor CB base 
station antennas (referred to in this rule as ``CB base station 
antennas'').
    (2) Antennas designed or intended to be used as outdoor TV receiving 
antennas (referred to in this rule as ``TV antennas'').
    (3) Antenna supporting structures, which are elements over 5 feet in 
length that are intended to support these types of antennas at a higher 
elevation. These structures include towers, tripods, and masts. Devices 
which merely secure the antenna in place are not included.

[43 FR 28392, June 29, 1978, as amended at 43 FR 47722, Oct. 17, 1978]