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CPSC RIN: 3041-AC03 Publication ID: Fall 2008 
Title: Safety Standard for Baby Bath Seats 
Abstract: An advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM), published in the Federal Register on August 1, 2001, requested comments on a rulemaking proceeding that could result in a mandatory rule addressing baby bath seats. These are consumer products used to hold an infant in a bathtub while the child is being bathed. The staff briefed the Commission on July 28, 2003, and the Commission received oral comments from the public on the same date. The staff evaluated the comments received at the hearing and sent a briefing package to the Commission. In October of 2003, the Commission voted to direct the staff to prepare a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for the Commission's consideration. On December 29, 2003, the NPRM was published in the Federal Register. The comment period closed on March 15, 2004. Since the NPRM, staff worked with ASTM International to revise the voluntary standard for bath seats (ASTM F1967). The standard was revised in 2004 and again in 2007. Staff is currently evaluating the adequacy of the revised standard. Following this evaluation, staff will prepare a briefing package for Commission consideration as to whether to continue the rulemaking. 
Agency: Consumer Product Safety Commission(CPSC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions 
Major: Undetermined  Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined 
CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined     (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: 15 USC 1261, Federal Hazardous Substances Act   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
ANPRM  08/01/2001  66 FR 39692   
ANPRM Comment Period End  10/01/2001    
Staff Sends Briefing Package to Commission  05/08/2003    
Staff Briefed Commission  07/28/2003    
Hearing  07/28/2003    
Commission Decision  10/16/2003    
NPRM   12/29/2003  68 FR 74878   
NPRM Comment Period End  03/15/2004    
Staff Begins Monitoring Progress of Voluntary Standard  10/01/2005    
Staff Completes Monitoring Progress of Voluntary Standard  To Be Determined    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined  Government Levels Affected: None 
Federalism: Undetermined 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest.
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Related RINs: Related to 3041-AB93 
Agency Contact:
Patricia L Edwards
Project Manager, Directorate for Engineering Sciences
Consumer Product Safety Commission
National Product Testing and Evaluation Center, 5 Research Place,
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone:301 987-2224
Email: pedwards@cpsc.gov