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RIN: 3041-AD24

Publication ID: 2012

Title: ●Petition for Classification of "Bee Safe System" as an Anti-Entrapment System Under the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act ("VGB Act")
Abstract: The Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (VGB Act) was signed into law on December 17, 2007 and became effective in December 2008. Section 1404(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the VGB Act requires that each public pool and spa in the United States with a single main drain other than an unblockable drain be equipped, at a minimum, with one or more of the following anti-entrapment devices or systems: (I) Safety vacuum release system; (II) Suction-limiting vent system; (III) Gravity drainage system; (IV) Automatic pump shut-off system; ((V) Drain disablement; or (VI) any other system determined by the Commission to be equally effective as, or better than, these systems at preventing or eliminating the risk of injury or death associated with pool drainage systems. The Commission received correspondence from Bonnie Snow and Teri Snow, dated February 13, 2012, requesting that the Commission initiate rulemaking to determine that the "BeeSafe System" is equally effective as, or better than, systems designed to prevent entrapment listed in section 1406(c)(1)(A)(ii)(I)-(V) of the Virginia Graeme Baker Act (VGB Act). The Commission docketed the request as a petition under the Consumer Product Safety Act and sought comments concerning the petition.
Agency: Consumer Product Safety Commission(CPSC)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Prerule Stage
Major: Undetermined	Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: 5 USC 553(e), Administrative Procedure Act 15 USC 1262(j), 15 USC 2058(i), Consumer Product Safety Act

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
Petition Docketed	03/21/2012
Notice for Comment Published in Federal Register	04/04/2012	77 FR 20368
Comment Period End	06/04/2012
Staff Sends Briefing Package to Commission	12/00/2012

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined	Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Federalism: Undetermined
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Perry Sharpless Project Manager, Directorate for Laboratory Sciences Mechanical Consumer Product Safety Commission National Product Testing and Evaluation Center, 5 Research Place, Rockville, MD 20850 Phone:301 987-2288 Email: psharpless@cpsc.gov