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RIN: 3041-AC90

Publication ID: Spring 2013

Title: Standard for Infant Swings
Abstract: Section 104 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) requires the Commission to issue consumer product safety standards for durable infant or toddler products. The Commission is directed to assess the effectiveness of applicable voluntary standards and, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, promulgate consumer product safety standards that are substantially the same as the voluntary standard or more stringent than the voluntary standard if the Commission determines that more stringent standards would further reduce the risk of injury associated with the product. The CPSIA requires that not later than August 14, 2009, the Commission begin rulemaking for at least two categories of durable infant or toddler products and promulgate two such standards every 6 months thereafter. The Commission published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on February 10, 2012 for infant swings as part of this series of standards for durable infant and toddler products. The proposed standard is based on ASTM F 2088-11b, Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Infant Swings, with changes and additions. The comment period ended on April 25, 2012. Staff reviewed the comments and, on September 19, 2012, submitted for Commission consideration a briefing package on the final rule. The Commission approved publication of the final rule on October 31, 2012. The final rule becomes effective on May 7, 2013.
Agency: Consumer Product Safety Commission(CPSC)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 16 CFR 1223
Legal Authority: PL 110-314, sec 104

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
Staff Sent Briefing Package to Commission	01/11/2012
Commission Decision	02/02/2012
NPRM	02/10/2012	77 FR 7011
NPRM Comment Period End	04/25/2012
Staff Sent Briefing Package to Commission	09/19/2012
Commission Decision	10/31/2012
Final Rule Published in the Federal Register	11/07/2012	77 FR 66703

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Federalism: No
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
Agency Contact: Celestine T. Kiss Project Manager Consumer Product Safety Commission Directorate for Engineering Sciences, Directorate for Engineering Sciences, 5 Research Place, Rockville, MD 20850 Phone:301 987-2547 Email: ckiss@cpsc.gov