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RIN: 3041-AD30

Publication ID: Spring 2014

Title: Petition Requesting a Ban or Standard on Adult Portable Bed Rails
Abstract: The Commission received two requests, one from consumer advocate Gloria Black, the Consumer Federation of America, and 60 other organizations; and the second from Public Citizen, asking that the Commission initiate proceedings under section 8 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA) to determine that adult portable bed rails pose an unreasonable risk of injury and initiate related rulemaking under section 9 of the CPSA. Because both requests ask for rulemaking concerning the same product, the Commission is considering them as a single request, which was docketed as Petition CP 13-1 on May 15, 2013. Petitioners assert that adult portable bed rails are responsible for many injuries and deaths among users, particularly the elderly and frail, resulting from asphyxiation caused by entrapment within openings of the rail or between the rail and the mattress or bed frame. On May 21, 2013, the Commission voted unanimously to approve publication in the Federal Register of a notice soliciting comments on the petition. The notice was published on June 4, 2013. The comment period closed on August 5, 2013. Following review of the comments, staff will prepare for Commission consideration a briefing package on the petition.
Agency: Consumer Product Safety Commission(CPSC)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Prerule Stage
Major: Undetermined	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: 5 USC 553(e), Administrative Procedures Act 15 USC 2051, Consumer Product Safety Act

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
Petition Docketed	05/15/2013
Notice for Comment Published in Federal Register	06/04/2013
Comment Period Closes	08/05/2013
Staff Sends Briefing Package to Commission	05/00/2014

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined	Government Levels Affected: None
Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Richard McCallion Project Manager, Office of Hazard Identification and Reduction Consumer Product Safety Commission National Product Testing and Evaluation Center, 5 Research Place, Rockville, MD 20850 Phone:301 987-2222 Email: rmccallion@cpsc.gov