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    <RIN_INFO>
        <RIN>3041-AB35</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>201410</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
        </PUBLICATION>
        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>3041</CODE>
            <NAME>Consumer Product Safety Commission</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>CPSC</ACRONYM>
        </AGENCY>
        <RULE_TITLE>Flammability Standard for Upholstered Furniture</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[In October 2003, the Commission issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) to address the risk of fire associated with cigarette and small open-flame ignitions of upholstered furniture. The Commission published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in March 2008, and received public comments. The Commission's proposed rule would require that upholstered furniture have cigarette-resistant fabrics or cigarette- and open flame-resistant barriers. The proposed rule would not require flame-resistant chemicals in fabrics or fillings. CPSC staff is conducting technical work to support a final rule. Since the Commission published the NPRM, CPSC staff has conducted testing of upholstered furniture, using both full-scale furniture and bench-scale models, as proposed in the NPRM. Currently, staff is reviewing fire barriers as an approach for reducing deaths and injuries associated with furniture fires from upholstered furniture ignitions. Staff is conducting testing and will provide a briefing package with an NPRM to the Commission.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Economically Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Long-Term Actions</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>Yes</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>16 CFR 1634</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>15 USC 1193, Flammable Fabrics Act</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>5 USC 801</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST/>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>ANPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>06/15/1994</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>59 FR 30735</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Commission Hearing May 5 &amp; 6, 1998 on Possible Toxicity of Flame-Retardant Chemicals</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>03/17/1998</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>63 FR 13017</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Meeting Notice</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>03/20/2002</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>67 FR 12916</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Notice of Public Meeting</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>08/27/2003</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>68 FR 51564</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Public Meeting</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>09/24/2003</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>ANPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>10/23/2003</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>68 FR 60629</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>ANPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>12/22/2003</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Staff Held Public Meeting</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>10/28/2004</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Staff Held Public Meeting</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>05/18/2005</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Staff Sent Status Report to Commission</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>01/31/2006</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Staff Sent Status Report to Commission </TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>11/03/2006</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Staff Sent Status Report to Commission</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>12/28/2006</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Staff Sent Options Package to Commission</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>12/22/2007</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Commission Decision to Direct Staff to Prepare Draft NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>12/27/2007</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Staff Sent Draft NPRM to Commission</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>01/22/2008</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Commission Decision to Publish NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>02/01/2008</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>03/04/2008</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>73 FR 11702</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>05/19/2008</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Staff Published NIST Report on Standard Test Cigarettes</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>05/19/2009</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Staff Publishes NIST Report on Standard Research Foam</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>09/14/2012</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Notice of April 25 Public Meeting and Request for Comments</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>03/20/2013</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>78 FR 17140</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Staff Holds Upholstered Furniture Fire Safety Technology Meeting</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>04/25/2013</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>07/01/2013</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Staff Sends NPRM Briefing Package to Commission</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>To Be Determined</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>Undetermined</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>Undetermined</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <FEDERALISM>Undetermined</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>Yes</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Rohit</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Khanna</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Project Manager, Office of Hazard Identification and Reduction</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>3041</CODE>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>301 987-2508</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>rkhanna@cpsc.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>National Product Testing and Evaluation Center, 5 Research Place,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Rockville</CITY>
                    <STATE>MD</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20850</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
        </AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
    </RIN_INFO>
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