3041-AC31 202304 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 3041 Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC Regulatory Options for Table Saws

In 2006, the Commission granted a petition asking that the Commission issue a rule to prescribe performance standards for an active injury mitigation (AIM) system to reduce or prevent injuries from contacting the blade of a table saw. The Commission subsequently issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would establish a performance standard requiring table saws to limit the depth of cut to 3.5 millimeters when a test probe, acting as a surrogate for a human body/finger, contacts the table saw's spinning blade. Staff has conducted several studies to provide information for the rulemaking. Staff intends to submit a final rule briefing package to the Commission in fiscal year 2023.

]]> Economically Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage Yes No 16 CFR 1245 5 U.S.C. 553(e) 15 U.S.C. 2056 15 U.S.C. 2058 Yes Commission Decision to Grant Petition 07/11/2006 ANPRM 10/11/2011 76 FR 62678 Notice of Extension of Time for Comments 12/02/2011 76 FR 75504 Comment Period End 02/10/2012 Notice to Reopen Comment Period 02/15/2012 77 FR 8751 Reopened Comment Period End 03/16/2012 Staff Sent NPRM Briefing Package to Commission 01/17/2017 Commission Decision 04/27/2017 NPRM 05/12/2017 82-FR 22190 NPRM Comment Period End 07/26/2017 Public Hearing 08/09/2017 82 FR 31035 Staff Sent 2016 NEISS Table Saw Type Study Status Report to Commission 08/15/2017 Staff Sent 2017 NEISS Table Saw Special Study to Commission 11/13/2018 Notice of Availability of 2017 NEISS Table Saw Special Study 12/04/2018 83FR62561 Staff Sends a Status Briefing Package on Table Saws to Commission 08/28/2019 Commission Decision 09/10/2019 Staff Sends Final Rule Briefing Package to Commission 09/00/2023 Yes Businesses Undetermined Undetermined Yes Yes Caroleene Paul Project Manager, Directorate for Engineering Sciences 3041 301 987-2225 cpaul@cpsc.gov National Product Testing and Evaluation Center, 5 Research Place, Rockville MD 20850