3041-AC31 202404 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. In November 2023, the Commission published a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM) based on analysis of newly available incident data, evaluation of newly available products, and other market information that did not exist at the time of the 2017 NPRM. On February 28, 2024, The Commission provided an opportunity for interested parties to make oral presentations on the SNPR. The hybrid hearing was held in person at CPSC’s headquarters and remotely via webinar.  Staff is redacting data for release for additional public comment and will make those available for public comment in a forthcoming notice of availability (NOA). Staff is assigned to submit a final rule briefing package to the Commission in fiscal year 2024.

]]> Section 3(f)(1) 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 Open Comment Period 02/15/2012 77 FR 8751 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 SNPRM Briefing Package to Commission 09/21/2023 Commission Decision Approving SNPRM 10/25/2023 Oral comment presentations 02/28/2024 89 FR 8582 Staff Sends NOA for Data to Commission 07/00/2024 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