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CPSC

RIN: 3041-AC36

Publication ID: Spring 2011

Title: Portable Generators
Abstract: On December 5, 2006, the Commission voted 2-0 to issue an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) under the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA) concerning portable generators. The ANPRM discusses regulatory options that could reduce deaths and injuries related to portable generators, particularly those involving carbon monoxide poisoning. The ANPRM was published in the Federal Register on December 12, 2006. Staff reviewed public comments and is conducting technical activities. In FY 2006, staff awarded a contract to develop a prototype generator engine with reduced CO in the exhaust. Also in FY 2006, staff entered into an interagency agreement (IAG) with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to conduct tests with a generator, in both off-the-shelf and prototype configurations, operating in an attached garage to measure how CO moves from the garage to the rest of the house. The results of these tests will be used by staff to evaluate the efficacy of the prototype in creating survivable conditions for occupants in the house. Under this IAG, NIST will also model the CO infiltration from the garage into various styles of homes and under different ambient conditions. In FY 2009, staff entered into a second IAG with NIST with the goal of developing CO emission performance requirements for a possible proposed regulation with criteria based on health effects. Because performance standards must be technology independent, this activity has been separated from the technology demonstration work being conducted under the first IAG, which is intended to demonstrate the feasibility of a possible proposed rule. In 2011, staff plans to prepare an interim report that will include analyses of NIST's empirical results, as well as a summary of the prototype development and durability test program. These and other staff activities on the portable generator project will be used in the development of a briefing package for Commission consideration of whether to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
Agency: Consumer Product Safety Commission(CPSC)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions
Major: Undetermined	Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined     (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2051, Consumer Product Safety Act

Legal Deadline:  None

Timetable: Action Date FR Cite Staff Sent ANPRM to Commission  06/29/2006     Staff Sent Supplemental Material to Commission   10/12/2006     Staff Briefed Commission  10/26/2006     Commission Decision  10/26/2006     Staff Sent Draft ANPRM to Commission  11/21/2006     ANPRM Published   12/12/2006  71 FR 74472    ANPRM Comment Period End  02/12/2007     Staff to Send NPRM Briefing Package to Commission  To Be Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined	Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Federalism: Undetermined
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: Janet L. Buyer Project Manager, Directorate for Engineering Sciences Consumer Product Safety Commission National Product Testing and Evaluation Center, 5 Research Place, Rockville, MD 20850 Phone:301 987-2293 Email: jbuyer@cpsc.gov