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CPSC RIN: 3041-AC57 Publication ID: Spring 2011 
Title: Options To Address Crib Safety Hazards 
Abstract: Section 104(b) of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission) to promulgate consumer product safety standards for durable infant or toddler products. These standards are to be "substantially the same as" applicable voluntary standards or more stringent than the voluntary standards if the Commission concludes that more stringent requirements would further reduce the risk of injury associated with the product. Full-size and non-full-size cribs are among the products for which such standards are to be issued. Section 104(c) of the CPSIA makes it a prohibited act for certain entities, including child care facilities, family child care homes, and places of public accommodation affecting commerce, to provide for use cribs that do not comply with the crib standards. The Commission published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) in preparation for this rulemaking, which discussed options to address hazards that the staff had identified. The ANPRM was published on November 25, 2008. On July 14, 2010, the Commission voted to approve publication of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register proposing standards for full-size and non-full-size cribs. The NPRM was published in the Federal Register on July 23, 2010, and the comment period closed October 6, 2010. On December 15, 2010, the Commission voted to approve publication of a final rule. The final rule was published in the Federal Register on December 28, 2010. 
Agency: Consumer Product Safety Commission(CPSC)  Priority: Economically Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 16 CFR 1219 and 1220   
Legal Authority: Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, PL 110-314, sec 104(b)(1)(A)   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Staff Sent Draft ANPRM to Commission  11/05/2008    
Commission Decision on ANPRM  11/14/2008    
ANPRM Published in the Federal Register  11/25/2008  73 FR 71570   
ANPRM Comment Period End  01/26/2009    
Staff Sends Briefing Package to Commission  06/30/2010    
Commission Decision  07/14/2010    
NPRM  07/23/2010  75 FR 43308   
NPRM Comment Period End  10/06/2010    
Staff Sends Briefing Package to Commission  12/01/2010    
Commission Decision  12/15/2010    
Final Rule  12/28/2010  75 FR 81766   
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses  Federalism: No 
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: Yes 
Agency Contact:
Patricia L Edwards
Project Manager, Directorate for Engineering Sciences
Consumer Product Safety Commission
National Product Testing and Evaluation Center, 5 Research Place,
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone:301 987-2224
Email: pedwards@cpsc.gov