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| CPSC | RIN: 3041-AC81 | Publication ID: Spring 2014 |
| Title: Standard for Bassinets | |
| Abstract: Section 104 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) requires the Commission to issue consumer product safety standards for durable infant or toddler products. The Commission is directed to assess the effectiveness of applicable voluntary standards and, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, promulgate consumer product safety standards that are substantially the same as the voluntary standard or more stringent than the voluntary standard if the Commission determines that more stringent standards would further reduce the risk of injury associated with the product. The CPSIA requires that not later than August 14, 2009, the Commission begin rulemaking for at least two categories of durable infant or toddler products and promulgate two such standards every 6 months thereafter. On March 24, 2010, the Commission voted unanimously to approve publication of a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on bassinets. The NPRM was published in the Federal Register on April 28, 2010, and the comment period ended on July 12, 2010. The comment period was later reopened until September 10, 2010. The proposed standard is based on ASTM F2194, Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Bassinets and Cradles, with some changes and additions. Due to updates in the ASTM standard and changes to CPSC staff's proposed revisions to the ASTM standard, on August 31, 2012, staff submitted for Commission consideration a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM). On October 3, 2012, the Commission voted unanimously to approve publication of the supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking, with changes. The SNPRM was published in the Federal Register on October 18, 2012, and the comment period ended on January 2, 2013. On June 26, 2013, staff sent to the Commission a briefing package on the final rule. On September 27, 2013, the Commission voted (4-1) to approve the publication of the notice of the final rule in the Federal Register; the final rule was published on October 23, 2013. The effective date of the rule is April 23, 2014, except for the removable bassinet bed requirements, which take effect April 23, 2015. Because two textual errors appeared in the published final rule, the Commission published a correction notice on December 24, 2013. | |
| Agency: Consumer Product Safety Commission(CPSC) | Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant |
| RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions |
| Major: No | Unfunded Mandates: No |
| CFR Citation: 16 CFR 1218 | |
| Legal Authority: PL 110-314, sec 104 | |
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| Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No | Government Levels Affected: None |
| 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: No | |
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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 |
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