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CPSC RIN: 3041-AC93 Publication ID: Spring 2011 
Title: Amendment of Standard for the Flammability of Mattresses and Mattress Pads (Cigarette Ignition)--Standard Reference Material Ignition Source 
Abstract: The Commission issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to consider a possible amendment to the existing flammability standard for cigarette ignition resistance of mattress and mattress pads (16 CFR 1632) to incorporate a new Standard Reference Material (SRM) cigarette as the ignition source in the performance tests of the standard. The NPR was published in the Federal Register on November 1, 2010. This activity is related to the Commission's 2005 Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) and research project to amend or revoke the standard, but this is a separate initiative to provide a replacement for a specified standard test cigarette that went out of production in 2008. Manufacturers and testing organizations (including the CPSC) use such standard test materials to establish compliance for mattresses subject to 16 CFR 1632. The new SRM cigarette would have the approximate ignition strength of the original standard test cigarette; the possible proposed amendment would not affect the level of safety provided by the standard. Staff is preparing a briefing package for Commission consideration of the final rule. 
Agency: Consumer Product Safety Commission(CPSC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 16 CFR 1632   
Legal Authority: 15 USC 1193, Flammable Fabrics Act   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Related ANPRM  06/23/2005  70 FR 36357   
Comment Period End  08/02/2005    
NIST Technical Note 1627 Posted on CPSC Website  07/06/2009    
Staff Sends Briefing Package to Commission  10/13/2010    
Commission Decision  10/22/2010    
NPRM  11/01/2010  75 FR 67047   
NPRM Comment Period End  01/18/2011    
Staff Sends Briefing Package to Commission   06/00/2011    
Commission Decision   06/00/2011    
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 
Agency Contact:
Patricia K. Adair
Project Manager
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Directorate for Engineering Sciences, 5 Research Place,
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone:301 987-2238
Email: padair@cpsc.gov