3041-AD63 201804 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 3041 Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC Determinations Regarding Third Party Testing of Manufactured Wood

Section 14(i)(3) of the Consumer Product Safety Act requires the Commission to seek opportunities to reduce the cost of third party testing requirements consistent with assuring compliance with any applicable children's product safety rule. Staff prepared a briefing package for Commission consideration with a draft notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) regarding third party testing of certain manufactured wood/engineered wood products for lead, the ASTM F963 elements, and the specified phthalates. The comment period ended on December 27, 2017. Staff is currently preparing a final rule package for Commission consideration.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage Undetermined No Independent agency Not Yet Determined sec. 3, Pub. L. 110-314 122 Stat. 3016 15 U.S.C. 2063(d)(3)(B) No Staff Sends NPRM to Commission 09/27/2017 NPRM 10/13/2017 82 FR 47645 NPRM Comment Period End 12/27/2017 Staff Sends Final Rule Briefing Package to Commission 05/00/2018 Undetermined None No No No Jacqueline Campbell Project Manager, Directorate for Engineering Sciences 3041 301 987-2024 jcampbell@cpsc.gov National Product Testing and Evaluation Center, 5 Research Place, Rockville MD 20850