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RIN: 3041-AC60

Publication ID: Spring 2010

Title: Standard for Bath Seats
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. The Commission started the section 104 rulemakings with bath seats (and baby walkers). On August 20, 2009, the Commission voted unanimously to approve the draft NPRM proposing a standard for bath seats. The NPRM was published in the Federal Register on September 3, 2009, and the comment period ended November 17, 2009.
Agency: Consumer Product Safety Commission(CPSC)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 16 CFR 1215
Legal Authority: Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, PL 110-314, sec 104, 122 Stat 3016, August 14, 2008

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
Other	Statutory	Commence Rulemaking	08/14/2009

Overall Description of Deadline: Statutory Deadline of August 14, 2009 to Commence Rulemaking

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
Staff Send Briefing Package to the Commission	08/14/2009
Commission Decision	08/20/2009
NPRM	09/03/2009	74 FR 45719
NPRM Comment Period End	11/17/2009
Staff Sends Briefing Package to the Commission	04/00/2010
Commission Decision	05/00/2010

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 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