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RIN: 3041-AC79

Publication ID: Fall 2011

Title: Drawstrings
Abstract: The Commission considered a rule specifying that drawstrings for certain sizes of children's outerwear be deemed a substantial product hazard under 15 USC 2064(a)(2) if they do not meet the requirements of ASTM F 1816-97, Standard Safety Specification for Drawstrings on Children's Upper Outerwear. Such a rule is authorized by 15 USC 2064(j) in cases where readily observable product characteristics are addressed by voluntary standards that have been effective in reducing the risk from such characteristics and where there is substantial compliance with such standards. On May 17, 2010, the Commission published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register. The comment period closed on August 2, 2010. Staff sent a Final Rule (FR) briefing package to the Commission on June 22, 2011. The Commission voted to accept the final rule, with amendments, on June 29, 2011. The final rule was published in the Federal Register on July 19, 2011.
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 1120
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2064(j), Consumer Product Safety Act

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
Staff Sends Briefing Package to Commission	04/21/2010
Commission Decision	05/05/2010
NPRM	05/17/2010	75 FR 27497
NPRM Comment Period End	08/02/2010
Staff Sends Briefing Package to Commission	06/22/2011
Commission Decision	06/29/2011
Final Rule Published	07/19/2011	76 FR 42502

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: Jonathan Midgett Engineering Psychologist Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Hazard Identification and Reduction, 5 Research Place, Rockville, MD 20850 Phone:301 987-2561 Email: jmidgett@cpsc.gov