Products Liability Law Daily Wrap Up, CPSC NEWS—COMMENT CALENDAR—CPSC actions open for public comment, (Sep 12, 2024)

By WK Editorial Staff

Consumer Product Safety Commission actions, with links to source documents, are open for public comment until the dates indicated.

As detailed in previous Products Liability Law Daily stories, the following Consumer Product Safety Commission actions are open for public comment until the dates indicated below. Comments may be submitted to the docket number identified in the heading of the document by any of the following methods: Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for paper, disk, or CD-ROM submissions), preferably in five copies, to: Office of the Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Room 820, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301) 504-7923.

September 16, 2024. CPSC has published its semiannual regulatory flexibility agenda, which includes regulatory actions that the agency expects to develop or review during the next 12 months (CPSC Notice, 89 Fed. Reg. 66904 (Aug. 16, 2024)).

September 23, 2024. CPSC is announcing the availability of, and inviting comments on, details about incident data relevant to a 2023 notice of proposed rulemaking regarding infant and infant/toddler rockers. The proposed rule addresses risks of death and injury from suffocations, falls, and other hazards associated with the products (CPSC Proposed rule; availability of supplemental information; request for comment, 89 Fed. Reg. 67917 (Aug. 22, 2024)).

September 24, 2024. CPSC has received notice of a revision to a voluntary ASTM standard that is incorporated by reference into CPSC’s mandatory standard for soft infant and toddler carriers. If, after considering public input, the Commission finds that the revised voluntary standard (ASTM F2236-24) does not improve the safety of soft infant and toddler carriers, CPSC will retain its existing mandatory standard (CPSC Request for comment, 89 Fed. Reg. 73320 (Sept. 10, 2024)).

September 30, 2024. CPSC has proposed a rule to declare that any aerosol duster canister containing more than 18 mg in any combination of two hydrofluorocarbon propellants—HFC-152a (1,1-difluoroethane) and HFC-134a (1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane)—is a “banned hazardous substance” under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (CPSC Notice of proposed rulemaking, 89 Fed. Reg. 61363 (July 31, 2024)).

October 15, 2024. CPSC has proposed a rule to add performance and labeling requirements for toys containing button cell and coin cell batteries (CPSC Notice of proposed rulemaking, 89 Fed. Reg. 65791 (Aug. 13, 2024)).

November 8, 2024. CPSC has proposed a rule to establish additional performance and labeling requirements for water bead toys and toys that contain water beads. The measure addresses ingestion, choking, aspiration, and insertion hazards (CPSC Notice of proposed rulemaking, 89 Fed. Reg. 73024 (Sept. 9, 2024)).

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