Products Liability Law Daily Wrap Up, CPSC NEWS—COMMENT CALENDAR—CPSC actions open for public comment, (May 20, 2021)

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.

June 1, 2021. CPSC issued a direct final rule updating the testing and third-party conformity assessment body rules to incorporate by reference current versions of ISO/IEC 17025:2017(E) and ISO/IEC 17011:2017(E). The rule is effective on July 29, 2021, unless CPSC receives a significant adverse comment by June 1, 2021. If CPSC receives such a comment, it will publish a document in the Federal Register, withdrawing this direct final rule before its effective date (CPSC Direct final rule, 86 FR 22863, April 30, 2021).

June 14, 2021. Comments are sought on a proposed CPSC guidance, Proposed Guidance for Industry and Test Method Developers: CPSC Staff Evaluation of Alternative Test Methods and Integrated Testing Approaches and Data Generated from Such Methods to Support FHSA Labeling Requirements. The agency is inviting comments on the document and is encouraging all CPSC stakeholders to submit any scientifically validated alternative test methods that do not require animal testing (CPSC Notice of availability, 86 FR 16704, March 31, 2021).

June 16, 2021. Direct final rule revising CPSC’s mandatory safety standard for children’s folding chairs and stools to incorporate by reference the most recent version of the applicable ASTM voluntary standard, ASTM F2613–21. The rule will go into effect on August 21, 2021, unless CPSC receives significant adverse comment by June 16, 2021. If the Commission receives timely significant adverse comments, it will publish notification in the Federal Register, withdrawing this direct final rule before its effective date (CPSC Direct final rule, 86 FR 26654, May 17, 2021).

July 12, 2021. Advanced notice of proposed rulemaking to develop standards that would add mandatory requirements designed to reduce fire-related debris-penetration hazards for all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), recreational off-highway vehicles (ROVs), and utility terrain or utility task vehicles (UTVs) (collectively, off-highway vehicles (OHVs)); and to update voluntary standards issued by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) that CPSC has incorporated by reference as mandatory standards (CPSC Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking,86 FR 25817, May 11, 2021).

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