Products Liability Law Daily Wrap Up, CPSC NEWS—COMMENT CALENDAR—CPSC actions open for public comment, (Jul 23, 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.

August 1, 2024. CPSC has proposed a rule to revise the existing safety standard for cradles and bassinets to address additional hazards and provide the highest possible level of safety for infants. The proposed rule would incorporate by reference the 2022 version of ASTM’s voluntary standard for bassinets and cradles, but with modifications providing for more stringent requirements. The comment period was originally scheduled to end on June 17, 2024, but was extended by 45 days to August 1, 2024 (CPSC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 89 Fed. Reg. 27246 (Apr. 16, 2024); Extension of comment period, 89 Fed. Reg. 51475 (June 18, 2024)).

August 1, 2024. CPSC has received notice of a revision to a voluntary ASTM standard that is incorporated by reference into CPSC’s mandatory standard for infant bath seats. If, after considering public input, the Commission finds that the revised voluntary standard (ASTM F1967-24) does not improve the safety of infant bath seats, CPSC will retain its existing mandatory standard (CPSC Notice of availability and request for comment, 89 Fed. Reg. 58303 (July 18, 2024)).

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