Products Liability Law Daily Wrap Up, CPSC NEWS—COMMENT CALENDAR—CPSC actions open for public comment, (Oct 4, 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.
November 7, 2024. CPSC has reopened the comment period for a notice announcing the availability of incident data relevant to the Commission’s 2023 proposed rule on infant and infant/toddler rockers. The original comment period ended on September 23, 2024. Comments are now due by November 7, 2024 (CPSC Proposed rule; reopening of comment period, 89 Fed. Reg. 80159 (Oct. 2, 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)).
November 14, 2024. CPSC has proposed a rule to add performance and labeling requirements for toys containing button cell and coin cell batteries. The comment period was originally scheduled to end on October 15, 2024, but was extended by 30 days to November 14, 2024 (CPSC Notice of proposed rulemaking, 89 Fed. Reg. 65791 (Aug. 13, 2024); Extension of comment period, 89 Fed. Reg. 79488 (Sept. 30, 2024)).
December 2, 2024. CPSC has announced the availability of, and is seeking comments on, draft updates to its Public Playground Safety Handbook (CPSC Notice of availability and request for comment, 89 Fed. Reg. 79901 (Oct. 1, 2024)).
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