[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 96 (Monday, May 19, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 28688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-11445]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
[Docket No. CPSC-2011-0081]
CPSC Workshop on Potential Ways To Reduce Third Party Testing
Costs Through Determinations Consistent With Assuring Compliance;
Reopening of the Comment Period
AGENCY: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Notice; comment request.
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SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC)
published a notice in the Federal Register on February 27, 2014 (79 FR
11088), announcing an April 3, 2014 public workshop regarding potential
ways to reduce third party testing costs through determinations
consistent with assuring compliance. In the Federal Register notice the
Commission invited the public to submit any written comments by April
17, 2014. In response to the notice in the Federal Register the
Juvenile Products Manufacturer's Association (JPMA) submitted a comment
requesting a 90-day extension of the comment period to allow JPMA time
to collect additional data from material manufacturers and test
laboratories. The Toy Industry Association (TIA) also submitted a
comment requesting the Commission keep the docket open to continue to
collect data. To allow interested parties to submit additional comments
or information, the Commission is reopening the comment period until
July 16, 2014.
DATES: Submit comments by July 16, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2011-
0081, by any of the following methods:
Electronic Submissions
Submit electronic comments in the following way:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments. The Commission does not accept
comments submitted by electronic mail (email), except through: http://www.regulations.gov. The Commission encourages you to submit electronic
comments by using the Federal eRulemaking Portal, as described above.
Written Submissions
Submit written submissions in the following way:
Mail/Hand delivery/Courier, preferably in five copies, to: Office
of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Room 820, 4330
East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301) 504-7923.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and docket number for this notice. All comments received may be posted
without change, including any personal identifiers, contact
information, or other personal information provided, to: http://www.regulations.gov. Do not submit confidential business information,
trade secret information, or other sensitive or protected information
electronically. Such information should be submitted in writing.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to: http://www.regulations.gov, and insert the
Docket No. CPSC-2011-0081, into the ``Search'' box, and follow the
prompts.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 14(a)(2) of the Consumer Product
Safety Act generally requires that children's products that are subject
to a CPSC children's product safety rule must be tested by a third
party CPSC-accepted laboratory for compliance with applicable CPSC
rules. 15 U.S.C. 2063(a)(2).\1\ Public Law 112-28 (August 12, 2011)
(Pub. L. 112-28) directed the CPSC to seek and review comments on
``opportunities to reduce the cost of third party testing requirements
consistent with assuring compliance with any applicable consumer
product safety rule, ban, standard, or regulation.'' The Commission
fulfilled that sole related requirement in 2012.
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On the Commission's own initiative in furtherance of continuing to
seek meaningful ways to reduce the cost of third party testing while
assuring compliance, the Commission published a notice in the Federal
Register on February 27, 2014 (79 FR 11088), announcing an April 3,
2014 public workshop regarding potential ways to reduce third party
testing costs through determinations consistent with assuring
compliance. In the Federal Register notice, the Commission invited the
public to submit any written comments by April 17, 2014. The Commission
received 13 written comments in response to the notice. JPMA submitted
a comment requesting a 90 day extension of the comment period to allow
JPMA time to collect additional data from material manufacturers and
test laboratories. TIA also submitted a comment requesting that the
Commission keep the docket open to collect data.
Through this notice, the Commission is reopening the comment period
until July 16, 2014, to allow all interested parties to submit
additional comments and information. This extension ends 90 days after
the close of the original comment period.
Dated: May 14, 2014.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2014-11445 Filed 5-16-14; 8:45 am]
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