Petition Requesting Component Part Testing for Spray Sampling, Multiple Stamping and Finished Component Part Testing, 68596-68597 [E9-30486]
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shall not be subject to civil or criminal
penalties for failure to certify or for false
certification on the grounds of having
certified to such limits without
submitting samples of the final
children’s product (i.e., the product in
its entirety) for testing. A retailer or
other seller of a product who holds a
certificate based on component testing
in accordance with this policy statement
may rely upon it to the same extent as
if it had been based on testing of the
final product. Any person who issues a
false or misleading certificate for any
paint or component is subject to
penalties.
Dated: December 18, 2009.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
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IX. Disclaimer
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
26. Certification of a product in
accordance with all conditions of this
policy statement does not exempt any
manufacturer (including an importer)
from the duty to ensure that each
product unit manufactured or imported
complies with all applicable lead limits,
nor from the duty to report to the
Commission immediately should it
obtain information which reasonably
supports the conclusion that such
product fails to comply with applicable
lead limits.
X. Delegation
27. The Commission hereby delegates
to the Assistant Executive Director,
Office of Compliance and Field
Operations, authority to implement this
policy and to depart from the policy in
individual cases if warranted by
unusual circumstances. The Assistant
Executive Director shall notify the
Commission promptly where he deems
it advisable to depart from the policy in
individual cases.
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28. This interim statement of policy
will take effect immediately upon
approval by the Commission. It
supersedes: (1) The ‘‘Statement of
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Section 101 Lead Limits’’ announced on
February 6, 2009 (available on the
Internet at https://www.cpsc.gov/about/
cpsia/101lead.pdf); and (2) the ‘‘Interim
Enforcement Policy for Children’s Metal
Jewelry Containing Lead’’ issued
February 3, 2005 (available on the
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
COMMISSION
[Docket No.CPSC–2009–0108]
Petition Requesting Component Part
Testing for Spray Sampling, Multiple
Stamping and Finished Component
Part Testing
SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety
Commission (Commission or CPSC) has
received a petition requesting an
amendment of the Commission’s
regulations at 16 CFR 1303 to authorize
test procedures for ‘‘spray sampling,’’
‘‘multiple stamping’’ and ‘‘finished
component testing’’ and adopt an
interpretative rule that clarifies that test
procedures for ‘‘spray sampling,’’
‘‘multiple stamping,’’ and ‘‘finished
component testing’’ under the
Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA),
15 U.S.C. 2051 et seq. The Commission
solicits written comments concerning
the petition.
DATES: The Office of the Secretary must
receive comments on the petition by
February 26, 2010.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CPSC–2009–
0108, by any of the following methods:
Submit electronic comments in the
following way:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
To ensure timely processing of
comments, the Commission is no longer
accepting comments submitted by
electronic mail (e-mail) except through
https://www.regulations.gov.
Submit written submissions in the
following way:
Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for
paper, disk, or CD–ROM submissions),
preferably in five copies, to: Office of
the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
Commission, Room 502, 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
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personal information provided, to
https://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 https://
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rocky Hammond, Office of the
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
Commission, 4330 East West Highway,
Bethesda, Maryland, 20814; telephone
(301) 504–6833, e-mail
rhammond@cpsc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Intertek
Consumer Goods NA and the American
Apparel & Footwear Association
(petitioners) submitted a petition stating
that section 14(a) of the CPSA, as
amended by section 102(a) of the
Consumer Product Safety Improvement
Act (CPSIA), 15 U.S.C. 2063(a), requires
that samples submitted for testing be
‘‘identical in all material respects to the
product.’’ Petitioners assert that only
completely assembled final products
may be used for testing to support
required third party testing and
certification under the CPSIA, including
the lead paint standard. Petitioners state
that as a result of the final product
testing for lead in paint, many samples
must be destroyed—sometimes several
hundred—to obtain a sufficient sample
size. The petitioners assert that although
composite testing of different paints is
now allowed under certain conditions,
there are numerous situations where
there is only one small-area color on a
product to test, or where even
composite testing of up to three unlike
paints, still requires the destruction of
many product samples. To address these
issues, petitioners request the use of
alternative test procedures through
amendment under the Commission’s
regulations at 16 CFR 1303 and through
an interpretative rule under section
14(a) of the CPSA. Through spray
sampling, multiple stamping, and
finished component testing, petitioners
assert that only one or a few samples or
components would need to be
destroyed, thus avoiding the
unnecessary destruction of the final
products themselves, without any
reduction in the validity or reliability of
the tests themselves.
Interested parties may obtain a copy
of the petition by writing or calling the
Office of the Secretary, Consumer
Product Safety Commission, 4330 East
West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814;
telephone (301) 504–6833. The petition
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is also available on the CPSC Web site
at https://www.cpsc.gov.
Dated: December 17, 2009.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
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Notice of Intent To Prepare an
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and eventually replace legacy aircraft as
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the alternative locations, the beddown
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scoping comments from interested state
and federal agencies and interested
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Federal Register and various media in
the local areas of concern. Scoping
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address below by the date indicated.
The Air Force will also hold a series of
scoping meetings to further solicit input
regarding the scope of the proposed
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the potentially impacted communities.
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The Air Force intends to hold scoping
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January 25–29, 2010 Carrizozo,
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February 8–12, 2010 Marsing, Boise,
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Air Force has sufficient time to consider
public input in the preparation of the
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submitted to the address below by
March 25, 2010.
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Bao-Anh Trinh, YA–3, DAF,
Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
[Docket No.CPSC-2009-0108]
Petition Requesting Component Part Testing for Spray Sampling,
Multiple Stamping and Finished Component Part Testing
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC)
has received a petition requesting an amendment of the Commission's
regulations at 16 CFR 1303 to authorize test procedures for ``spray
sampling,'' ``multiple stamping'' and ``finished component testing''
and adopt an interpretative rule that clarifies that test procedures
for ``spray sampling,'' ``multiple stamping,'' and ``finished component
testing'' under the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA), 15 U.S.C. 2051
et seq. The Commission solicits written comments concerning the
petition.
DATES: The Office of the Secretary must receive comments on the
petition by February 26, 2010.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2009-
0108, by any of the following methods:
Submit electronic comments in the following way:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments. To ensure timely processing of
comments, the Commission is no longer accepting comments submitted by
electronic mail (e-mail) except through https://www.regulations.gov.
Submit written submissions in the following way:
Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for paper, disk, or CD-ROM
submissions), preferably in five copies, to: Office of the Secretary,
Consumer Product Safety Commission, Room 502, 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 https://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 https://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rocky Hammond, Office of the
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway,
Bethesda, Maryland, 20814; telephone (301) 504-6833, e-mail
rhammond@cpsc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Intertek Consumer Goods NA and the American
Apparel & Footwear Association (petitioners) submitted a petition
stating that section 14(a) of the CPSA, as amended by section 102(a) of
the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), 15 U.S.C. 2063(a),
requires that samples submitted for testing be ``identical in all
material respects to the product.'' Petitioners assert that only
completely assembled final products may be used for testing to support
required third party testing and certification under the CPSIA,
including the lead paint standard. Petitioners state that as a result
of the final product testing for lead in paint, many samples must be
destroyed--sometimes several hundred--to obtain a sufficient sample
size. The petitioners assert that although composite testing of
different paints is now allowed under certain conditions, there are
numerous situations where there is only one small-area color on a
product to test, or where even composite testing of up to three unlike
paints, still requires the destruction of many product samples. To
address these issues, petitioners request the use of alternative test
procedures through amendment under the Commission's regulations at 16
CFR 1303 and through an interpretative rule under section 14(a) of the
CPSA. Through spray sampling, multiple stamping, and finished component
testing, petitioners assert that only one or a few samples or
components would need to be destroyed, thus avoiding the unnecessary
destruction of the final products themselves, without any reduction in
the validity or reliability of the tests themselves.
Interested parties may obtain a copy of the petition by writing or
calling the Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301)
504-6833. The petition
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is also available on the CPSC Web site at https://www.cpsc.gov.
Dated: December 17, 2009.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. E9-30486 Filed 12-24-09; 8:45 am]
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