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notice of proposed rulemaking on
December 16, 1996, 61 FR 65997. On
August 14, 2008, the Consumer Product
Safety Improvement Act of 2008
(‘‘CPSIA’’) was enacted. Section 104(b)
of the CPSIA requires the Commission
to promulgate consumer product safety
standards for durable infant or toddler
products, which are to be ‘‘substantially
the same as’’ applicable voluntary
standards (or more stringent
requirements if they would further
reduce the risk of injury associated with
the product). Elsewhere in this issue of
the Federal Register, the Commission is
proposing safety standards for full-size
and non-full-size baby cribs in response
to section 104(b) of the CPSIA. The crib
standards the Commission is proposing
include provisions that address the risks
of injury identified in the 1996 ANPR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patricia Edwards, Project Manager,
Directorate for Engineering Sciences,
Consumer Product Safety Commission,
4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD
20814; telephone (301) 504–7577;
pedwards@cpsc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Related Information
(h) Refer to MCAI European Aviation
Safety Agency (EASA) AD No.: 2010–0126,
dated June 23, 2010; and Piaggio Aero
Industries S.p.A. Service Bulletin
(Mandatory) N.: 80–0268, REV. 0, dated
December 18, 2008, for related information.
A. Background
In 1973, the Commission issued
mandatory regulations for full-size cribs,
which were amended in 1982 and are
codified at 16 CFR part 1508. In 1976,
the Commission issued nearly identical
regulations for non-full-size cribs,
which were also amended in 1982, and
are codified at 16 CFR part 1509. In
1996, the Commission published an
advance notice of proposed rulemaking
(‘‘ANPR’’) which initiated a rulemaking
proceeding for the possible amendment
of the Commission’s crib regulations to
address the risk of slats disengaging
from cribs sides. 61 FR 65997 (Dec. 16,
1996). After publication of the ANPR,
the Commission staff worked with the
voluntary standards group, ASTM
International (formerly known as the
American Society for Testing and
Materials), which added provisions in
its standard for full-size baby cribs,
ASTM F 1169, to address this hazard.
The Consumer Product Safety
Improvement Act of 2008 (‘‘CPSIA’’,
Pub. L. 110–314) was enacted on August
14, 2008. Section 104(b) of the CPSIA
requires the Commission to promulgate
consumer product safety standards for
durable infant or toddler products.
These standards are to be ‘‘substantially
the same as’’ applicable voluntary
standards or more stringent than the
voluntary standard if the Commission
concludes that more stringent
requirements would further reduce the
risk of injury associated with the
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2010.
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Certification Service.
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
COMMISSION
16 CFR Parts 1508 and 1509
Full-Size and Non-Full Size Baby Cribs:
Withdrawal of Advance Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking
Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
ACTION: Withdrawal of advance notice of
proposed rulemaking.
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AGENCY:
The Consumer Product Safety
Commission (‘‘Commission’’) is
terminating a proceeding for the
possible amendment of the
Commission’s standards for full-size
cribs, codified at 16 CFR part 1508, and
for non-full-size cribs, codified at 16
CFR part 1509 which the Commission
began with publication of an advance
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product. Elsewhere in this issue of the
Federal Register, the Commission is
issuing a proposed rule that would
establish safety standards for full-size
and non-full-size cribs that are
substantially the same as voluntary
standards ASTM F 1169–10, Standard
Consumer Safety Specification for FullSize Baby Cribs, and ASTM F 406–10,
Standard Consumer Safety
Specification for Non-Full-Size Baby
Cribs. The Commission proposes to
incorporate these ASTM standards by
reference with certain modifications to
strengthen them. The proposed
standards, as modified, would include
provisions in both the full-size and nonfull-size crib standards that address the
risk of crib slat disengagement the
Commission identified in the ANPR.
B. Withdrawal of the ANPR
The rulemaking that the Commission
is now initiating under section 104(b) of
the CPSIA proposes to establish new
requirements for full-size and non-full
size cribs that will include the
requirements of the Commission’s
existing regulations codified at 16 CFR
parts 1508 and 1509 and additional
requirements in the ASTM voluntary
standards. Because these new crib
standards will include performance
tests to address the risk of crib slat
disengagement, the Commission is
withdrawing the ANPR published
December 16, 1996, 61 FR 65997, and
terminating that rulemaking.
Dated: July 14, 2010.
Todd Stevenson,
Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
[FR Doc. 2010–17590 Filed 7–22–10; 8:45 am]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
COMMISSION
16 CFR Parts 1508 and 1509
[CPSC Docket No. CPSC–2010–0075]
Revocation of Requirements for FullSize Baby Cribs and Non-Full-Size
Baby Cribs
Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
Section 104(b) of the
Consumer Product Safety Improvement
Act of 2008 (‘‘CPSIA’’) requires the
United States Consumer Product Safety
Commission (‘‘CPSC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’)
to promulgate consumer product safety
standards for durable infant or toddler
products. These standards are to be
‘‘substantially the same as’’ applicable
SUMMARY:
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voluntary standards or more stringent
than the voluntary standard if the
Commission concludes that more
stringent requirements would further
reduce the risk of injury associated with
the product. The Commission is
proposing to revoke its existing
regulations pertaining to full-size and
non-full-size cribs because, elsewhere in
this issue of the Federal Register, the
Commission is proposing consumer
product safety standards for cribs that
will further reduce the risk of injury
associated with these products under
section 104 of the CPSIA. The consumer
product safety standard for cribs would
include the requirements that are
currently found at 16 CFR parts 1508
and 1509 for full-size and non-full-size
cribs. To eliminate duplication, the
Commission is proposing to remove 16
CFR parts 1508 and 1509 entirely.
DATES: Written comments must be
received by October 6, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Comments, identified by
Docket No. CPSC–2010–0075, may be
submitted by any of the following
methods:
Electronic Submissions
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.
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Written Submissions
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 rulemaking. 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.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patricia Edwards, Project Manager,
Directorate for Engineering Sciences,
Consumer Product Safety Commission,
4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD
20814; telephone (301) 504–7577;
pedwards@cpsc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. What regulations is the CPSC
proposing to revoke?
CPSC first published the full-size crib
regulation, 16 CFR part 1508, in 1973
(38 FR 32129 (Nov. 21, 1973)) and
amended it in 1982. CPSC published the
regulation for non-full-size cribs, 16
CFR part 1509, in 1976 (41 FR 6240
(Feb. 12, 1976)) and amended it in 1982.
Both standards currently contain
requirements pertaining to dimensions,
spacing of components, hardware,
construction and finishing, assembly
instructions, cutouts, identifying marks,
warning statements, and compliance
declarations. In addition, 16 CFR part
1509 contains a requirement regarding
mattresses.
B. Why is CPSC proposing to revoke the
regulations pertaining to cribs?
The Consumer Product Safety
Improvement Act of 2008, Public Law
110–314 (‘‘CPSIA’’) was enacted on
August 14, 2008. Section 104(b) of the
CPSIA requires the Commission to
promulgate consumer product safety
standards for durable infant or toddler
products. These standards are to be
‘‘substantially the same as’’ applicable
voluntary standards or more stringent
than the voluntary standard if the
Commission concludes that more
stringent requirements would further
reduce the risk of injury associated with
the product. Elsewhere in this issue of
the Federal Register, the Commission is
proposing safety standards for full-size
and non-full-size cribs under the
authority of section 104 of the CPSIA.
These new proposed standards, if
finalized, will adopt the voluntary
standards developed by ASTM
International (formerly known as the
American Society for Testing and
Materials), which are more stringent in
some respects than the current
applicable standards, and include
ASTM F 1169–10, ‘‘Standard Consumer
Safety Specification for Full-Size Baby
Cribs,’’ and ASTM F 406–10, ‘‘Standard
Consumer Safety Specification for NonFull-Size Baby Cribs/Play Yards.’’
The proposed standards which the
CPSC is publishing elsewhere in this
issue of the Federal Register incorporate
all of the requirements currently found
in 16 CFR parts 1508 and 1509.
Consequently, if the Commission issues
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a final rule to adopt the consumer
product safety standards for full-size
and non-full-size cribs pursuant to
section 104(b) of the CPSIA, the
requirements found at 16 CFR parts
1508 and 1509 would become
redundant. The Commission, therefore,
intends to revoke 16 CFR parts 1508 and
1509 in their entirety.
The Commission emphasizes that the
proposed revocation of 16 CFR parts
1508 and 1509 would have no
substantive effect on crib safety. The
requirements currently found at 16 CFR
parts 1508 and 1509 would still apply
to full-size and non-full-size cribs, but
would be part of new consumer product
safety standards to be codified at 16 CFR
parts 1219 and 1220.
C. Paperwork Reduction Act
This proposed rule would not impose
any information collection
requirements. Accordingly, this rule is
not subject to the Paperwork Reduction
Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
D. Environmental Considerations
This proposed rule falls within the
scope of the Commission’s
environmental review regulation at 16
CFR 1021.5(c)(1), which provides a
categorical exclusion from any
requirement for the agency to prepare an
environmental assessment or
environmental impact statement for
rules that revoke product safety
standards.
E. Effective Date
The Commission proposes that a final
rule to revoke 16 CFR parts 1508 and
1509 become effective upon the
effective date of the new mandatory
standards to be developed for full-size
and non-full-size cribs.
List of Subjects in 16 CFR Parts 1508
and 1509
Consumer protection, Cribs and
bassinets, Infants and children,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
For the reasons stated above, and
under the authority of section 3 of the
CPSIA and 5 U.S.C. 553, the Consumer
Product Safety Commission proposes to
remove 16 CFR parts 1508 and 1509
entirely.
PART 1508—[REMOVED]
1. Under authority of section 3 of the
CPSIA, part 1508 is removed entirely.
PART 1509—[REMOVED]
2. Under authority of section 3 of the
CPSIA, part 1509 is removed entirely.
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Dated: July 14, 2010.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
CC:PA:LPD:PR (REG–125592–10),
Courier’s Desk, Internal Revenue
Service, 1111 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20224.
Alternatively, taxpayers may submit
comments electronically via the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at https://
www.regulations.gov (IRS REG–125592–
10).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Concerning the regulations, Karen Levin
at 202–622–6080; concerning
submissions of comments,
Oluwafunmilayo Taylor at 202–622–
7180 (not toll-free numbers).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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26 CFR Part 54
[REG–125592–10]
RIN 1545–BJ62
Requirements for Group Health Plans
and Health Insurance Issuers Relating
to Internal Claims and Appeals and
External Review Processes Under the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking
by cross-reference to temporary
regulations.
AGENCY:
Elsewhere in this issue of the
Federal Register, the IRS is issuing
temporary regulations under the
provisions of the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act (the Affordable Care
Act) regarding internal claims and
appeals and external review processes.
The IRS is issuing the temporary
regulations at the same time that the
Employee Benefits Security
Administration of the U.S. Department
of Labor and the Office of Consumer
Information and Insurance Oversight of
the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services are issuing
substantially similar interim final
regulations with respect to group health
plans and health insurance coverage
offered in connection with a group
health plan under the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
and the Public Health Service Act. The
temporary regulations provide guidance
to employers, group health plans, and
health insurance issuers providing
group health insurance coverage. The
text of those temporary regulations also
serves as the text of these proposed
regulations.
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SUMMARY:
Written or electronic comments
and requests for a public hearing must
be received by October 21, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Send submissions to:
CC:PA:LPD:PR (REG–125592–10), Room
5205, Internal Revenue Service, P.O.
Box 7604, Ben Franklin Station,
Washington, DC 20044. Submissions
may be hand-delivered to:
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Background and Explanation of
Provisions
The temporary regulations published
elsewhere in this issue of the Federal
Register add § 54.9815–2719T to the
Miscellaneous Excise Tax Regulations.
The proposed and temporary
regulations are being published as part
of a joint rulemaking with the
Department of Labor and the
Department of Health and Human
Services (the joint rulemaking). The text
of those temporary regulations also
serves as the text of these proposed
regulations. The preamble to the
temporary regulations explains the
temporary regulations and these
proposed regulations.
Special Analyses
It has been determined that this notice
of proposed rulemaking is not a
significant regulatory action as defined
in Executive Order 12866. Therefore, a
regulatory assessment is not required. It
has also been determined that section
553(b) of the Administrative Procedure
Act (5 U.S.C. chapter 5) does not apply
to this proposed regulation. It is hereby
certified that the collections of
information contained in this notice of
proposed rulemaking will not have a
significant impact on a substantial
number of small entities. Accordingly, a
regulatory flexibility analysis under the
Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C.
chapter 6) is not required. Section
54.9815–2719T of the temporary
regulations requires both group health
insurance issuers and group health
plans to establish internal claims and
appeals and external review processes
for adverse benefit determinations.
Those processes require the plan and
issuer to disclose evidence relied upon
in making an adverse benefit
determination, to disclose any new
rationale for upholding an adverse
benefit determination as part of an
internal appeal, to provide notice of an
adverse benefit determination and of a
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final internal adverse benefit
determination, and to disclose the right
to an external review. Under the
temporary regulations, if a health
insurance issuer satisfies the obligations
to have effective internal claims and
appeals and external review processes
(including these information collection
requirements that are an inherent part of
those processes), those obligations are
satisfied not just for the issuer but also
for the group health plan. For group
health plans maintained by small
entities, it is anticipated that the health
insurance issuer will satisfy those
obligations to have effective internal
claims and appeals and external review
processes (including these information
collection requirements that are an
inherent part of those processes) for
both the plan and the issuer in almost
all cases. For this reason, these
information collection requirements
will not impose a significant impact on
a substantial number of small entities.
Pursuant to section 7805(f) of the
Internal Revenue Code, this regulation
has been submitted to the Chief Counsel
for Advocacy of the Small Business
Administration for comment on its
impact on small business.
Comments and Requests for a Public
Hearing
Before these proposed regulations are
adopted as final regulations,
consideration will be given to any
written comments (a signed original and
eight (8) copies) or electronic comments
that are submitted timely to the IRS.
Comments are specifically requested on
the clarity of the proposed regulations
and how they may be made easier to
understand. All comments will be
available for public inspection and
copying. A public hearing may be
scheduled if requested in writing by a
person that timely submits written
comments. If a public hearing is
scheduled, notice of the date, time, and
place for the hearing will be published
in the Federal Register.
Drafting Information
The principal author of these
proposed regulations is Karen Levin,
Office of the Division Counsel/Associate
Chief Counsel (Tax Exempt and
Government Entities), IRS. The
proposed regulations, as well as the
temporary regulations, have been
developed in coordination with
personnel from the U.S. Department of
Labor and the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services.
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
16 CFR Parts 1508 and 1509
[CPSC Docket No. CPSC-2010-0075]
Revocation of Requirements for Full-Size Baby Cribs and Non-Full-
Size Baby Cribs
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: Section 104(b) of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act
of 2008 (``CPSIA'') requires the United States Consumer Product Safety
Commission (``CPSC'' or ``Commission'') to promulgate consumer product
safety standards for durable infant or toddler products. These
standards are to be ``substantially the same as'' applicable
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voluntary standards or more stringent than the voluntary standard if
the Commission concludes that more stringent requirements would further
reduce the risk of injury associated with the product. The Commission
is proposing to revoke its existing regulations pertaining to full-size
and non-full-size cribs because, elsewhere in this issue of the Federal
Register, the Commission is proposing consumer product safety standards
for cribs that will further reduce the risk of injury associated with
these products under section 104 of the CPSIA. The consumer product
safety standard for cribs would include the requirements that are
currently found at 16 CFR parts 1508 and 1509 for full-size and non-
full-size cribs. To eliminate duplication, the Commission is proposing
to remove 16 CFR parts 1508 and 1509 entirely.
DATES: Written comments must be received by October 6, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2010-0075, may be
submitted by any of the following methods:
Electronic Submissions
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.
Written Submissions
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 rulemaking. 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: Patricia Edwards, Project Manager,
Directorate for Engineering Sciences, Consumer Product Safety
Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301)
504-7577; pedwards@cpsc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. What regulations is the CPSC proposing to revoke?
CPSC first published the full-size crib regulation, 16 CFR part
1508, in 1973 (38 FR 32129 (Nov. 21, 1973)) and amended it in 1982.
CPSC published the regulation for non-full-size cribs, 16 CFR part
1509, in 1976 (41 FR 6240 (Feb. 12, 1976)) and amended it in 1982. Both
standards currently contain requirements pertaining to dimensions,
spacing of components, hardware, construction and finishing, assembly
instructions, cutouts, identifying marks, warning statements, and
compliance declarations. In addition, 16 CFR part 1509 contains a
requirement regarding mattresses.
B. Why is CPSC proposing to revoke the regulations pertaining to cribs?
The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, Public Law
110-314 (``CPSIA'') was enacted on August 14, 2008. Section 104(b) of
the CPSIA requires the Commission to promulgate consumer product safety
standards for durable infant or toddler products. These standards are
to be ``substantially the same as'' applicable voluntary standards or
more stringent than the voluntary standard if the Commission concludes
that more stringent requirements would further reduce the risk of
injury associated with the product. Elsewhere in this issue of the
Federal Register, the Commission is proposing safety standards for
full-size and non-full-size cribs under the authority of section 104 of
the CPSIA. These new proposed standards, if finalized, will adopt the
voluntary standards developed by ASTM International (formerly known as
the American Society for Testing and Materials), which are more
stringent in some respects than the current applicable standards, and
include ASTM F 1169-10, ``Standard Consumer Safety Specification for
Full-Size Baby Cribs,'' and ASTM F 406-10, ``Standard Consumer Safety
Specification for Non-Full-Size Baby Cribs/Play Yards.''
The proposed standards which the CPSC is publishing elsewhere in
this issue of the Federal Register incorporate all of the requirements
currently found in 16 CFR parts 1508 and 1509. Consequently, if the
Commission issues a final rule to adopt the consumer product safety
standards for full-size and non-full-size cribs pursuant to section
104(b) of the CPSIA, the requirements found at 16 CFR parts 1508 and
1509 would become redundant. The Commission, therefore, intends to
revoke 16 CFR parts 1508 and 1509 in their entirety.
The Commission emphasizes that the proposed revocation of 16 CFR
parts 1508 and 1509 would have no substantive effect on crib safety.
The requirements currently found at 16 CFR parts 1508 and 1509 would
still apply to full-size and non-full-size cribs, but would be part of
new consumer product safety standards to be codified at 16 CFR parts
1219 and 1220.
C. Paperwork Reduction Act
This proposed rule would not impose any information collection
requirements. Accordingly, this rule is not subject to the Paperwork
Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520.
D. Environmental Considerations
This proposed rule falls within the scope of the Commission's
environmental review regulation at 16 CFR 1021.5(c)(1), which provides
a categorical exclusion from any requirement for the agency to prepare
an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement for rules
that revoke product safety standards.
E. Effective Date
The Commission proposes that a final rule to revoke 16 CFR parts
1508 and 1509 become effective upon the effective date of the new
mandatory standards to be developed for full-size and non-full-size
cribs.
List of Subjects in 16 CFR Parts 1508 and 1509
Consumer protection, Cribs and bassinets, Infants and children,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
For the reasons stated above, and under the authority of section 3
of the CPSIA and 5 U.S.C. 553, the Consumer Product Safety Commission
proposes to remove 16 CFR parts 1508 and 1509 entirely.
PART 1508--[REMOVED]
1. Under authority of section 3 of the CPSIA, part 1508 is removed
entirely.
PART 1509--[REMOVED]
2. Under authority of section 3 of the CPSIA, part 1509 is removed
entirely.
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Dated: July 14, 2010.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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