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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
U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
ACTION: Notice; comment request.
AGENCY:
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 90day 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.
SUMMARY:
You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CPSC–2011–
0081, by any of the following methods:
ADDRESSES:
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Electronic Submissions
Submit electronic comments in the
following way:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
The Commission does not accept
comments submitted by electronic mail
(email), except through: https://
www.regulations.gov. The Commission
encourages you to submit electronic
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comments by using the Federal
eRulemaking Portal, as described above.
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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:
https://www.regulations.gov. Do not
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read background documents or
comments received, go to: https://
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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.
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
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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.
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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: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments. The Commission does not accept
comments submitted by electronic mail (email), except through: https://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: 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, 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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