Petition Requesting Rulemaking on Residential Elevators, 3226-3227 [2015-00907]

Download as PDF 3226 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 14 / Thursday, January 22, 2015 / Notices Industries, Roseville, VA Contracting Activity: Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION Deletions Petition Requesting Rulemaking on Residential Elevators [Docket No. CPSC–2015–0001] On 12/12/2014 (79 FR 73886), the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled published notice of proposed deletions from the Procurement List. After consideration of the relevant matter presented, the Committee has determined that the services listed below are no longer suitable for procurement by the Federal Government under 41 U.S.C. 8501–8506 and 41 CFR 51–2.4. Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification I certify that the following action will not have a significant impact on a substantial number of small entities. The major factors considered for this certification were: 1. The action will not result in additional reporting, recordkeeping or other compliance requirements for small entities. 2. The action may result in authorizing small entities to provide the services to the Government. 3. There are no known regulatory alternatives which would accomplish the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 8501–8506) in connection with the services deleted from the Procurement List. End of Certification Accordingly, the following services are deleted from the Procurement List: Services tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Service Type: Grounds Maintenance Service Service is Mandatory For: United States Postal Service: General Mail Facility, San Jose, CA Contracting Activity: U.S. Postal Service, Washington, DC Service Type: Janitorial/Custodial Service Service is Mandatory For: U.S. Army Reserve Center: Rockford, 1130 Arthur Avenue, Rockford, IL Contracting Activity: Dept of the Army, W6QM MICC–ARCC North, Fort McCoy, WI Barry S. Lineback, Director, Business Operations. [FR Doc. 2015–01011 Filed 1–21–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6353–01–P Consumer Product Safety Commission. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has received a petition requesting a safety standard for residential elevators to address an entrapment hazard between the elevator interior and exterior doors. The Commission invites written comments concerning the petition. DATES: The Office of the Secretary must receive comments on the petition by March 23, 2015. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC–2015– 0001, by any of the following methods: Electronic Submissions: Submit electronic comments to the Federal eRulemaking Portal at: https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. The Commission does not accept comments submitted by electronic mail (email), except through 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 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 that you do not want to be available to the public. If furnished at all, 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 number, CPSC–2015–0001, into the ‘‘Search’’ box, and follow the prompts. SUMMARY: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD, 20814; telephone (301) 504–6833, email: rhammond@cpsc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 1, 2013, The Safety Institute, Carol Pollack-Nelson, and Cash, Krugler & Fredericks, LLC (collectively referred to as petitioners), submitted a petition to the Commission to initiate rulemaking to mandate a safety standard for residential elevators to address an entrapment hazard caused by excess space between the elevator car door/gate (interior door) and hoistway or swing door (exterior door). Petitioners assert that in many home elevators, and in similar versions found in older apartment and commercial buildings, the clearance between the interior door and exterior door is large enough to allow children as old as 12 years to fit between the doors. According to petitioners, a child can become entrapped in the door path when the elevator is called to another floor, and the hoistway door automatically locks. The child’s body is carried along with the elevator car until the hoistway door meets the obstruction of the sill, where the child’s body— usually the head—is crushed. Petitioners request that the CPSC promulgate a mandatory standard that constrains the space between residential elevator hoistway doors and car doors/ gates to 4 inches when measured from the inside of the hoistway door to the farthest point on the car door/gate. Petitioners contend that the CPSC’s figures show that there were an estimated 1,600 injuries associated with residential elevators and lifts from 2011 through 2012. According to the petitioners, some of those injuries, as well as several deaths, were due to children becoming entrapped in the gap between the residential elevators doors. In addition, the petitioners state that the voluntary standard (ASME Elevator Safety Code) has failed to safeguard children from injuries and deaths from the entrapment hazard because that standard allows a wider gap between the doors for a maximum of 5 inches. 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 is also available at https:// www.regulations.gov under Docket No. Rocky Hammond, Office of the VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:09 Jan 21, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\22JAN1.SGM 22JAN1 3227 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 14 / Thursday, January 22, 2015 / Notices CPSC–2015–0001, Supporting and Related Materials. Alberta E. Mills, Acting Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission. [FR Doc. 2015–00907 Filed 1–21–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6355–01–P DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Termination of Missile Defense Advisory Committee DoD. Termination of Federal Advisory Committee. AGENCY: ACTION: The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to announce that it is terminating the Missile Defense Advisory Committee, effective January 16, 2015. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Freeman, Advisory Committee Management Officer for the Department of Defense, 703–692–5952. 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This proposed action will be effective the day following the end of the comment period unless comments are received which result in a contrary determination. You may submit comments, identified by docket number and title, by any of the following methods: * Federal Rulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. * Mail: Federal Docket Management System Office, 4800 Mark Center Drive, East Tower, 2nd Floor, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, VA 22350–3100. Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name and docket number for this Federal Register document. The general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the Internet at https:// www.regulations.gov as they are received without change, including any personal identifiers or contact information. ADDRESSES: Ms. Robin Patterson, Head, PA/FOIA Office (DNS–36), Department of the Navy, 2000 Navy Pentagon, Washington, DC 20350–2000, or by phone at (202) 685– 6545. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of the Navy’s notices for systems of records subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended, have been published in the Federal Register and are available from the address in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT or from the Defense Privacy and Civil Liberties Office Web site at https://dpclo.defense.gov/. The proposed system report, as required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, was submitted on December 3, 2014, to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) pursuant to FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Department of the Navy [Docket ID USN–2015–0001] Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records Department of the Navy, DoD. Notice to alter a System of Records. AGENCY: ACTION: The Department of the Navy proposes to alter the system of records, N01754–4, entitled ‘‘Navy Family Accountability and Assessment System (NFAAS)’’ in its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. This system is used to account for personnel (status and location(s)) following a natural/manmade disaster or when directed by the Secretary of tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:09 Jan 21, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 paragraph 4c of Appendix I to OMB Circular No. A–130, ‘‘Federal Agency Responsibilities for Maintaining Records About Individuals,’’ dated February 8, 1996 (February 20, 1996, 61 FR 6427). Dated: January 15, 2015. Aaron Siegel, Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense. N01754–4 SYSTEM NAME: Navy Family Accountability and Assessment System (NFAAS) (August 16, 2007, 72 FR 46045). 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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 14 (Thursday, January 22, 2015)]
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[FR Doc No: 2015-00907]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

[Docket No. CPSC-2015-0001]


Petition Requesting Rulemaking on Residential Elevators

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has received a 
petition requesting a safety standard for residential elevators to 
address an entrapment hazard between the elevator interior and exterior 
doors. The Commission invites written comments concerning the petition.

DATES: The Office of the Secretary must receive comments on the 
petition by March 23, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2015-
0001, by any of the following methods:
    Electronic Submissions: Submit electronic comments to the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal at: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments. The Commission does not accept 
comments submitted by electronic mail (email), except through 
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 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 
that you do not want to be available to the public. If furnished at 
all, 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 number, CPSC-2015-0001, into the ``Search'' box, and follow the 
prompts.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rocky Hammond, Office of the 
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, 
Bethesda, MD, 20814; telephone (301) 504-6833, email: 
rhammond@cpsc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    On November 1, 2013, The Safety Institute, Carol Pollack-Nelson, 
and Cash, Krugler & Fredericks, LLC (collectively referred to as 
petitioners), submitted a petition to the Commission to initiate 
rulemaking to mandate a safety standard for residential elevators to 
address an entrapment hazard caused by excess space between the 
elevator car door/gate (interior door) and hoistway or swing door 
(exterior door).
    Petitioners assert that in many home elevators, and in similar 
versions found in older apartment and commercial buildings, the 
clearance between the interior door and exterior door is large enough 
to allow children as old as 12 years to fit between the doors. 
According to petitioners, a child can become entrapped in the door path 
when the elevator is called to another floor, and the hoistway door 
automatically locks. The child's body is carried along with the 
elevator car until the hoistway door meets the obstruction of the sill, 
where the child's body--usually the head--is crushed.
    Petitioners request that the CPSC promulgate a mandatory standard 
that constrains the space between residential elevator hoistway doors 
and car doors/gates to 4 inches when measured from the inside of the 
hoistway door to the farthest point on the car door/gate. Petitioners 
contend that the CPSC's figures show that there were an estimated 1,600 
injuries associated with residential elevators and lifts from 2011 
through 2012. According to the petitioners, some of those injuries, as 
well as several deaths, were due to children becoming entrapped in the 
gap between the residential elevators doors. In addition, the 
petitioners state that the voluntary standard (ASME Elevator Safety 
Code) has failed to safeguard children from injuries and deaths from 
the entrapment hazard because that standard allows a wider gap between 
the doors for a maximum of 5 inches.
    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 is also available at https://www.regulations.gov 
under Docket No.

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CPSC-2015-0001, Supporting and Related Materials.

Alberta E. Mills,
Acting Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2015-00907 Filed 1-21-15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6355-01-P
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