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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
COMMISSION
16 CFR Ch. II
Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
ACTION: Semiannual Regulatory Agenda.
AGENCY:
In this document, the
Commission publishes its semiannual
regulatory flexibility agenda. In
addition, this document includes an
agenda of regulations that the
Commission expects to develop or
review during the next year. This
document meets the requirements of the
Regulatory Flexibility Act and Executive
Order 12866.
DATES: The Commission welcomes
comments on the agenda and on the
individual agenda entries. Submit
comments to the Office of the Secretary
on or before March 24, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Caption comments on the
regulatory agenda, ‘‘Regulatory
Flexibility Agenda.’’ You can submit
comments by email to: cpsc-os@
cpsc.gov. You can also submit
comments by mail or delivery to the
Office of the Secretary, U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission, 4330 EastWest Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814–
4408.
SUMMARY:
For
further information on the agenda, in
general, contact Daniel R. Vice, Office of
the General Counsel, U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission, 4330 EastWest Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814–
4408, dvice@cpsc.gov. For further
information regarding a particular item
on the agenda, contact the person listed
in the column titled, ‘‘Contact,’’ for that
particular item.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA; 5
U.S.C. 601–612) contains several
provisions intended to reduce
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
unnecessary and disproportionate
regulatory requirements on small
businesses, small governmental
organizations, and other small entities.
Section 602 of the RFA requires each
agency to publish, twice a year, a
regulatory flexibility agenda containing
‘‘a brief description of the subject area
of any rule which the agency expects to
propose or promulgate which is likely to
have a significant economic impact on
a substantial number of small entities.’’
5 U.S.C. 602. The agency must provide
a summary of the nature of the rule, the
objectives and legal basis for the rule,
and an approximate schedule for acting
on each rule for which the agency has
issued a notice of proposed rulemaking.
In addition, the regulatory flexibility
agenda must contain the name and
telephone number of an agency official
who is knowledgeable about the listed
items. Agencies must attempt to provide
notice of their agendas to small entities
and solicit their comments either by
directly notifying them, or by including
the agenda in publications that small
entities are likely to obtain.
In addition, Executive Order 12866,
Regulatory Planning and Review (Sep.
30, 1993), requires each agency to
publish, twice a year, a regulatory
agenda of regulations under
development or review during the next
year. 58 FR 51735 (Oct. 4, 1993). The
Executive order states that agencies may
combine this agenda with the regulatory
flexibility agenda required under the
RFA. The agenda required by Executive
Order 12866 must include all of the
regulations the agency expects to
develop or review during the next 12
months, regardless of whether they may
have a significant economic impact on
a substantial number of small entities.
This agenda also includes regulatory
activities that the Commission listed in
the spring 2022 agenda and completed
before publishing this agenda.
The agenda contains a brief
description and summary of each
regulatory activity, including the
objectives and legal basis for each; an
approximate schedule of target dates,
subject to revision, for developing or
completing each activity; and the name
and telephone number of an agency
official who is knowledgeable about
items in the agenda.
The internet is the primary means for
disseminating the Unified Agenda. The
complete Unified Agenda will be
available online at: www.reginfo.gov, in
a format that allows users to obtain
information from the agenda database.
Because agencies must publish in the
Federal Register the regulatory
flexibility agenda required by the RFA
(5 U.S.C. 602), the Commission’s
printed agenda entries include only:
(1) rules that are in the agency’s
regulatory flexibility agenda, in
accordance with the RFA, because they
are likely to have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small
entities; and
(2) rules that the agency has identified
for periodic review under section 610 of
the RFA.
The entries in the Commission’s
printed agenda are limited to fields that
contain information that the RFA
requires in an agenda. Additional
information on these entries is available
in the Unified Agenda published on the
internet.
The agenda reflects the Commission’s
assessment of the likelihood that the
specified event will occur during the
next year; the precise dates for each
rulemaking are uncertain. New
information, changes of circumstances,
or changes in the law, may alter
anticipated timing. In addition, you
should not infer from this agenda a final
determination by the Commission or its
staff regarding the need for, or the
substance of, any rule or regulation.
Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION—PROPOSED RULE STAGE
Regulation
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502 ....................
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Regulation
Identifier No.
Sequence No.
Title
503 ....................
504 ....................
Regulatory Options for Table Saws (Reg Plan Seq No. 219) ........................................................................
Petition for Rulemaking to Eliminate Accessible Cords on Window Covering Products (Reg Plan Seq No.
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Regulation
Identifier No.
Sequence No.
Title
505 ....................
Furniture Tip Overs: Clothing Storage Units (Reg Plan Seq No. 221) ..........................................................
3041–AD65
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION—LONG-TERM ACTIONS
Regulation
Identifier No.
Sequence No.
Title
506 ....................
Recreational Off-Road Vehicles .......................................................................................................................
3041–AC78
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION—COMPLETED ACTIONS
Title
507 ....................
Safety Standard for Magnets ...........................................................................................................................
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
COMMISSION (CPSC)
Proposed Rule Stage
502. Portable Generators [3041–AC36]
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Regulation
Identifier No.
Sequence No.
Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2051
Abstract: In 2006, the Commission
issued an advance notice of proposed
rulemaking (ANPRM) under the
Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA)
concerning portable generators. The
ANPRM discussed regulatory options
that could reduce deaths and injuries
related to portable generators,
particularly those involving carbon
monoxide (CO) poisoning. In fiscal year
2006, staff awarded a contract to
develop a prototype generator engine
with reduced CO in the exhaust. Also,
in fiscal year 2006, staff entered into an
interagency agreement (IAG) with the
National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) to conduct tests with
a generator, in both off-the-shelf and
prototype configurations, operating in
the garage attached to NIST’s test house.
In fiscal year 2009, staff entered into a
second IAG with NIST with the goal of
developing CO emission performance
requirements for a possible proposed
regulation that would be based on
health effects criteria. After additional
staff and contractor work, the
Commission issued a notice of proposed
rulemaking (NPRM) in 2016, proposing
a performance standard that would limit
the CO emission rates from operating
portable generators. In 2018, two
voluntary standards adopted different
CO-mitigation requirements intended to
address the CO poisoning hazard
associated with portable generators.
Staff developed a simulation and
analysis plan to evaluate the
effectiveness of those voluntary
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standards’ requirements. In 2019, the
Commission sought public comments
on staff’s plan. In August 2020, staff
submitted to the Commission a draft
notice of availability of the modified
plan, based on staff’s review and
consideration of the comments, for
evaluating the voluntary standards; the
Commission published the notice of
availability in August 2020. In February
2022, staff delivered a briefing package
to the Commission with the results of
the effectiveness analysis and
information on the availability of
compliant generators in the
marketplace. Staff concluded that the
CO hazard-mitigation requirements of
one standard are more effective than the
other, but conformance to either
standard is low. Staff intends to deliver
an NPRM or supplemental NPRM
rulemaking briefing package on portable
generators to the Commission in fiscal
year 2023.
Timetable:
Action
Date
Staff Sent
ANPRM to
Commission.
Staff Sent Supplemental Material
to Commission.
Commission Decision.
Staff Sent Draft
ANPRM to
Commission.
ANPRM ...............
ANPRM Comment
Period End.
Staff Releases
Research Report for Comment.
NPRM ..................
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Action
NPRM Comment
Period Extended.
Public Hearing for
Oral Comments.
NPRM Comment
Period End.
Staff Sends Notice of Availability to the
Commission.
Commission Decision.
Notice of Availability.
Staff Sends Notice of Availability to Commission.
Commission Decision.
Notice of Availability.
Staff Report on
Effectiveness
Evaluation of
Voluntary
Standards.
Staff Sends
(S)NPRM briefing package to
Commission.
Date
3041–AD82
FR Cite
12/13/16
81 FR 89888
03/08/17
82 FR 8907
04/24/17
06/26/19
07/02/19
07/09/19
84 FR 32729
08/12/20
08/19/20
08/24/20
85 FR 52096
02/16/22
01/00/23
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Janet L. Buyer,
Project Manager, Directorate for
Engineering Sciences, Consumer
Product Safety Commission, National
Product Testing and Evaluation Center,
5 Research Place, Rockville, MD 20850,
Phone: 301 987–2293, Email: jbuyer@
cpsc.gov.
RIN: 3041–AC36
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COMMISSION (CPSC)
Final Rule Stage
503. Regulatory Options for Table Saws
[3041–AC31]
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq.
No. 219 in part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 3041–AC31
504. Petition for Rulemaking To
Eliminate Accessible Cords on Window
Covering Products [3041–AD31]
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq.
No. 220 in part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 3041–AD31
505. Furniture Tip Overs: Clothing
Storage Units [3041–AD65]
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq.
No. 221 in part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 3041–AD65
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
COMMISSION (CPSC)
Action
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Long-Term Actions
506. Recreational Off-Road Vehicles
[3041–AC78]
Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2056; 15
U.S.C. 2058
Abstract: The Commission is
considering whether recreational offroad vehicles (ROVs) present an
unreasonable risk of injury that should
be regulated. Staff conducted testing
and evaluation programs to develop
performance requirements addressing
vehicle stability, vehicle handling, and
occupant protection. In 2014, the
Commission issued a notice of proposed
rulemaking (NPRM) proposing
standards addressing vehicle stability,
vehicle handling, and occupant
protection. Congress directed in fiscal
year 2016, and reaffirmed in subsequent
fiscal year appropriations, that none of
the amounts made available by the
Appropriations Bill may be used to
finalize or implement the proposed
Safety Standard for Recreational OffHighway Vehicles until after the
National Academy of Sciences
completes a study to determine specific
information, as set forth in the
Appropriations Bill. Staff ceased work
on a Final Rule briefing package and
instead engaged the Recreational OffHighway Vehicle Association (ROHVA)
and Outdoor Power Equipment Institute
(OPEI) in the development of voluntary
standards for ROVs. Staff conducted
dynamic and static tests on ROVs,
shared test results with ROHVA and
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OPEI, and participated in the
development of revised voluntary
standards to address staff’s concerns
with vehicle stability, vehicle handling,
and occupant protection. The voluntary
standards for ROVs were revised and
published in 2016 (ANSI/ROHVA 1–
2016 and ANSI/OPEI B71.9–2016). Staff
assessed the new voluntary standard
requirements and prepared a
termination of rulemaking briefing
package that was submitted to the
Commission on November 22, 2016. The
Commission voted not to terminate the
rulemaking associated with ROVs. In
the Fiscal Year 2020 Operating Plan, the
Commission directed staff to prepare a
rulemaking termination briefing
package. Staff submitted a briefing
package to the Commission on
September 16, 2020 that recommended
termination of the rulemaking. On
September 22, 2020, the Commission
voted 2–2 on this matter. A majority was
not reached and no action is being
taken.
Timetable:
Date
Staff Sends
ANPRM Briefing Package to
Commission.
Commission Decision.
ANPRM ...............
ANPRM Comment
Period Extended.
Extended Comment Period
End.
Staff Sends
NPRM Briefing
Package to
Commission.
Staff Sends Supplemental Information on
ROVs to Commission.
Commission Decision.
NPRM Published
in Federal Register.
NPRM Comment
Period Extended.
Extended Comment Period
End.
Staff Sends Briefing Package
Assessing Voluntary Standards to Commission.
Commission Decision Not to Terminate.
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12/22/09
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03/15/10
09/24/14
10/17/14
10/29/14
11/19/14
79 FR 68964
01/23/15
80 FR 3535
04/08/15
11/22/16
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Action
Staff Sends Briefing Package to
Commission.
Commission Decision: Majority
Not Reached,
No Action Will
be Taken.
Next Step Undetermined.
Date
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09/16/20
09/22/20
To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Caroleene Paul,
Project Manager, Directorate for
Engineering Sciences, Consumer
Product Safety Commission, National
Product Testing and Evaluation Center,
5 Research Place, Rockville, MD 20850,
Phone: 301 987–2225, Email: cpaul@
cpsc.gov.
RIN: 3041–AC78
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
COMMISSION (CPSC)
Completed Actions
507. Safety Standard for Magnets
[3041–AD82]
Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 553; 15
U.S.C. 2056; 15 U.S.C. 2058
Abstract: Based on direction in the
Commission’s Fiscal Year 2021
Operating Plan, staff submitted a notice
of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)
briefing package to the Commission on
October 6, 2021, to address the internal
interaction hazard associated with
ingestion of small, powerful magnets.
On December 14, 2021, the Commission
voted to approve publication of the
NPRM. On January 10, 2022, the NPRM
was published in the Federal Register,
seeking comments and initiating
rulemaking under the Consumer
Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2051–
2089). The written comment period on
the NPRM closed on March 28, 2022.
On February 2, 2022, staff submitted to
the Commission a draft notice
announcing the opportunity for
interested parties to make oral
comments on the NPRM. On February 8,
2022, the Commission voted to approve
publication of the oral comment notice.
The oral comment notice was published
in the Federal Register on February 15,
2022, indicating that requests to present
at the oral hearing had to be provided
by February 23, 2022. The Commission
held the hearing on March 2,2022. On
August 17, 2022, staff submitted a final
rule briefing package to the
Commission. On September 7, 2022, the
Commission approved the Final Rule for
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Magnets. On September 21, 2022, the
Final Rule for Magnets was published in
the Federal Register.
Timetable:
Action
Date
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NPRM Briefing
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Commission.
Commission Decision.
NPRM ..................
Staff Sends Oral
Comment Notice to Commission.
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Action
Date
Commission Decision on Oral
Comment Notice.
Oral Comment
Notice Published.
Oral Comment
Hearing.
End of NPRM
Comment Period.
Staff Sends Final
Rule Briefing
Package to
Commission.
Commission Decision.
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Final Rule Published.
87 FR 8442
09/21/22
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Stephen Harsanyi,
Project Manager, Directorate for
Engineering Sciences, Consumer
Product Safety Commission, National
Product Testing and Evaluation Center,
5 Research Place, Rockville, MD 20850,
Phone: 301 987–2209, Email:
sharsanyi@cpsc.gov.
RIN: 3041–AD82
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
16 CFR Ch. II
Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
AGENCY: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Semiannual Regulatory Agenda.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission publishes its semiannual
regulatory flexibility agenda. In addition, this document includes an
agenda of regulations that the Commission expects to develop or review
during the next year. This document meets the requirements of the
Regulatory Flexibility Act and Executive Order 12866.
DATES: The Commission welcomes comments on the agenda and on the
individual agenda entries. Submit comments to the Office of the
Secretary on or before March 24, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Caption comments on the regulatory agenda, ``Regulatory
Flexibility Agenda.'' You can submit comments by email to: [email protected]. You can also submit comments by mail or delivery to the
Office of the Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330
East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814-4408.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information on the agenda,
in general, contact Daniel R. Vice, Office of the General Counsel, U.S.
Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda,
MD 20814-4408, [email protected]. For further information regarding a
particular item on the agenda, contact the person listed in the column
titled, ``Contact,'' for that particular item.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA; 5
U.S.C. 601-612) contains several provisions intended to reduce
unnecessary and disproportionate regulatory requirements on small
businesses, small governmental organizations, and other small entities.
Section 602 of the RFA requires each agency to publish, twice a year, a
regulatory flexibility agenda containing ``a brief description of the
subject area of any rule which the agency expects to propose or
promulgate which is likely to have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities.'' 5 U.S.C. 602. The agency must
provide a summary of the nature of the rule, the objectives and legal
basis for the rule, and an approximate schedule for acting on each rule
for which the agency has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking. In
addition, the regulatory flexibility agenda must contain the name and
telephone number of an agency official who is knowledgeable about the
listed items. Agencies must attempt to provide notice of their agendas
to small entities and solicit their comments either by directly
notifying them, or by including the agenda in publications that small
entities are likely to obtain.
In addition, Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review
(Sep. 30, 1993), requires each agency to publish, twice a year, a
regulatory agenda of regulations under development or review during the
next year. 58 FR 51735 (Oct. 4, 1993). The Executive order states that
agencies may combine this agenda with the regulatory flexibility agenda
required under the RFA. The agenda required by Executive Order 12866
must include all of the regulations the agency expects to develop or
review during the next 12 months, regardless of whether they may have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
This agenda also includes regulatory activities that the Commission
listed in the spring 2022 agenda and completed before publishing this
agenda.
The agenda contains a brief description and summary of each
regulatory activity, including the objectives and legal basis for each;
an approximate schedule of target dates, subject to revision, for
developing or completing each activity; and the name and telephone
number of an agency official who is knowledgeable about items in the
agenda.
The internet is the primary means for disseminating the Unified
Agenda. The complete Unified Agenda will be available online at:
www.reginfo.gov, in a format that allows users to obtain information
from the agenda database.
Because agencies must publish in the Federal Register the
regulatory flexibility agenda required by the RFA (5 U.S.C. 602), the
Commission's printed agenda entries include only:
(1) rules that are in the agency's regulatory flexibility agenda,
in accordance with the RFA, because they are likely to have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities;
and
(2) rules that the agency has identified for periodic review under
section 610 of the RFA.
The entries in the Commission's printed agenda are limited to
fields that contain information that the RFA requires in an agenda.
Additional information on these entries is available in the Unified
Agenda published on the internet.
The agenda reflects the Commission's assessment of the likelihood
that the specified event will occur during the next year; the precise
dates for each rulemaking are uncertain. New information, changes of
circumstances, or changes in the law, may alter anticipated timing. In
addition, you should not infer from this agenda a final determination
by the Commission or its staff regarding the need for, or the substance
of, any rule or regulation.
Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Consumer Product Safety Commission--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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502....................... Portable Generators....... 3041-AC36
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Consumer Product Safety Commission--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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503....................... Regulatory Options for 3041-AC31
Table Saws (Reg Plan Seq
No. 219).
504....................... Petition for Rulemaking to 3041-AD31
Eliminate Accessible
Cords on Window Covering
Products (Reg Plan Seq
No. 220).
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505....................... Furniture Tip Overs: 3041-AD65
Clothing Storage Units
(Reg Plan Seq No. 221).
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References in boldface appear in The Regulatory Plan in part II of this
issue of the Federal Register.
Consumer Product Safety Commission--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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506....................... Recreational Off-Road 3041-AC78
Vehicles.
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Consumer Product Safety Commission--Completed Actions
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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507....................... Safety Standard for 3041-AD82
Magnets.
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION (CPSC)
Proposed Rule Stage
502. Portable Generators [3041-AC36]
Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2051
Abstract: In 2006, the Commission issued an advance notice of
proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) under the Consumer Product Safety Act
(CPSA) concerning portable generators. The ANPRM discussed regulatory
options that could reduce deaths and injuries related to portable
generators, particularly those involving carbon monoxide (CO)
poisoning. In fiscal year 2006, staff awarded a contract to develop a
prototype generator engine with reduced CO in the exhaust. Also, in
fiscal year 2006, staff entered into an interagency agreement (IAG)
with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to
conduct tests with a generator, in both off-the-shelf and prototype
configurations, operating in the garage attached to NIST's test house.
In fiscal year 2009, staff entered into a second IAG with NIST with the
goal of developing CO emission performance requirements for a possible
proposed regulation that would be based on health effects criteria.
After additional staff and contractor work, the Commission issued a
notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in 2016, proposing a performance
standard that would limit the CO emission rates from operating portable
generators. In 2018, two voluntary standards adopted different CO-
mitigation requirements intended to address the CO poisoning hazard
associated with portable generators. Staff developed a simulation and
analysis plan to evaluate the effectiveness of those voluntary
standards' requirements. In 2019, the Commission sought public comments
on staff's plan. In August 2020, staff submitted to the Commission a
draft notice of availability of the modified plan, based on staff's
review and consideration of the comments, for evaluating the voluntary
standards; the Commission published the notice of availability in
August 2020. In February 2022, staff delivered a briefing package to
the Commission with the results of the effectiveness analysis and
information on the availability of compliant generators in the
marketplace. Staff concluded that the CO hazard-mitigation requirements
of one standard are more effective than the other, but conformance to
either standard is low. Staff intends to deliver an NPRM or
supplemental NPRM rulemaking briefing package on portable generators to
the Commission in fiscal year 2023.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Staff Sent ANPRM to Commission...... 07/06/06
Staff Sent Supplemental Material to 10/12/06
Commission.
Commission Decision................. 10/26/06
Staff Sent Draft ANPRM to Commission 11/21/06
ANPRM............................... 12/12/06 71 FR 74472
ANPRM Comment Period End............ 02/12/07
Staff Releases Research Report for 10/10/12
Comment.
NPRM................................ 11/21/16 81 FR 83556
NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 12/13/16 81 FR 89888
Public Hearing for Oral Comments.... 03/08/17 82 FR 8907
NPRM Comment Period End............. 04/24/17
Staff Sends Notice of Availability 06/26/19
to the Commission.
Commission Decision................. 07/02/19
Notice of Availability.............. 07/09/19 84 FR 32729
Staff Sends Notice of Availability 08/12/20
to Commission.
Commission Decision................. 08/19/20
Notice of Availability.............. 08/24/20 85 FR 52096
Staff Report on Effectiveness 02/16/22
Evaluation of Voluntary Standards.
Staff Sends (S)NPRM briefing package 01/00/23
to Commission.
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Janet L. Buyer, Project Manager, Directorate for
Engineering Sciences, Consumer Product Safety Commission, National
Product Testing and Evaluation Center, 5 Research Place, Rockville, MD
20850, Phone: 301 987-2293, Email: [email protected].
RIN: 3041-AC36
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION (CPSC)
Final Rule Stage
503. Regulatory Options for Table Saws [3041-AC31]
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 219 in part II of this
issue of the Federal Register.
RIN: 3041-AC31
504. Petition for Rulemaking To Eliminate Accessible Cords on Window
Covering Products [3041-AD31]
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 220 in part II of this
issue of the Federal Register.
RIN: 3041-AD31
505. Furniture Tip Overs: Clothing Storage Units [3041-AD65]
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 221 in part II of this
issue of the Federal Register.
RIN: 3041-AD65
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION (CPSC)
Long-Term Actions
506. Recreational Off-Road Vehicles [3041-AC78]
Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2056; 15 U.S.C. 2058
Abstract: The Commission is considering whether recreational off-
road vehicles (ROVs) present an unreasonable risk of injury that should
be regulated. Staff conducted testing and evaluation programs to
develop performance requirements addressing vehicle stability, vehicle
handling, and occupant protection. In 2014, the Commission issued a
notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) proposing standards addressing
vehicle stability, vehicle handling, and occupant protection. Congress
directed in fiscal year 2016, and reaffirmed in subsequent fiscal year
appropriations, that none of the amounts made available by the
Appropriations Bill may be used to finalize or implement the proposed
Safety Standard for Recreational Off-Highway Vehicles until after the
National Academy of Sciences completes a study to determine specific
information, as set forth in the Appropriations Bill. Staff ceased work
on a Final Rule briefing package and instead engaged the Recreational
Off-Highway Vehicle Association (ROHVA) and Outdoor Power Equipment
Institute (OPEI) in the development of voluntary standards for ROVs.
Staff conducted dynamic and static tests on ROVs, shared test results
with ROHVA and OPEI, and participated in the development of revised
voluntary standards to address staff's concerns with vehicle stability,
vehicle handling, and occupant protection. The voluntary standards for
ROVs were revised and published in 2016 (ANSI/ROHVA 1-2016 and ANSI/
OPEI B71.9-2016). Staff assessed the new voluntary standard
requirements and prepared a termination of rulemaking briefing package
that was submitted to the Commission on November 22, 2016. The
Commission voted not to terminate the rulemaking associated with ROVs.
In the Fiscal Year 2020 Operating Plan, the Commission directed staff
to prepare a rulemaking termination briefing package. Staff submitted a
briefing package to the Commission on September 16, 2020 that
recommended termination of the rulemaking. On September 22, 2020, the
Commission voted 2-2 on this matter. A majority was not reached and no
action is being taken.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Staff Sends ANPRM Briefing Package 10/07/09
to Commission.
Commission Decision................. 10/21/09
ANPRM............................... 10/28/09 74 FR 55495
ANPRM Comment Period Extended....... 12/22/09 74 FR 67987
Extended Comment Period End......... 03/15/10
Staff Sends NPRM Briefing Package to 09/24/14
Commission.
Staff Sends Supplemental Information 10/17/14
on ROVs to Commission.
Commission Decision................. 10/29/14
NPRM Published in Federal Register.. 11/19/14 79 FR 68964
NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 01/23/15 80 FR 3535
Extended Comment Period End......... 04/08/15
Staff Sends Briefing Package 11/22/16
Assessing Voluntary Standards to
Commission.
Commission Decision Not to Terminate 01/25/17
Staff Sends Briefing Package to 09/16/20
Commission.
Commission Decision: Majority Not 09/22/20
Reached, No Action Will be Taken.
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Next Step Undetermined.............. To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Caroleene Paul, Project Manager, Directorate for
Engineering Sciences, Consumer Product Safety Commission, National
Product Testing and Evaluation Center, 5 Research Place, Rockville, MD
20850, Phone: 301 987-2225, Email: [email protected].
RIN: 3041-AC78
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION (CPSC)
Completed Actions
507. Safety Standard for Magnets [3041-AD82]
Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 553; 15 U.S.C. 2056; 15 U.S.C. 2058
Abstract: Based on direction in the Commission's Fiscal Year 2021
Operating Plan, staff submitted a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)
briefing package to the Commission on October 6, 2021, to address the
internal interaction hazard associated with ingestion of small,
powerful magnets. On December 14, 2021, the Commission voted to approve
publication of the NPRM. On January 10, 2022, the NPRM was published in
the Federal Register, seeking comments and initiating rulemaking under
the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2051-2089). The written
comment period on the NPRM closed on March 28, 2022. On February 2,
2022, staff submitted to the Commission a draft notice announcing the
opportunity for interested parties to make oral comments on the NPRM.
On February 8, 2022, the Commission voted to approve publication of the
oral comment notice. The oral comment notice was published in the
Federal Register on February 15, 2022, indicating that requests to
present at the oral hearing had to be provided by February 23, 2022.
The Commission held the hearing on March 2,2022. On August 17, 2022,
staff submitted a final rule briefing package to the Commission. On
September 7, 2022, the Commission approved the Final Rule for
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Magnets. On September 21, 2022, the Final Rule for Magnets was
published in the Federal Register.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Staff Sends NPRM Briefing Package to 10/06/21
Commission.
Commission Decision................. 12/14/21
NPRM................................ 01/10/22 87 FR 1260
Staff Sends Oral Comment Notice to 02/02/22
Commission.
Commission Decision on Oral Comment 02/08/22
Notice.
Oral Comment Notice Published....... 02/15/22 87 FR 8442
Oral Comment Hearing................ 03/02/22
End of NPRM Comment Period.......... 03/28/22
Staff Sends Final Rule Briefing 08/17/22
Package to Commission.
Commission Decision................. 09/07/22
Final Rule Published................ 09/21/22 87 FR 57756
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Stephen Harsanyi, Project Manager, Directorate for
Engineering Sciences, Consumer Product Safety Commission, National
Product Testing and Evaluation Center, 5 Research Place, Rockville, MD
20850, Phone: 301 987-2209, Email: [email protected].
RIN: 3041-AD82
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