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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 12 months. 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 August 28, 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information on the agenda, in
general, contact David M. DiMatteo,
Office of the General Counsel, U.S.
Consumer Product Safety Commission,
4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD
20814–4408, ddimatteo@cpsc.gov. For
further information regarding a
particular item on the agenda, contact
the person listed in the column titled,
‘‘Contact,’’ for that item.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA; 5
U.S.C. 601–612) contains several
provisions intended to reduce
unnecessary and disproportionate
SUMMARY:
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.
Id. In addition, the regulatory flexibility
agenda must contain the name and
telephone number of an agency official
who is knowledgeable about the listed
items. Id. 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.
Id.
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 fall 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, this
agenda does not represent 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.
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION—PROPOSED RULE STAGE
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260 ....................
Recreational Off-Road Vehicles .......................................................................................................................
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Title
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262 ....................
Petition for Rulemaking to Eliminate Accessible Cords on Window Covering Products ................................
Furniture Tip Overs: Clothing Storage Units ...................................................................................................
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
COMMISSION (CPSC)
Proposed Rule Stage
258. Portable Generators [3041–AC36]
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Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2056; ]15
U.S.C. 2058
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
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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
a supplemental NPRM rule and a Final
Rule 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 ..................
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.
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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: jbuyer@
cpsc.gov.
RIN: 3041–AC36
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COMMISSION (CPSC)
259. Regulatory Options for Table Saws
[3041–AC31]
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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.
Commission Decision.
NPRM ..................
NPRM Comment
Period End.
Staffs Sends
Briefing Package to Commission.
Date
Final Rule Stage
04/24/17
07/09/19
Action
3041–AD31
3041–AD65
84 FR 32729
Legal Authority: 5 U.S.C. 553(e); 15
U.S.C. 2056; 15 U.S.C. 2058
Abstract: In 2006, the Commission
granted a petition asking that the
Commission issue a rule to prescribe
performance standards for an active
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injury mitigation (AIM) system to
reduce or prevent injuries from
contacting the blade of a table saw. The
Commission subsequently issued a
notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)
that would establish a performance
standard requiring table saws to limit
the depth of cut to 3.5 millimeters when
a test probe, acting as a surrogate for a
human body/finger, contacts the table
saw’s spinning blade. Staff has
conducted several studies to provide
information for the rulemaking. Staff
intends to submit a final rule briefing
package to the Commission in fiscal
year 2023.
Timetable:
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Action
Date
Commission Decision to Grant
Petition.
ANPRM ...............
Notice of Extension of Time for
Comments.
Comment Period
End.
Notice to Reopen
Comment Period.
Reopened Comment Period
End.
Staff Sent NPRM
Briefing Package to Commission.
Commission Decision.
NPRM ..................
NPRM Comment
Period End.
Public Hearing .....
Staff Sent 2016
NEISS Table
Saw Type
Study Status
Report to Commission.
Staff Sent 2017
NEISS Table
Saw Special
Study to Commission.
Notice of Availability of 2017
NEISS Table
Saw Special
Study.
Staff Sends a Status Briefing
Package on
Table Saws to
Commission.
Commission Decision.
Staff Sends Final
Rule Briefing
Package to
Commission.
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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: cpaul@
cpsc.gov.
RIN: 3041–AC31
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:
Action
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
COMMISSION (CPSC)
Long-Term Actions
260. Recreational Off-Road Vehicles
[3041–AC78]
Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2056; 15
U.S.C. 2058
Abstract: 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 for recreational off-road
vehicles (ROVs). 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
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
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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.
Staff Sends Briefing Package to
Commission.
Commission Decision: Majority
Not Reached,
No Action Will
be Taken.
Next Step Undetermined.
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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,
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5 Research Place, Rockville, MD 20850,
Phone: 301 987–2225, Email: cpaul@
cpsc.gov.
RIN: 3041–AC78
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
COMMISSION (CPSC)
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Completed Actions
261. Petition for Rulemaking To
Eliminate Accessible Cords on Window
Covering Products [3041–AD31]
Legal Authority: 5 U.S.C. 553(e); 15
U.S.C 2056; 15 U.S.C. 2058; 15 U.S.C.
2064(j)
Abstract: The Commission received a
petition from a group of nine
organizations representing consumer
groups, safety consultants, and legal
counsel. The petition requested that the
Commission initiate proceedings to
promulgate a mandatory standard to
eliminate accessible cords on window
covering products. The petition asserts
that a mandatory rule is necessary
because attempts to develop a voluntary
standard that adequately mitigates the
risk of injury associated with window
covering cords have been unsuccessful.
The Commission voted to accept CPSC
staff’s recommendation to approve the
petition and subsequently issued an
advance notice of proposed rulemaking
(ANPRM) for corded window coverings.
The ANPRM began a rulemaking
proceeding under the Consumer Product
Safety Act (CPSA) to address the risk of
strangulation to young children that is
associated with corded window
covering products. Staff sent two notices
of proposed rulemaking (NPRMs) to the
Commission for consideration in
October 2021. The first NPRM, under
section 15(j) of the CPSA, was to amend
16 CFR part 1120 to add hazardous
operating and inner cords on stock
window coverings, and hazardous inner
cords on custom window coverings, to
the list of substantial product hazards.
The listed cords would be required to
comply with the 2018 voluntary
standard for window covering cords or
else be subject to denial of admission
and/or corrective action. The second
NPRM, under sections 7 and 9 of the
CPSA, proposed that operating cords on
custom window coverings meet the
same requirements as operating cords
on stock window coverings under the
2018 voluntary standard. The
Commission voted in January 2022 to
issue both proposed rules. The comment
period ended on March 23, 2022. On
March 16, 2022, the Commission held a
hearing for the presentation of oral
comments on the rule for operating
cords on custom window coverings. On
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September 28, 2022, staff submitted a
final rule briefing package to the
Commission containing a final rule
under section 15(j) of the CPSA and a
final rule for operating cords on custom
window coverings under sections 7 and
9 of the CPSA. On November 7, 2022,
the Commission voted (4–0) to issue
both final rules. Both rules were
published in the Federal Register on
November 28, 2022.
Timetable:
Action
Date
Petition Docketed
Notice for Comment Published
in Federal Register.
Comment Period
End.
Staff Sends
ANPR Briefing
Package to
Commission.
Commission Decision.
ANPRM Published in the
Federal Register.
Draft FR Notice to
Commission to
Extend ANPR
Comment Period.
FR Notice Announcing Extension of Comment Period.
Comment Period
Closed.
NPRM Briefing
Package to
Commission.
Commission Decision.
NPRM for Stock
Window Coverings.
NPRM for Custom
Window Coverings.
Draft FR Notice to
Commission to
Extend NPRM
Comment Period.
Commission Decision Not To Extend Comment
Period.
Hearing to
Present Oral
Comments on
NPRM re Custom Window
Coverings.
Staff Sends Final
Rule Briefing
Package to
Commission.
Commission Decision.
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Final Rule Published for
Amendment to
16 CFR 1120.
Final Rule Published for 16
CFR 1260.
Date
FR Cite
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87 FR 72873
11/28/22
87 FR 73144
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Rana Balci-Sinha,
Project Manager, Directorate for
Engineering Sciences, Consumer
Product Safety Commission, National
Product Testing and Evaluation Center,
5 Research Place, Rockville, MD 20850,
Phone: 301 987–2584, Email:
rbalcisinha@cpsc.gov.
RIN: 3041–AD31
262. Furniture Tip Overs: Clothing
Storage Units [3041–AD65]
10/08/14
01/16/15
Action
48639
Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2056; 15
U.S.C. 2058; 15 U.S.C. 2076(e)
Abstract: Based on direction in the
Fiscal Year 2016 Operating Plan, staff
submitted a briefing package to the
Commission in September 2016,
addressing furniture tip overs and
focused, specifically, on clothing storage
unit (CSU) tip overs. CPSC is aware of
fatal and nonfatal incidents involving
CSUs tipping over. The majority of
incidents involve children. In November
2017, the Commission issued an
advance notice of proposed rulemaking
(ANPRM), seeking comments and
initiating rulemaking under the
Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C.
2051–2089). In July 2021, staff
submitted a notice of proposed
rulemaking (NPRM) briefing package to
the Commission. On January 19, 2022,
the Commission approved publication
of an NPRM addressing CSU tip overs.
The NPRM was published in the
Federal Register on February 3, 2022.
The written comment period closed on
April 19, 2022. On February 16, 2022,
staff submitted to the Commission a
draft notice announcing the opportunity
for interested parties to make oral
comments on the NPRM. On February
23, 2022, the Commission voted to
approve publication of the oral
comment notice. The oral comment
notice was published in the Federal
Register on March 1, 2022, and the
Commission held the hearing on April
6, 2022. After reviewing comments on
the NPRM, staff submitted a final rule
briefing package to the Commission on
September 28, 2022. On October 19,
2022, the Commission approved
publication of the final rule. The final
rule was published in the Federal
Register on November 25, 2022.
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Timetable:
Action
Action
Date
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Staff Sent Briefing
Package to
Commission.
Staff Sent
ANPRM Briefing Package to
Commission.
Commission Decision on ANPRM.
ANPRM ...............
Comment Period
Extended.
Comment Period
End.
Staff Sent NPRM
Briefing Package to Commission.
Commission Decision on NPRM.
NPRM ..................
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Date
Draft Notice of
Oral Comment
Hearing to
Commission.
Commission Decision on Notice
of Oral Comment Hearing.
Draft FR Notice to
Commission to
Extend NPRM
Comment Period.
Commission Decision Not To Extend Comment
Period.
Notice of Oral
Comment Hearing.
Oral Comment
Hearing.
End of NPRM
Comment Period.
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Action
Staff Sends Final
Rule Briefing
Package to
Commission.
Commission Decision.
Final Rule publishes.
02/23/22
Date
FR Cite
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10/19/22
11/25/22
87 FR 72598
02/23/22
03/01/22
03/01/22
04/06/22
04/19/22
87 FR 11366
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Kristen Talcott,
Project Manager, Directorate for
Engineering Sciences, Consumer
Product Safety Commission, National
Product Testing and Evaluation Center,
5 Research Place, Rockville, MD 20850,
Phone: 301 987–2311, Email: ktalcott@
cpsc.gov.
RIN: 3041–AD65
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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 12 months. 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 August 28, 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 David M. DiMatteo, 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 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. Id. In
addition, the regulatory flexibility agenda must contain the name and
telephone number of an agency official who is knowledgeable about the
listed items. Id. 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. Id.
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 fall 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, this agenda does not represent 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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258....................... 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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259....................... Regulatory Options for 3041-AC31
Table Saws.
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Consumer Product Safety Commission--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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260....................... 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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261....................... Petition for Rulemaking to 3041-AD31
Eliminate Accessible
Cords on Window Covering
Products.
262....................... Furniture Tip Overs: 3041-AD65
Clothing Storage Units.
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION (CPSC)
Proposed Rule Stage
258. Portable Generators [3041-AC36]
Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2056; ]15 U.S.C. 2058
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 a supplemental NPRM
rule and a Final Rule 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 03/08/23 .......................
to Commission.
Commission Decision................. 04/05/23 .......................
NPRM................................ 04/20/23 88 FR 24346
NPRM Comment Period End............. 06/20/23 .......................
Staffs Sends Briefing Package to 09/00/23 .......................
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
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION (CPSC)
Final Rule Stage
259. Regulatory Options for Table Saws [3041-AC31]
Legal Authority: 5 U.S.C. 553(e); 15 U.S.C. 2056; 15 U.S.C. 2058
Abstract: In 2006, the Commission granted a petition asking that
the Commission issue a rule to prescribe performance standards for an
active
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injury mitigation (AIM) system to reduce or prevent injuries from
contacting the blade of a table saw. The Commission subsequently issued
a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would establish a
performance standard requiring table saws to limit the depth of cut to
3.5 millimeters when a test probe, acting as a surrogate for a human
body/finger, contacts the table saw's spinning blade. Staff has
conducted several studies to provide information for the rulemaking.
Staff intends to submit a final rule briefing package to the Commission
in fiscal year 2023.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Commission Decision to Grant 07/11/06 .......................
Petition.
ANPRM............................... 10/11/11 76 FR 62678
Notice of Extension of Time for 12/02/11 76 FR 75504
Comments.
Comment Period End.................. 02/10/12 .......................
Notice to Reopen Comment Period..... 02/15/12 77 FR 8751
Reopened Comment Period End......... 03/16/12 .......................
Staff Sent NPRM Briefing Package to 01/17/17 .......................
Commission.
Commission Decision................. 04/27/17 .......................
NPRM................................ 05/12/17 82 FR 22190
NPRM Comment Period End............. 07/26/17 .......................
Public Hearing...................... 08/09/17 82 FR 31035
Staff Sent 2016 NEISS Table Saw Type 08/15/17 .......................
Study Status Report to Commission.
Staff Sent 2017 NEISS Table Saw 11/13/18 .......................
Special Study to Commission.
Notice of Availability of 2017 NEISS 12/04/18 83 FR 62561
Table Saw Special Study.
Staff Sends a Status Briefing 08/28/19 .......................
Package on Table Saws to Commission.
Commission Decision................. 09/10/19 .......................
Staff Sends Final Rule Briefing 09/00/23 .......................
Package to Commission.
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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-AC31
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION (CPSC)
Long-Term Actions
260. Recreational Off-Road Vehicles [3041-AC78]
Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2056; 15 U.S.C. 2058
Abstract: 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 for
recreational off-road vehicles (ROVs). 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,
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5 Research Place, Rockville, MD 20850, Phone: 301 987-2225, Email:
[email protected].
RIN: 3041-AC78
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION (CPSC)
Completed Actions
261. Petition for Rulemaking To Eliminate Accessible Cords on Window
Covering Products [3041-AD31]
Legal Authority: 5 U.S.C. 553(e); 15 U.S.C 2056; 15 U.S.C. 2058; 15
U.S.C. 2064(j)
Abstract: The Commission received a petition from a group of nine
organizations representing consumer groups, safety consultants, and
legal counsel. The petition requested that the Commission initiate
proceedings to promulgate a mandatory standard to eliminate accessible
cords on window covering products. The petition asserts that a
mandatory rule is necessary because attempts to develop a voluntary
standard that adequately mitigates the risk of injury associated with
window covering cords have been unsuccessful. The Commission voted to
accept CPSC staff's recommendation to approve the petition and
subsequently issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM)
for corded window coverings. The ANPRM began a rulemaking proceeding
under the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA) to address the risk of
strangulation to young children that is associated with corded window
covering products. Staff sent two notices of proposed rulemaking
(NPRMs) to the Commission for consideration in October 2021. The first
NPRM, under section 15(j) of the CPSA, was to amend 16 CFR part 1120 to
add hazardous operating and inner cords on stock window coverings, and
hazardous inner cords on custom window coverings, to the list of
substantial product hazards. The listed cords would be required to
comply with the 2018 voluntary standard for window covering cords or
else be subject to denial of admission and/or corrective action. The
second NPRM, under sections 7 and 9 of the CPSA, proposed that
operating cords on custom window coverings meet the same requirements
as operating cords on stock window coverings under the 2018 voluntary
standard. The Commission voted in January 2022 to issue both proposed
rules. The comment period ended on March 23, 2022. On March 16, 2022,
the Commission held a hearing for the presentation of oral comments on
the rule for operating cords on custom window coverings. On September
28, 2022, staff submitted a final rule briefing package to the
Commission containing a final rule under section 15(j) of the CPSA and
a final rule for operating cords on custom window coverings under
sections 7 and 9 of the CPSA. On November 7, 2022, the Commission voted
(4-0) to issue both final rules. Both rules were published in the
Federal Register on November 28, 2022.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Petition Docketed................... 06/26/13 .......................
Notice for Comment Published in 07/15/13 78 FR 42026
Federal Register.
Comment Period End.................. 09/13/13 .......................
Staff Sends ANPR Briefing Package to 09/30/14 .......................
Commission.
Commission Decision................. 10/08/14 .......................
ANPRM Published in the Federal 01/16/15 80 FR 2327
Register.
Draft FR Notice to Commission to 03/10/15 .......................
Extend ANPR Comment Period.
FR Notice Announcing Extension of 03/23/15 80 FR 15173
Comment Period.
Comment Period Closed............... 06/01/15 .......................
NPRM Briefing Package to Commission. 10/06/21 .......................
Commission Decision................. 12/14/21 .......................
NPRM for Stock Window Coverings..... 01/07/22 87 FR 891
NPRM for Custom Window Coverings.... 01/07/22 87 FR 1014
Draft FR Notice to Commission to 02/23/22 .......................
Extend NPRM Comment Period.
Commission Decision Not To Extend 03/01/22 .......................
Comment Period.
Hearing to Present Oral Comments on 03/16/22 .......................
NPRM re Custom Window Coverings.
Staff Sends Final Rule Briefing 09/28/22 .......................
Package to Commission.
Commission Decision................. 11/07/22 .......................
Final Rule Published for Amendment 11/28/22 87 FR 72873
to 16 CFR 1120.
Final Rule Published for 16 CFR 1260 11/28/22 87 FR 73144
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Rana Balci-Sinha, Project Manager, Directorate for
Engineering Sciences, Consumer Product Safety Commission, National
Product Testing and Evaluation Center, 5 Research Place, Rockville, MD
20850, Phone: 301 987-2584, Email: [email protected].
RIN: 3041-AD31
262. Furniture Tip Overs: Clothing Storage Units [3041-AD65]
Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2056; 15 U.S.C. 2058; 15 U.S.C. 2076(e)
Abstract: Based on direction in the Fiscal Year 2016 Operating
Plan, staff submitted a briefing package to the Commission in September
2016, addressing furniture tip overs and focused, specifically, on
clothing storage unit (CSU) tip overs. CPSC is aware of fatal and
nonfatal incidents involving CSUs tipping over. The majority of
incidents involve children. In November 2017, the Commission issued an
advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM), seeking comments and
initiating rulemaking under the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C.
2051-2089). In July 2021, staff submitted a notice of proposed
rulemaking (NPRM) briefing package to the Commission. On January 19,
2022, the Commission approved publication of an NPRM addressing CSU tip
overs. The NPRM was published in the Federal Register on February 3,
2022. The written comment period closed on April 19, 2022. On February
16, 2022, staff submitted to the Commission a draft notice announcing
the opportunity for interested parties to make oral comments on the
NPRM. On February 23, 2022, the Commission voted to approve publication
of the oral comment notice. The oral comment notice was published in
the Federal Register on March 1, 2022, and the Commission held the
hearing on April 6, 2022. After reviewing comments on the NPRM, staff
submitted a final rule briefing package to the Commission on September
28, 2022. On October 19, 2022, the Commission approved publication of
the final rule. The final rule was published in the Federal Register on
November 25, 2022.
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Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Staff Sent Briefing Package to 09/30/16 .......................
Commission.
Staff Sent ANPRM Briefing Package to 11/15/17 .......................
Commission.
Commission Decision on ANPRM........ 11/21/17 .......................
ANPRM............................... 11/30/17 82 FR 56752
Comment Period Extended............. 01/17/18 83 FR 2382
Comment Period End.................. 04/14/18 .......................
Staff Sent NPRM Briefing Package to 07/14/21 .......................
Commission.
Commission Decision on NPRM......... 01/19/22 .......................
NPRM................................ 02/03/22 87 FR 6246
Draft Notice of Oral Comment Hearing 02/16/22 .......................
to Commission.
Commission Decision on Notice of 02/23/22 .......................
Oral Comment Hearing.
Draft FR Notice to Commission to 02/23/22 .......................
Extend NPRM Comment Period.
Commission Decision Not To Extend 03/01/22 .......................
Comment Period.
Notice of Oral Comment Hearing...... 03/01/22 87 FR 11366
Oral Comment Hearing................ 04/06/22 .......................
End of NPRM Comment Period.......... 04/19/22 .......................
Staff Sends Final Rule Briefing 09/28/22 .......................
Package to Commission.
Commission Decision................. 10/19/22 .......................
Final Rule publishes................ 11/25/22 87 FR 72598
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Kristen Talcott, Project Manager, Directorate for
Engineering Sciences, Consumer Product Safety Commission, National
Product Testing and Evaluation Center, 5 Research Place, Rockville, MD
20850, Phone: 301 987-2311, Email: [email protected].
RIN: 3041-AD65
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