Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Safety Standard for Toys: Requirements for Toys Containing Button Cell or Coin Cell Batteries; Extension of Comment Period, 79488-79489 [2024-22063]

Download as PDF 79488 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 189 / Monday, September 30, 2024 / Proposed Rules (h) Terminating Action Replacing the drive nuts in accordance with Section B, Paragraphs (1) through (10), in the Description of Accomplishment Instructions of Daher SB 70–118, constitutes terminating action for all of the actions required by paragraphs (g)(1) and (2) of this AD, provided, after that replacement, no LH flap actuator having part number (P/N) 1– 5295–B or RH flap actuator having P/N 2– 5295–B is installed. Where Section B, Paragraph (4) in the Description of Accomplishment Instructions of Daher SB 70–118, specifies to discard an old drive nut, this AD requires removing the old drive nut from service. (i) Alternative Methods of Compliance (AMOCs) The Manager, International Validation Branch, FAA, has the authority to approve AMOCs for this AD, if requested using the procedures found in 14 CFR 39.19. 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(4) You may view this material at the FAA, Airworthiness Products Section, Operational Safety Branch, 901 Locust, Kansas City, MO 64106. For information on the availability of this material at the FAA, call (817) 222–5110. (5) You may view this material at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this material at NARA, visit www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ ibr-locations or email fr.inspection@nara.gov. VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:41 Sep 27, 2024 Jkt 262001 Issued on September 24, 2024. Victor Wicklund, Deputy Director, Compliance & Airworthiness Division, Aircraft Certification Service. [FR Doc. 2024–22209 Filed 9–27–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–13–P CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION 16 CFR Part 1250 [CPSC Docket No. CPSC–2024–0023] Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Safety Standard for Toys: Requirements for Toys Containing Button Cell or Coin Cell Batteries; Extension of Comment Period Consumer Product Safety Commission. ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period. AGENCY: On August 13, 2024, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) published in the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) to address the risks of death and injury associated with children ingesting button cell or coin cell batteries obtained from toys by adding performance and labeling requirements for battery-operated toys containing such batteries. The NPR invited the public to submit written comments during a 60-day comment period ending on October 15, 2024. Due to delay in releasing incident data supporting the NPR, the Commission is extending the comment period for this NPR by 30 days. DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published, August 13, 2024, at 89 FR 65791, is extended. Submit comments by November 14, 2024. SUMMARY: Submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC–2024– 0023, 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. CPSC typically does not accept comments submitted by email, except through www.regulations.gov. CPSC encourages you to submit electronic comments by using the Federal eRulemaking Portal, as described above. Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier/ Confidential Written Submissions: Submit comments by mail, hand delivery, or courier to: Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, ADDRESSES: PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 Bethesda, MD 20814; (301) 504–7479. If you wish to submit confidential business information, trade secret information, or other sensitive or protected information that you do not want to be available to the public, you may submit such comments by mail, hand delivery, or courier, or you may email them to: cpsc-os@cpsc.gov. Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and docket number. CPSC may post all comments without change, including any personal identifiers, contact information, or other personal information provided, to https://www.regulations.gov. Do not submit through this website: Confidential business information, trade secret information, or other sensitive or protected information that you do not want to be available to the public. If you wish to submit such information, please submit it according to the instructions for mail/hand delivery/courier/ confidential written submissions. 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–2024–0023, into the ‘‘Search’’ box, and follow the prompts. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Benjamin Mordecai, Project Manager, Division of Mechanical Engineering, Directorate for Laboratory Sciences, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 5 Research Place, Rockville, MD 20850; Telephone 301–987–2506; email: bmordecai@cpsc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A. Background Pursuant to section 106 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (15 U.S.C. 2056b(a)), the Commission is required to promulgate toy safety standards that are more stringent than the applicable voluntary standard—ASTM F963, Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety—if the Commission determines that more stringent requirements would further reduce the risk of injury associated with the product, as well as to periodically review and revise the rules set forth under section 106 to ensure that such rules provide the highest level of safety for such products that is feasible. 15 U.S.C. 2056b(c) and (d). Accordingly, on August 13, 2024, the Commission published an NPR in the Federal Register proposing to establish a safety standard for toys containing button cell or coin cell batteries by amending the requirements in part 1250 specific to battery compartments for E:\FR\FM\30SEP1.SGM 30SEP1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 189 / Monday, September 30, 2024 / Proposed Rules toys containing button cell or coin cell batteries. The amendments would align the requirements more closely with the Commission’s new rule for consumer products containing button cell or coin batteries, codified at part 1263, and provide the highest level of safety that is feasible (89 FR 65791). In the August 13 notice, the Commission provided a 60-day comment period closing on October 15, 2024. proposal.3 Subsequently, the Commission sought supplemental comments.4 Having considered the comments that it received, the Commission proposes further changes to its rules. The Commission seeks comment on amendments to its rules concerning rate incentives for Market Dominant products. The Commission proposes to revise the criteria that a rate incentive must satisfy to be included in the percentage change in rates calculation. The Commission also proposes to revise the definition of ‘‘rate of general applicability’’ for Market Dominant rate adjustment proceedings. Further, the Commission proposes to modify associated filing and reporting requirements. I. Background In its general Market Dominant rate adjustment filings, the Postal Service routinely proposes to offer rate incentives in the form of promotions that reduce rates by providing discounts, rebates, or credits to participating mailers of certain types of mailpieces. Typically, such promotions are offered for several months during a particular calendar year for certain mailpieces in the First-Class Mail and USPS Marketing Mail classes. If the Commission approves, then the promotion may be offered again, with or without modifications, in the next calendar year. Each rate incentive offered by the Postal Service is either a rate of general applicability or a rate not of general applicability. A rate incentive of general applicability may be eligible for inclusion in the percentage change in rates calculation (provided that it satisfies all the applicable criteria under the Commission’s rules), which will allow for the Postal Service to generate price cap authority for the applicable class of mail. By contrast, a rate incentive not of general applicability has been ineligible for inclusion in the percentage change in rates calculation. The Commission previously adopted regulations concerning rate incentives for Market Dominant products.1 However, in connection with an appeal, the Commission stated that it would reconsider Order No. 5510 and that it ‘‘does not intend to enforce Order No. 5510 during the reconsideration period.’’ 2 In Order No. 6325, the Commission proposed modifying its rules and sought comments on its II. Basis for Proposed Rule Change The Commission proposes to modify its rules by revising the criteria that a rate incentive must satisfy to be included in the percentage change in rates calculation; revising the definition of ‘‘rate of general applicability’’; and revising filing and reporting requirements. First, the Commission proposes to create a mechanism allowing certain rate incentives that are not rates of general applicability to be included in the percentage change in rates calculation. Second, the Commission proposes to remove the currently-notenforced requirement that a rate incentive must be made available to all mailers equally on the same terms and conditions to be included in the percentage change in rates calculation. Third, the Commission proposes to revise the definition of ‘‘rate of general applicability’’ at § 3030.101(j). This revision would clarify a potential ambiguity. The Commission also continues to propose to revise § 3030.101(j) as initially proposed in Order No. 6325 to clarify that to qualify as a rate of general applicability, a rate incentive cannot have eligibility criteria based on historical mail volumes or prior participation in a rate incentive or promotion. Fourth, the Commission proposes to revise filing requirements to ensure that the Postal Service provides sufficient information at the outset of a Market Dominant rate adjustment proceeding. Fifth, the Commission proposes to add a provision authorizing it to require the submission of information to ensure that rate incentives included in the percentage change in rates calculation comply with applicable requirements. The proposed mechanism allowing certain rate incentives that are not rates of general applicability to be included in the percentage change in rates calculation would allow a rate incentive for which a mailer’s eligibility depends on the mailer increasing its volumes of a product (or multiple products) to be included in the percentage change in Comments are due: October 30, 2024. Reply comments are due: November 14, 2024. ADDRESSES: Submit comments electronically via the Commission’s Filing Online system at https:// www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit 1 Docket No. RM2020–5, Order Adopting Final Rules Regarding Rate Incentives for Market Dominant Products, May 15, 2020 (Order No. 5510). 2 Docket No. RM2020–5, Notice of Intent to Reconsider, August 26, 2020, at 2 (Order No. 5655); see U.S. Postal Serv. v. Postal Reg. Comm’n, Joint Motion for Voluntary Dismissal and Vacatur, No. 20–1208 (DC Cir. Sept. 11, 2020). 3 Docket No. RM2020–5, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Amend Rules Regarding Rate Incentives for Market Dominant Products, November 14, 2022 (Order No. 6325). 4 Docket No. RM2020–5, Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Amend Rules Regarding Rate Incentives for Market Dominant Products, November 17, 2023 (Order No. 6801). B. Comment Period Extension Section III.D of the NPR states that CPSC would make available for review and comment, to the extent allowed by applicable law, the underlying incident data associated with the proposed rule. This data was to be made available upon publication of the NPR in the Federal Register on August 13, 2024. However, release of the underlying data was delayed until September 10, 2024. The Commission therefore is extending the comment period by 30 days, until November 14, 2024, so that the public has ample time to review and comment on the data. Alberta E. Mills, Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission. [FR Doc. 2024–22063 Filed 9–27–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6355–01–P POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 39 CFR Part 3030 [Docket No. RM2020–5; Order No. 7559] RIN 3211–AA27 Market Dominant Postal Products Postal Regulatory Commission. Proposed rule. AGENCY: ACTION: SUMMARY: ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with PROPOSALS1 comments electronically should contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section by telephone for advice on filing alternatives. The Rule Summary can be found on the Commission’s Rule Summary Page at https://www.prc.gov/ rule-summary-page. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at 202–789–6820. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 79489 DATES: VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:41 Sep 27, 2024 Jkt 262001 Table of Contents I. Background II. Basis for Proposed Rule Change III. Proposed Rule PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\30SEP1.SGM 30SEP1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 189 (Monday, September 30, 2024)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 79488-79489]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22063]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

16 CFR Part 1250

[CPSC Docket No. CPSC-2024-0023]


Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Safety Standard for Toys: 
Requirements for Toys Containing Button Cell or Coin Cell Batteries; 
Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On August 13, 2024, the Consumer Product Safety Commission 
(CPSC) published in the Federal Register a notice of proposed 
rulemaking (NPR) to address the risks of death and injury associated 
with children ingesting button cell or coin cell batteries obtained 
from toys by adding performance and labeling requirements for battery-
operated toys containing such batteries. The NPR invited the public to 
submit written comments during a 60-day comment period ending on 
October 15, 2024. Due to delay in releasing incident data supporting 
the NPR, the Commission is extending the comment period for this NPR by 
30 days.

DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published, August 13, 
2024, at 89 FR 65791, is extended. Submit comments by November 14, 
2024.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2024-0023, 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. CPSC typically does not accept 
comments submitted by email, except through www.regulations.gov. CPSC 
encourages you to submit electronic comments by using the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal, as described above.
    Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier/Confidential Written Submissions: Submit 
comments by mail, hand delivery, or courier to: Office of the 
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, 
Bethesda, MD 20814; (301) 504-7479. If you wish to submit confidential 
business information, trade secret information, or other sensitive or 
protected information that you do not want to be available to the 
public, you may submit such comments by mail, hand delivery, or 
courier, or you may email them to: [email protected].
    Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and 
docket number. CPSC may post all comments without change, including any 
personal identifiers, contact information, or other personal 
information provided, to https://www.regulations.gov. Do not submit 
through this website: Confidential business information, trade secret 
information, or other sensitive or protected information that you do 
not want to be available to the public. If you wish to submit such 
information, please submit it according to the instructions for mail/
hand delivery/courier/confidential written submissions.
    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-2024-0023, into the ``Search'' box, and follow the 
prompts.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Benjamin Mordecai, Project Manager, 
Division of Mechanical Engineering, Directorate for Laboratory 
Sciences, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 5 Research Place, 
Rockville, MD 20850; Telephone 301-987-2506; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background

    Pursuant to section 106 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement 
Act of 2008 (15 U.S.C. 2056b(a)), the Commission is required to 
promulgate toy safety standards that are more stringent than the 
applicable voluntary standard--ASTM F963, Standard Consumer Safety 
Specification for Toy Safety--if the Commission determines that more 
stringent requirements would further reduce the risk of injury 
associated with the product, as well as to periodically review and 
revise the rules set forth under section 106 to ensure that such rules 
provide the highest level of safety for such products that is feasible. 
15 U.S.C. 2056b(c) and (d).
    Accordingly, on August 13, 2024, the Commission published an NPR in 
the Federal Register proposing to establish a safety standard for toys 
containing button cell or coin cell batteries by amending the 
requirements in part 1250 specific to battery compartments for

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toys containing button cell or coin cell batteries. The amendments 
would align the requirements more closely with the Commission's new 
rule for consumer products containing button cell or coin batteries, 
codified at part 1263, and provide the highest level of safety that is 
feasible (89 FR 65791). In the August 13 notice, the Commission 
provided a 60-day comment period closing on October 15, 2024.

B. Comment Period Extension

    Section III.D of the NPR states that CPSC would make available for 
review and comment, to the extent allowed by applicable law, the 
underlying incident data associated with the proposed rule. This data 
was to be made available upon publication of the NPR in the Federal 
Register on August 13, 2024. However, release of the underlying data 
was delayed until September 10, 2024. The Commission therefore is 
extending the comment period by 30 days, until November 14, 2024, so 
that the public has ample time to review and comment on the data.

Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2024-22063 Filed 9-27-24; 8:45 am]
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