Consumer Product Safety Commission July 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) required the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or the Commission) to publish, as a mandatory consumer product safety standard, the American National Standard for Four-Wheel All-Terrain Vehicles Equipment Configuration, and Performance Requirements developed by the Specialty Vehicle Institute of America (ANSI/SVIA 1- 2007). CPSC published that mandatory consumer product safety standard on November 14, 2008. Since then, the Commission has revised this mandatory standard twice in accordance with the revision procedures set out in the CPSIA. ANSI/SVIA has again revised its standard. In accordance with CPSIA, CPSC proposes to amend the Commission's mandatory ATV standard to reference the 2023 edition of the ANSI/SVIA standard.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) has determined that there is an unreasonable risk of injury and death associated with entrapment and other hazards from adult portable bed rails (APBRs). CPSC has identified 284 fatal incidents related to entrapment by APBRs between January 2003 and December 2021. To address the risk, the Commission is promulgating a rule under the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA) to require that APBRs meet the requirements of the existing voluntary standard for APBRs, with modifications. CPSC estimates that the final rule will provide up to $298 million per year in societal benefits, while the costs associated with the rule's requirements are expected to be approximately $2 million per year.