Consumer Product Safety Commission August 7, 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (``Commission'') is issuing a final rule providing guidance as to what product components or classes of components will be considered to be ``inaccessible.'' Section 101(b)(2)(A) of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (``CPSIA'') provides that the lead limits shall not apply to any component part of a children's product that is not accessible to a child through normal and reasonably foreseeable use and abuse. Section 101(b)(2)(B) of the CPSIA requires the Commission to issue, by August 14, 2009, a rule providing guidance with respect to what product components, or classes of components, will be considered to be inaccessible. This final rule satisfies the Commission's statutory obligation.