Consumer Product Safety Commission June 28, 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Viking Range Corporation, Provisional Acceptance of a Settlement Agreement and Order
Document Number: 2011-16198
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-06-28
Agency: Consumer Product Safety Commission, Agencies and Commissions
It is the policy of the Commission to publish settlements which it provisionally accepts under the Consumer Product Safety Act in the Federal Register in accordance with the terms of 16 CFR 1118.20(e). Published below is a provisionally-accepted Settlement Agreement with Viking Range Corporation, containing a civil penalty of $450,000.00.
Substantial Product Hazard List: Hand-Supported Hair Dryers
Document Number: 2011-15981
Type: Rule
Date: 2011-06-28
Agency: Consumer Product Safety Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (``CPSIA'') authorizes the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (``Commission,'' ``CPSC,'' or ``we'') to specify, by rule, for any consumer product or class of consumer products, characteristics whose existence or absence shall be deemed a substantial product hazard under certain circumstances. We are issuing a final rule to determine that any hand-supported hair dryer without integral immersion protection presents a substantial product hazard.
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