Consumer Product Safety Commission October 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) in July 2022 to address debris penetration hazards for recreational off-highway vehicles (ROVs) and utility task/terrain vehicles (UTVs). On October 4, 2024, the Commission published a notice of availability and request for comment (NOA) to announce the availability of, and to seek comments on, details about incident data relevant to the NPR. The NOA invited the public to submit written comments during a 30-day comment period ending on November 4, 2024. In response to a request for an extension of the NOA comment period, the Commission is extending the comment period to December 4, 2024.

Two of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's (Commission or CPSC) mandatory rules, Safety Standard for Non-Full-Size Baby Cribs and Safety Standard for Play Yards, incorporate by reference the same voluntary standard, ASTM F406, Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Non-Full-Size Baby Cribs/Play Yards. The Safety Standard for Non-Full-Size Baby Cribs incorporates the 2022 version of ASTM F406, and the Safety Standard for Play Yards incorporates the 2019 version of ASTM F406. ASTM notified the Commission that it has revised ASTM F406 and published ASTM F406-2024. CPSC seeks comment on whether adopting the revised voluntary standard would improve the safety of non-full-size cribs and/or play yards.

In September 2019, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) published an update to the consumer product safety standard for infant bath seats under the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA). The standard incorporated by reference ASTM F1967-19, Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Infant Bath Seats, the voluntary standard for infant bath seats that was in effect at the time. ASTM has now issued a revised standard, ASTM F1967-24. The CPSIA sets forth a process for updating mandatory standards for durable infant or toddler products that are based on a voluntary standard, when a voluntary standards organization revises the standard. Consistent with the CPSIA update process, this direct final rule updates the mandatory standard to incorporate by reference ASTM's 2024 version of the voluntary standard.

In October 2023, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) published in the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) to address risks of death and injury associated with infant suffocations, falls, and other hazards associated with infant and infant/toddler rockers (rockers). On August 22, 2024, CPSC published a notice of availability and request for comment (NOA) to announce the availability of, and to seek comment on, details about incident data relevant to the NPR. The NOA also sought comment on a standard tessellation language (STL) file for a firmness test fixture proposed in the NPR, and an amended version of the voluntary standard for rockers. The NOA invited the public to submit written comments during a 30-day comment period, beginning on the NOA publication date and ending on September 23, 2024. In response to a request for a 90-day extension of the NOA comment period, the Commission is reopening the comment period. Comments are now due November 7, 2024.