40150 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 130 / Thursday, July 7, 2011 / Unified Agenda 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

16 CFR Ch. II 

Semiannual Regulatory Agenda 

AGENCY: U.S. Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the 

Commission publishes its semiannual 

regulatory flexibility agenda. In 

addition, this document includes an 

agenda of regulatory actions the 

Commission expects to be under 

development or review by the agency 

during the next year. This document 

meets the requirements of the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act and Executive 

Order 12866. 

DATES: The Commission welcomes 

comments on each subject area of the 

agenda, particularly from small 

businesses, small organizations, and 

other small entities. Written comments 

concerning the agenda should be 

received in the Office of the Secretary 

by July 20, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on the regulatory 

flexibility agenda should be captioned 

‘‘Regulatory Flexibility Agenda’’ and be 

e-mailed to cpsc-os@cpsc.gov or filed by 

fax to (301) 504–0127. Comments may 

also be mailed or delivered to the Office 

of the Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, Room 502, 4330 

East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 

20814–4408. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information on the agenda in 

general, contact Mary T. Boyle, Office of 

the General Counsel, U.S. Consumer 

Product Safety Commission, 4330 East 

West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814– 

4408; mboyle@cpsc.gov. For further 

information regarding a particular item 

on the agenda, consult the individual 

listed in the column headed ‘‘Contact’’ 

for that particular item. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) (5 

U.S.C. 601 to 612) contains several 

provisions intended to reduce 

unnecessary and disproportionate 

regulatory requirements on small 

businesses, small governmental 

organizations, and other small entities. 

Section 602 of the RFA (5 U.S.C. 602) 

requires each agency to publish twice 

each year a regulatory flexibility agenda 

containing a brief description of the 

subject area of any rule expected to be 

proposed or promulgated that is likely 

to have a ‘‘significant economic impact’’ 

on a ‘‘substantial number’’ of small 

entities. The agency must also provide 

a summary of the nature of the rule and 

a schedule for acting on each rule for 

which the agency has issued a notice of 

proposed rulemaking. 

The regulatory flexibility agenda is 

also required to contain the name and 

address of the agency official 

knowledgeable about the items listed. 

Further, agencies are required to 

provide notice of their agendas to small 

entities and to solicit their comments by 

direct notification, or by inclusion in 

publications likely to be obtained by 

such entities. 

Additionally, Executive Order 12866 

requires each agency to publish twice 

each year a regulatory agenda of 

regulations under development or 

review during the next year and states 

that such an agenda may be combined 

with the agenda published in 

accordance with the RFA. The 

regulatory flexibility agenda lists the 

regulatory activities expected to be 

under development or review during the 

next 12 months. It includes all such 

activities, whether or not they may have 

a significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

This agenda also includes regulatory 

activities that appeared in the 

September 2010 agenda and have been 

completed by the Commission prior to 

publication of this agenda. 

The agenda contains a brief 

description and summary of each 

regulatory activity, including the 

objectives and legal basis for each; an 

approximate schedule of target dates, 

subject to revision, for the development 

or completion of each activity; and the 

name and telephone number of a 

knowledgeable agency official 

concerning particular items on the 

agenda. All agency contacts have the 

same address: U.S. Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, 4330 East West 

Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814–4408. 

Beginning in fall 2007, the Internet 

became the basic means for 

dissemination of the Unified Agenda. 

The complete Unified Agenda will be 

available online at www.reginfo.gov, in 

a format that offers users a greatly 

enhanced ability to obtain information 

from the Agenda database. 

Because publication in the Federal 

Register is mandated for the regulatory 

flexibility agendas required by the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 

602), the Commission’s printed agenda 

entries include only: 

(1) Rules that are in the Agency’s 

regulatory flexibility agenda, in 

accordance with the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act because they are likely to 

have a significant economic impact on 

a substantial number of small entities; 

and 

(2) Any rules that the Agency has 

identified for periodic review under 

section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility 

Act. 

Printing of these entries is limited to 

fields that contain information required 

by the Regulatory Flexibility Act’s 

agenda requirements. Additional 

information on these entries is available 

in the Unified Agenda published on the 

Internet. 

Dated: February 25, 2011. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION—COMPLETED ACTIONS

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

328 .................... Options To Address Crib Safety Hazards ....................................................................................................... 3041–AC57 

329 .................... Toddler Beds .................................................................................................................................................... 3041–AC82 

330 .................... Bicycle Regulation Amendments ..................................................................................................................... 3041–AC95 


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

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Completed Actions 

328. Options To Address Crib Safety 

Hazards 

Legal Authority: Consumer Product 

Safety Improvement Act, Pub. L. 110– 

314, sec 104(b)(1)(A) 

Abstract: Section 104(b) of the 

Consumer Product Safety Improvement 

Act of 2008 (CPSIA) requires the 

Consumer Product Safety Commission 

(Commission) to promulgate consumer 

product safety standards for durable 

infant or toddler products. These 

standards are to be ‘‘substantially the 

same as’’ applicable voluntary standards 

or more stringent than the voluntary 

standards if the Commission concludes 

that more stringent requirements would 

further reduce the risk of injury 

associated with the product. Full-size 

and non-full-size cribs are among the 

products for which such standards are 

to be issued. Section 104(c) of the 

CPSIA makes it a prohibited act for 

certain entities, including child care 

facilities, family child care homes, and 

places of public accommodation 

affecting commerce, to provide for use 

cribs that do not comply with the crib 

standards. The Commission published 

an advance notice of proposed 

rulemaking (ANPRM) in preparation for 

this rulemaking, which discussed 

options to address hazards that the staff 

had identified. The ANPRM was 

published on November 25, 2008. On 

July 14, 2010, the Commission voted to 

approve publication of a Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the 

Federal Register proposing standards 

for full-size and non-full-size cribs. The 

NPRM was published in the Federal 

Register on July 23, 2010, and the 

comment period closed October 6, 2010. 

On December 15, 2010, the Commission 

voted to approve publication of a final 

rule. The final rule was published in the 

Federal Register on December 28, 2010. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

Staff Sent Draft 

ANPRM to 

Commission.

11/05/08 

Commission Decision on ANPRM.11/14/08 

ANPRM Published in the 

Federal Register.

11/25/08 73 FR 71570 

ANPRM Comment 

Period End.

01/26/09 

Staff Sends Briefing Package to 

Commission.

06/30/10 

Action Date FR Cite 

Commission Decision.07/14/10 

NPRM .................. 07/23/10 75 FR 43308 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

10/06/10 

Staff Sends Briefing Package to 

Commission.

12/01/10 

Commission Decision.12/15/10 

Final Rule ............ 12/28/10 75 FR 81766 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Patricia L. Edwards, 

Project Manager, Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, Directorate for 

Engineering Sciences, 4330 East West 

Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814–4408, 

Phone: 301 504–7577, E-mail: 

pedwards@cpsc.gov. 

RIN: 3041–AC57 

329. Toddler Beds 

Legal Authority: Pub. L. 110–314, sec 

104 

Abstract: Section 104 of the Consumer 

Product Safety Improvement Act of 

2008 (CPSIA) requires the Commission 

to issue consumer product safety 

standards for durable infant or toddler 

products. The Commission is directed to 

assess the effectiveness of applicable 

voluntary standards and, in accordance 

with the Administrative Procedure Act, 

promulgate consumer product safety 

standards that are substantially the same 

as the voluntary standard or more 

stringent than the voluntary standard if 

the Commission determines that more 

stringent standards would further 

reduce the risk of injury associated with 

the product. The CPSIA requires that 

not later than August 14, 2008, the 

Commission begin rulemaking for at 

least two categories of durable infant or 

toddler products and promulgate two 

such standards every six months 

thereafter. On March 17, 2010, the 

Commission voted to approve 

publication of a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPRM) for toddler beds. 

The NPRM published in the Federal 

Register on April 28, 2010, and the 

comment period ended July 12, 2010. 

The proposed standard is based on 

ASTM F 1821–09, Standard Consumer 

Product Safety Specification for Toddler 

Beds, with some changes and additions. 

Staff is preparing a briefing package for 

Commission consideration of the final 

rule. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

Staff Sends Briefing Package to 

Commission.

03/03/10 

Commission Decision.03/17/10 

NPRM .................. 04/28/10 75 FR 22291 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

07/12/10 

Staff Sends Briefing Package to 

Commission.

03/23/11 

Commission Decision.04/13/11 

Final Rule ............ 04/20/11 76 FR 22019 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Celestine T. Kiss, 

Project Manager, Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, Directorate for 

Engineering Sciences, 4330 East West 

Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814, Phone: 

301 504–7739, E-mail: ckiss@cpsc.gov. 

RIN: 3041–AC82 

330. Bicycle Regulation Amendments 

Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1261 and 

1262, Federal Hazardous Substances Act 

Abstract: Section 102 of the Consumer 

Product Safety Improvement Act of 

2008 (CPSIA) requires third party 

testing for certain children’s products. 

Bicycles would be tested in accordance 

with 16 CFR part 1512. On April 1, 

2010, the Bicycle Product Suppliers 

Association (BPSA) petitioned the 

Commission for an extension of the stay 

of enforcement as it relates to 16 CFR 

part 1512, the CPSC safety regulations 

for bicycles. The BPSA contended that 

laboratory capacity was still inadequate. 

It also asserted that 16 CFR part 1512 is 

‘’out of date in many respects,’’ and 

urged the Commission to revise the 

regulation. In a letter dated June 4, 2010, 

the BPSA outlined specific 

requirements in 16 CFR part 1512 that 

are problematic for certification. The 

Commission issued a Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), 

published in the Federal Register on 

November 1, 2010, in which the 

Commission proposed limited changes 

to 16 CFR part 1512 to facilitate the 

requisite testing and certification. 

Following the end of the comment 

period, staff is preparing a briefing 

package for Commission consideration 

of a final rule. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

Staff Sends Briefing Package to 

Commission.

10/13/10 

Commission Decision.10/22/10 

NPRM .................. 11/01/10 75 FR 67043 


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Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

01/18/11 

Staff Sends Briefing Package to 

Commission.

04/25/11 

Commission Decision.05/05/11 

Action Date FR Cite 

Final Rule ............ 05/13/11 76 FR 27882 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Vincent Amodeo, 

Project Manager, Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, Directorate for 

Engineering Sciences, 4330 East West 

Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814, Phone: 

301 504–7570, E-mail: 

vamodeo@cpsc.gov. 

RIN: 3041–AC95 

[FR Doc. 2011–15500 Filed 7–6–11; 8:45 am] 

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