[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 54 (Friday, March 20, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 14879-14880]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06389]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

16 CFR Part 1307

[Docket No. CPSC-2014-0033]


Prohibition of Children's Toys and Child Care Articles Containing 
Specified Phthalates; Notice of Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) 
published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) in the Federal Register 
on December 30, 2014, proposing to prohibit children's toys and child 
care articles containing specified phthalates. The NPR invited

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the public to submit comments; the comment period as set in the NPR 
ends March 16, 2015. The Commission is extending the comment period 
until April 15, 2015.

DATES: Submit comments by April 15, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2014-
0033, by any of the following methods:

Electronic Submissions

    Submit electronic comments in the following way:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments. The Commission does not accept 
comments submitted by electronic mail (email), except through: http://www.regulations.gov. The Commission encourages you to submit electronic 
comments by using the Federal eRulemaking Portal, as described above.

Written Submissions

    Submit written submissions in the following way:
    Mail/Hand delivery/Courier to: Office of the Secretary, Consumer 
Product Safety Commission, Room 820, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, 
MD 20814; telephone (301) 504-7923.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and docket number for this notice. All comments received may be posted 
without change, including any personal identifiers, contact 
information, or other personal information provided, to: http://www.regulations.gov. Do not submit confidential business information, 
trade secret information, or other sensitive or protected information 
electronically. Such information should be submitted in writing.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to: http://www.regulations.gov and insert the 
Docket No. CPSC-2014-0033 into the ``Search'' box and follow the 
prompts.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 30, 2014, the Commission 
published an NPR in the Federal Register proposing to prohibit 
children's toys and child care articles containing specified 
phthalates. (79 FR 78324). The Commission issued the proposed rule 
under the authority of section 108 of the Consumer Product Safety 
Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA). The Commission is extending the 
comment period until April 15, 2015 to allow additional time for public 
comment on the NPR.

Alberta E. Mills,
Acting Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2015-06389 Filed 3-19-15; 8:45 am]
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