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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

16 CFR Parts 1215, 1217 and 1219 

Revisions to Safety Standards for 

Infant Bath Seats, Toddler Beds, and 

Full-Size Baby Cribs 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

104(b) of the Consumer Product Safety 

Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA), also 

known as the Danny Keysar Child 

Product Safety Notification Act, the U.S. 

Consumer Product Safety Commission 

(Commission or CPSC) has published 

consumer product safety standards for 

numerous durable infant or toddler 

products, including infant bath seats, 

toddler beds, and full-size baby cribs. 

These standards incorporated by 

reference the ASTM voluntary standards 

associated with the products, with some 

modifications. In August 2011, Congress 

enacted Public Law 112–28, which sets 

forth a process for updating standards 

that the Commission has issued under 

the authority of section 104(b) of the 

CPSIA. In accordance with that process, 

the CPSC is publishing this direct final 

rule, revising the CPSC’s standards for 

infant bath seats, toddler beds, and fullsize cribs, to incorporate by reference 

more recent versions of the applicable 

ASTM standards. 

DATES: The rule is effective on March 

24, 2014, unless we receive significant 

adverse comment by January 8, 2014. If 

we receive timely significant adverse 

comments, we will publish notification 

in the Federal Register, withdrawing 

this direct final rule before its effective 

date. The incorporation by reference of 

the publications listed in this rule is 

approved by the Director of the Federal 

Register as of March 24, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CPSC–2013– 

0043, by any of the following methods: 

Submit electronic comments via: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

The Commission is no longer accepting 

comments submitted by electronic mail 

(email), except through 

www.regulations.gov. 

Submit written submissions by: 

Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for 

paper, disk, or CD–ROM submissions), 

preferably in five copies, 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information related to the infant bath 

seat standard, contact: Keysha Walker, 

Office of Compliance and Field 

Operations, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, 

Bethesda, MD 20814–4408; telephone: 

(301) 504–6820; email: kwalker@

cpsc.gov. For information related to the 

toddler bed standard, contact Daniel 

Dunlap, Office of Compliance and Field 

Operations, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, 

Bethesda, MD 20814–4408; telephone: 

(301) 504–7733; email: ddunlap@

cpsc.gov. For information related to the 

full-size crib standard, contact Justin 

Jirgl, Office of Compliance and Field 

Operations, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, 

Bethesda, MD 20814–4408; telephone: 

(301) 504–7814; email: jjirgl@cpsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Background 

The Danny Keysar Child Product 

Safety Notification Act. The Consumer 

Product Safety Improvement Act of 

2008 (CPSIA, Pub. L. 110–314) was 

enacted on August 14, 2008. Section 

104(b) of the CPSIA, also known as the 

Danny Keysar Child Product Safety 

Notification Act, requires the 

Commission to promulgate consumer 

product safety standards for durable 

infant or toddler products. The law 

requires that 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. Under the statute, the term 

‘‘durable infant or toddler product’’ 

explicitly includes infant bath seats, 

toddler beds, and full-size cribs. In 

accordance with section 104(b), the 

Commission has published safety 

standards for these products that 

incorporate by reference the relevant 

ASTM standards, with certain 

modifications that make the voluntary 

standard more stringent. 

Public Law 112–28. On August 12, 

2011, Congress enacted Public Law 112– 

28, amending and revising several 

provisions of the CPSIA, including the 

Danny Keysar Child Product Safety 

Notification Act. The revised provision 

sets forth a process for updating CPSC’s 

durable infant or toddler standards 

when a voluntary standard group 

changes a voluntary standard upon 

which the CPSC standard was based. 

This provision states: 

If an organization revises a standard that 

has been adopted, in whole or in part, as a 

consumer product safety standard under this 

subsection, it shall notify the Commission. 

The revised voluntary standard shall be 

considered to be a consumer product safety 

standard issued by the Commission under 

section 9 of the Consumer Product Safety Act 

(15 U.S.C. 2058), effective 180 days after the 

date on which the organization notifies the 

Commission (or such later date specified by 

the Commission in the Federal Register) 

unless, within 90 days after receiving that 

notice, the Commission notifies the 

organization that it has determined that the 

proposed revision does not improve the 

safety of the consumer product covered by 

the standard and that the Commission is 

retaining the existing consumer product 

safety standard. 

Public Law 112–28, section 3. 

Notification and Review of ASTM 

Revisions. On September 25, 2013, 

ASTM notified CPSC of ASTM’s 

approval and publication of revisions to 

ASTM F1967, Standard Consumer 

Specification for Infant Bath Seats; 

ASTM F1821, Standard Consumer 

Safety Specification for Toddler Beds; 

and ASTM F1169, Standard Consumer 

Safety Specification for Full-Size Baby 

Cribs. In the notification, ASTM stated 

that ASTM has revised these standards 

since the Commission adopted the 

earlier versions of the standards as 

CPSC mandatory standards. 

The Commission has reviewed the 

revisions. Under Public Law 112–28, the 

revised standards shall be considered 

consumer product safety rules, unless 

the Commission determines and notifies 

ASTM that these revisions do not 

improve the safety of these consumer 

products and that the Commission is 

retaining the existing standard. The 

Commission has declined to make such 

a determination and notification to 

ASTM with respect to these revisions. 

Accordingly, we are publishing this 

direct final rule, which revises the 

incorporation by reference included in 

each of these rules so that the Code of 

Federal Regulations will accurately 

reflect the revised version of the 

relevant ASTM standards. 


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B. Revisions to the Particular ASTM 

Standards 

1. Infant Bath Seats 

Background. On June 4, 2010, the 

Commission published a final rule for 

infant bath seats that incorporated by 

reference ASTM F1967–08a, Standard 

Consumer Specification for Infant Bath 

Seats, with certain modifications to 

make the standard more stringent. (75 

FR 31691). On May 16, 2012, ASTM 

notified the CPSC that ASTM had 

approved and published a revised 

version of the bath seat standard, ASTM 

F1967–11a. In accordance with Public 

Law 112–28, the revised standard was 

considered a consumer product safety 

standard issued by the Commission in 

the absence of a notification to ASTM of 

a Commission determination that the 

proposed revision did not improve 

safety. The Commission published a 

final rule incorporating by reference the 

revised bath seat standard, ASTM 

F1967–11a, as the Commission’s 

standard for infant bath seats. 77 FR 

4542 (July 31, 2012). 

Subsequently, ASTM notified us on 

September 25, 2013, that ASTM has 

revised ASTM’s infant bath seat 

standard again; the current ASTM 

standard is ASTM F1967–13. 

There are several differences between 

ASTM F1967–11a, the version that 

CPSC currently mandates as the safety 

standard for bath seats, and the revised 

voluntary standard, ASTM F1967–13. In 

this section of the preamble, we 

summarize those differences. 

Attachment Components. The 2013 

version of the ASTM standard contains 

a new definition and requirement for 

attachment components. The 

requirement specifies that all 

components needed to attach the bath 

seat to the bath tub (attachment 

components) must be permanently 

attached to the bath seat. Staff is aware 

of a bath seat design that provides some 

attachment components that are 

separate from the bath seat. With this 

design, consumers must install the 

attachment components, consisting of 

adhesive discs, on to the bath tub 

surface. If the consumer fails to install 

the adhesive discs or fails to install 

them properly, these bath seats pose a 

tip over hazard. We believe requiring all 

attachment components to be 

permanently attached to the bath seats 

will increase the safety of bath seats. 

Test Surface Preparation. ASTM 

F1967–11a specifies that bath seats be 

tested for stability on two specific test 

surfaces and also provides specific 

directions for preparing the test 

surfaces. Staff is aware of third party 

testing laboratories that interpreted one 

step in the testing preparation directions 

differently than ASTM intended. 

Following this alternate interpretation, 

the testing laboratory provided passing 

test results for some bath seats that 

otherwise would not have passed the 

stability requirement. Therefore, ASTM 

changed this section of the standard to 

specify more clearly test surface 

preparation. We believe this change will 

improve the safety of bath seats because 

the revised provision would prevent 

bath seats that should, in ASTM’s view, 

be deemed non-complying from passing 

the requirement in the future. 

Definition of a Bath Seat/Restraints 

Systems. In 2011, ASTM changed the 

definition of a ‘‘bath seat’’ to specify 

better the type of support that a bath 

seat provides. Before the ASTM F1967– 

11a version, the definition of ‘‘bath 

seat’’ did not specify the type of support 

the product provided. The revised (and 

current) definition states that a bath seat 

provides, at a minimum, support to the 

front and back of a seated infant. Thus, 

a product with only back support is no 

longer considered a bath seat. ASTM 

F1967–13 removes a provision that 

applied to bath seats with only back 

support because the provision is no 

longer relevant, given the current 

definition of ‘‘bath seat’’ as a product 

with front and back support. This 

change thus removes an obsolete 

provision. 

Suction Cup Requirements. ASTM 

clarified two requirements for testing 

bath seats that use suction cups. The 

standard provides two suction cup test 

requirements: One provision evaluates 

the attachment between the suction 

cups and the test surface; the other 

evaluates the attachment of the suction 

cups to the bath seat itself. The first 

difference between the two versions 

clarifies the test requirement to 

emphasize that the bath seat must 

actually attach to the test surfaces as 

part of the test. The second difference 

specifies that this particular test only 

needs to be performed on one of the two 

test surfaces. Both revisions are 

clarifications. 

Markings and Labeling. ASTM made 

two minor changes to labeling 

requirements. One revision changed the 

test for label permanency to the relative 

humidity (RH) to be a range rather than 

a specific RH. Staff considers this a 

practical change that is needed because 

producing an exact RH for the test is 

difficult. The second change to the 

labeling requirements removes the word 

‘‘adult’’ before the term ‘‘caregiver’’ in a 

provision that requires a warning to ‘‘be 

located on the product so that it is 

visible to the [adult] caregiver.’’ 

Assessment. Except for the revisions 

for attachment components and test 

surface preparation, the revisions 

discussed above do not make any 

substantial change to the standard. 

Staff’s opinion is that the new 

requirement for attachment components 

and the change to the test surface 

preparation provision will improve the 

safety of the bath seats. As a result, the 

Commission did not determine or notify 

ASTM that the revised standard does 

not improve the safety of infant seats. 

In accordance with Public Law 112– 

28, the revised ASTM standard for 

infant bath seats therefore becomes the 

new CPSC standard 180 days after the 

date the CPSC received notification of 

the revision from ASTM. This rule 

revises the incorporation by reference at 

16 CFR part 1215, to reference the 

revised ASTM standard, ASTM 

F1967–13. 

2. Toddler Beds 

Background. On April 20, 2011, the 

Commission published a final rule for 

toddler beds that incorporated by 

reference ASTM F1821–09, Standard 

Consumer Safety Specification for 

Toddler Beds, with several 

modifications to make the standard 

more stringent. 76 FR 22019 (correction 

notice, 76 FR 27882 (May 13, 2011)). On 

May 16, 2012, ASTM notified the 

Commission that ASTM had revised 

ASTM’s toddler bed standard and 

published ASTM F1821–11b. The CPSC 

reviewed the revised standard and 

concluded that the revision, ASTM 

F1821–11b, did not improve the safety 

of toddler beds. The revised standard 

contained several provisions for 

guardrail height and guardrail strength 

that were less stringent than the CPSC’s 

existing standard in 16 CFR part 1217. 

The Commission retained ASTM 

F1821–09 as the standard incorporated 

by reference into the CPSC’s mandatory 

standard at 16 CFR part 1217. The staff 

briefing package discussing staff’s 

review of ASTM F1821–11b is posted 

on the Commission’s Web site at: 

http://www.cpsc.gov/Global/Newsroom/

FOIA/CommissionBriefingPackages/

2012/ASTMRevisioinstoSafety

StandardsforDurableInfantToddler

Products.pdf. 

Revised Standard. On September 25, 

2013, ASTM notified the Commission 

that ASTM has revised ASTM F1821 

again and has published a new version, 

ASTM F1821–13. This version contains 

12 significant changes from ASTM 

F1821–09. These changes bring the 

ASTM standard into accord with the 

CPSC’s mandatory standard for toddler 

beds at 16 CFR part 1217. 


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Assessment. Staff has concluded that 

the revised standard, ASTM F1821–13, 

is neutral with respect to safety as 

compared to the prior standard. Staff 

recommends that the Commission allow 

the ASTM revisions to the toddler bed 

standard to become the CPSC-mandated 

standards. 

Nothing in Section 104 obligates the 

Commission to make a determination 

that safety is not improved or to notify 

the applicable standards organization 

accordingly. As a result, where a 

proposed revision to the voluntary 

standard does not impact safety, the 

Commission has the discretion to make 

no determination, which would result 

in the revised voluntary standard 

becoming the applicable consumer 

product safety standard. In the toddler 

bed situation, because the revised 

standard is neutral with respect to 

safety, a determination by the 

Commission under the statute is not 

warranted and the revised voluntary 

standard will therefore become effective 

as a consumer product safety standard 

pursuant to the statute. The revisions 

bring ASTM F1821 into accord with the 

CPSC’s regulation in 16 CFR part 1217. 

In accordance with Public Law 112– 

28, the revised ASTM standard for 

toddler beds becomes the new CPSC 

standard on March 24, 2014, which is 

180 days after the date we received 

notification of the revision from ASTM. 

The rule the Commission issues today 

revises the incorporation by reference at 

16 CFR part 1217 to reference the 

revised ASTM standard, ASTM 

F1821–13. 

3. Full-Size Cribs 

Background. On December 28, 2010, 

the Commission published a final rule 

for full-size cribs that incorporated by 

reference ASTM F1169–10, Standard 

Consumer Safety Specification for FullSize Baby Cribs, along with two 

modifications. On May 16, 2012, ASTM 

notified the CPSC that ASTM had 

published a revised 2011 version of 

ASTM’s standard, ASTM F1169–11. The 

CPSC reviewed the revised standard and 

determined that the revision, ASTM 

F1169–11, was essentially identical to 

the full-size crib standard that the 

Commission mandated at 16 CFR part 

1219. Staff’s briefing package is 

available at http://www.cpsc.gov/

Global/Newsroom/FOIA/Commission

BriefingPackages/2012/ASTMRevisioins

toSafetyStandardsforDurableInfant

ToddlerProducts.pdf. In accordance 

with Pub. L. 112–28, the Commission 

published a final rule that incorporated 

by reference the revised full-size crib 

standard, ASTM F1169–11, as the 

Commission’s standard for full-size 

cribs. 77 FR 4542 (July 31, 2012). As 

noted above, ASTM notified us on 

September 25, 2013, that ASTM again 

has revised ASTM’s full-size crib 

standard; the current ASTM standard is 

ASTM F1169–13. 

Revised Standard. The revised 

standard, ASTM F1169–13, differs from 

ASTM F1169–11 (the current CPSC 

standard) in one aspect that is reflected 

in two sections of the revised standard. 

ASTM F1169–11 requires that before 

and after testing a crib, the crib must 

comply with all general requirements of 

the standard. These general 

requirements address the distance 

between slats. However, the specific 

testing procedure for slats allows for one 

slat to fail during testing if the load at 

failure is at least 60 pounds and an 

additional 25 percent of the slats are 

tested and meet the 80-pound force 

requirement. Thus, a tested crib 

potentially could comply with the 

specific testing procedures for slats even 

if a slat failed during testing, but not 

meet the general slat spacing 

requirements because of the failed slat. 

In that situation, the crib would not 

comply with the requirements in the 

current standard because the crib would 

not meet all of the general requirements 

after the crib had been tested. 

The revised standard, ASTM F1169– 

13, provides an exception for this 

specific situation so that a crib’s failure 

to meet the slat spacing requirement 

under the testing circumstances 

described above would not cause the 

crib to be considered noncompliant. 

Assessment. The revision clarifies the 

intent of the ASTM standard and 

removes an unintended inconsistency. 

The revision does not change the 

substantive requirements of the 

standard. 

As previously noted, the Commission 

is not obligated to make a determination 

that safety is not improved or to notify 

the applicable standards organization 

accordingly. As a result, where a 

proposed revision to the voluntary 

standard does not impact safety, the 

Commission has the discretion to make 

no determination, which would result 

in the revised voluntary standard 

becoming the applicable consumer 

product safety standard. In the crib 

situation, because the revised standard 

is neutral with respect to safety, a 

determination by the Commission under 

the statute is not warranted. The revised 

voluntary standard will therefore 

become effective as a consumer product 

safety standard pursuant to the statute. 

In accordance with Public Law 112– 

28, the revised ASTM standard for fullsize cribs becomes the new CPSC 

standard on March 24, 2014, which is 

180 days after the date the CPSC 

received notification of the revision 

from ASTM. This rule revises the 

incorporation by reference at 16 CFR 

part 1219, to reference the revised 

ASTM standard, ASTM F1169–13. 

C. Direct Final Rule Process 

The Commission is issuing this rule 

as a direct final rule. Although the 

Administrative Procedure Act (APA) 

generally requires notice and comment 

rulemaking, section 553 of the APA 

provides an exception when the agency, 

for good cause, finds that notice and 

public procedure are ‘‘impracticable, 

unnecessary, or contrary to the public 

interest.’’ The Commission concludes 

that in the context of these revisions to 

ASTM standards upon which CPSC’s 

durable infant or toddler product 

standards are based, which 

automatically become consumer 

product standards and which simply 

would be incorporated by reference into 

applicable regulatory provisions, notice 

and comment is not necessary. 

Without Commission action to update 

the incorporation by reference in the 

CPSC’s mandated standards, the 

standard published in the Code of 

Federal Regulations will not reflect the 

revised ASTM standard that will be in 

effect by operation of law under Public 

Law 112–28. For accuracy and to avoid 

misleading the public as to the 

applicable consumer product standard, 

the Commission believes that issuing a 

rule revising the incorporation by 

reference in these circumstances is 

appropriate. In Recommendation 95–4, 

the Administrative Conference of the 

United States (ACUS) endorsed direct 

final rulemaking as an appropriate 

procedure to expedite promulgation of 

rules that are noncontroversial and that 

are not expected to generate significant 

adverse comment. See 60 FR 43108 

(August 18, 1995). Consistent with the 

ACUS recommendation, the 

Commission is publishing this rule as a 

direct final rule because we do not 

expect any significant adverse 

comments. 

Revising the regulatory references to 

the ASTM standards will conform the 

regulation to the substantive change in 

the applicable consumer product 

standard that will occur by operation of 

law under Public Law 112–28. Public 

comment will not impact the 

substantive changes to the standards or 

the effect of the revised standards as 

consumer product safety standards 

under Public Law 112–28. Therefore, 

there is little for the public to comment 

upon. 

Unless we receive a significant 

adverse comment within 30 days, the 


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rule will become effective on March 24, 

2014. In accordance with ACUS’s 

recommendation, the Commission 

considers a significant adverse comment 

to be one where the commenter explains 

why the rule would be inappropriate, 

including an assertion challenging the 

rule’s underlying premise or approach, 

or a claim that the rule would be 

ineffective or unacceptable without 

change. 

Should the Commission receive a 

significant adverse comment, the 

Commission would withdraw this direct 

final rule. Depending on the comments 

and other circumstances, the 

Commission may then incorporate the 

adverse comment into a subsequent 

direct final rule or publish a notice of 

proposed rulemaking, providing an 

opportunity for public comment. 

D. Effective Date 

Under the procedure set forth in 

Public Law 112–28, when a voluntary 

standard organization revises a standard 

upon which a consumer product safety 

standard issued under the Danny Keysar 

Child Product Safety Notification Act 

was based, the revision becomes the 

CPSC standard within 180 days of 

notification to the Commission, unless 

the Commission determines that the 

revision does not improve the safety of 

the product, or the Commission sets a 

later date in the Federal Register. In 

accordance with this provision, this rule 

establishes an effective date that is 180 

days after we received notification from 

ASTM of revisions to these standards. 

As discussed in the preceding section, 

this is a direct final rule. Unless the 

Commission receives a significant 

adverse comment within 30 days, the 

rule will become effective on March 24, 

2014. 

E. Regulatory Flexibility Act 

The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) 

generally requires that agencies review 

proposed and final rules for the rules’ 

potential economic impact on small 

entities, including small businesses, and 

prepare regulatory flexibility analyses. 5 

U.S.C. 603 and 604. The changes to the 

incorporation by reference in the infant 

bath seat, toddler bed, and full-size crib 

standards reflect changes made by 

operation of law under Public Law 112– 

28. Therefore, the rule will not have any 

economic impact on small entities. 

F. Environmental Considerations 

The Commission’s regulations 

provide a categorical exclusion for the 

Commission’s rules from any 

requirement to prepare an 

environmental assessment or an 

environmental impact statement 

because they ‘‘have little or no potential 

for affecting the human environment.’’ 

16 CFR 1021.5(c)(2). This rule falls 

within the categorical exclusion, so no 

environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement is 

required. 

G. Paperwork Reduction Act 

The infant bath seat, toddler bed, and 

full-size crib standards contain 

information-collection requirements 

under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520). No changes 

have been made to those sections of the 

standards. Thus, these revisions will not 

have any effect on the informationcollection requirements related to those 

standards. 

H. Preemption 

Section 26(a) of the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. 

2075(a), provides that where a 

‘‘consumer product safety standard 

under [the Consumer Product Safety Act 

(CPSA)]’’ is in effect and applies to a 

product, no state or political 

subdivision of a state may either 

establish or continue in effect a 

requirement dealing with the same risk 

of injury unless the state requirement is 

identical to the federal standard. Section 

26(c) of the CPSA also provides that 

states or political subdivisions of states 

may apply to the Commission for an 

exemption from this preemption under 

certain circumstances. 

The Danny Keysar Child Product 

Safety Notification Act (at section 

104(b)(1)(B) of the CPSIA) refers to the 

rules to be issued under that section as 

‘‘consumer product safety standards,’’ 

thus, implying that the preemptive 

effect of section 26(a) of the CPSA 

would apply. Therefore, a rule issued 

under section 104 of the CPSIA will 

invoke the preemptive effect of section 

26(a) of the CPSA when it becomes 

effective. 

I. Certification 

Section 14(a) of the CPSA imposes the 

requirement that products subject to a 

consumer product safety rule under the 

CPSA, or to a similar rule, ban, 

standard, or regulation under any other 

act enforced by the Commission, be 

certified as complying with all 

applicable CPSC requirements. 15 

U.S.C. 2063(a). Such certification must 

be based on a test of each product, or 

on a reasonable testing program or, for 

children’s products, on tests on a 

sufficient number of samples by a third 

party conformity assessment body (test 

laboratory) accredited by the 

Commission to test according to the 

applicable requirements. As noted in 

the preceding discussion, standards 

issued under section 104(b)(1)(B) of the 

CPSIA are ‘‘consumer product safety 

standards.’’ Thus, they are subject to the 

testing and certification requirements of 

section 14 of the CPSA. 

Because infant bath seats, toddler 

beds, and full-size cribs are children’s 

products, samples of these products 

must be tested by a third party 

conformity assessment body whose 

accreditation has been accepted by the 

Commission. These products also must 

comply with all other applicable CPSC 

requirements, such as the lead content 

requirements of section 101 of the 

CPSIA, the tracking label requirement in 

section 14(a)(5) of the CPSA, and the 

consumer registration form 

requirements in the Danny Keysar Child 

Product Safety Notification Act. 

J. Notice of Requirements 

In accordance with section 

14(a)(3)(B)(iv) of the CPSIA, the 

Commission has previously published 

NORs for accreditation of third party 

conformity assessment bodies for testing 

infant bath seats (75 FR 31688 (June 4, 

2010)); toddler beds (76 FR 22030 (April 

20, 2011)); and full-size cribs (75 FR 

81789 (December 28, 2010)). The NORs 

provided the criteria and process for our 

acceptance of accreditation of third 

party conformity assessment bodies for 

testing infant bath seats to 16 CFR part 

1215; for testing toddler beds to 16 CFR 

part 1217; and for testing full-size cribs 

to 16 CFR part 1219. These NORs are 

listed in the Commission’s rule, 

‘‘Requirements Pertaining to Third Party 

Conformity Assessment Bodies.’’ 16 

CFR part 1112. 

The revisions discussed above do not 

add any new provisions that would 

require a third party conformity 

assessment body (testing laboratory) to 

conduct additional tests. As discussed 

above, the infant bath seat revision adds 

a requirement that attachment 

components must be permanently 

attached to the bath seat. Although this 

is a new requirement, the revision does 

not involve a new test, only a brief 

evaluation. The revisions to the toddler 

bed standard bring the ASTM standard 

into accord with the CPSC standard. 

Thus, the revised toddler bed standard 

will not change existing test methods. 

The revision to the full-size crib 

standard is a clarification and will not 

change the existing test methods in that 

standard. 

Revising the references for the infant 

bath seat, toddler bed, and full-size crib 

standards will not necessitate any 

change in the way that third party 

conformity assessment bodies test these 

products for compliance to CPSC 

standards. Therefore, the Commission 


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considers the existing accreditations 

that the Commission has accepted for 

testing to these standards also to cover 

testing to the revised standards. The 

existing NORs for these standards 

remain in place, and CPSC-accepted 

third party conformity assessment 

bodies are expected to update the scope 

of the testing laboratories’ accreditation 

to reflect the revised standards in the 

normal course of renewing their 

accreditation. 

List of Subjects in 16 CFR Parts 1215, 

1217, and 1219 

Consumer protection, Incorporation 

by reference, Imports, Infants and 

children, Law enforcement, Safety, 

Toys. 

For the reasons stated above, the 

Commission amends 16 CFR chapter II 

as follows: 

PART 1215—SAFETY STANDARD FOR 

INFANT BATH SEATS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 1215 

is revised to read as follows: 

Authority: Sec. 104, Pub. L. 110–314, 122 

Stat. 3016 (August 14, 2008); Sec. 3, Pub. L. 

112–28, 125 Stat. 273 (August 12, 2011). 

■ 2. Revise § 1215.2 to read as follows: 

§ 1215.2 Requirements for infant bath 

seats. 

Each infant bath seat shall comply 

with all applicable provisions of ASTM 

F1967–13, Standard Consumer Safety 

Specification for Infant Bath Seats, 

approved on August 1, 2013. The 

Director of the Federal Register 

approves the incorporation by reference 

listed in this section in accordance with 

5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. You 

may obtain a copy of these ASTM 

standards from ASTM International, 100 

Barr Harbor Drive, P.O. Box C700, West 

Conshohocken, PA 19428–2959 USA, 

telephone: 610–832–9585; http://

www.astm.org/. You may inspect copies 

at the Office of the Secretary, U.S. 

Consumer Product Safety Commission, 

Room 820, 4330 East West Highway, 

Bethesda, MD 20814, telephone 301– 

504–7923, or at the National Archives 

and Records Administration (NARA). 

For information on the availability of 

this material at NARA, call 202–741– 

6030, or go to: http://www.archives.gov/ 

federal_register/code_of_federal 

regulations/ibr_locations.html. 

PART 1217—SAFETY STANDARD FOR 

TODDLER BEDS 

■ 3. The authority citation for part 1217 

is revised to read as follows: 

Authority: Sec. 104, Pub. L. 110–314, 122 

Stat. 3016 (August 14, 2008); Sec. 3, Pub. L. 

112–28, 125 Stat. 273 (August 12, 2011). 

■ 4. Revise § 1217.2 to read as follows: 

§ 1217.2 Requirements for toddler beds. 

Each toddler bed shall comply with 

all applicable provisions of ASTM 

F1821–13, Standard Consumer Safety 

Specification for Toddler Beds, 

approved on June 1, 2013. The Director 

of the Federal Register approves this 

incorporation by reference in 

accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 

CFR part 51. You may obtain a copy 

from ASTM International, 100 Barr 

Harbor Drive, P.O. Box 0700, West 

Conshohocken, PA 19428; telephone 

610–832–9585; www.astm.org. You may 

inspect a copy at the Office of the 

Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, Room 820, 4330 

East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 

20814, telephone 301–504–7923, or at 

the National Archives and Records 

Administration (NARA). For 

information on the availability of this 

material at NARA, call 202–741–6030, 

or go to: http://www.archives.gov/

federal_register/code_of_federal_

regulations/ibr_locations.html. 

PART 1219—SAFETY STANDARD FOR 

FULL-SIZE BABY CRIBS 

■ 5. The authority citation for part 1215 

is revised to read as follows: 

Authority: Sec. 104, Pub. L. 110–314, 122 

Stat. 3016 (August 14, 2008); Sec. 3, Pub. L. 

112–28, 125 Stat. 273 (August 12, 2011). 

■ 6. Revise § 1219.2 to read as follows: 

§ 1219.2 Requirements for full-size baby 

cribs. 

Each full-size baby crib shall comply 

with all applicable provisions of ASTM 

F1169–13, Standard Consumer Safety 

Specification for Full-Size Baby Cribs, 

approved May 1, 2013. The Director of 

the Federal Register approves this 

incorporation by reference in 

accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 

CFR part 51. You may obtain a copy 

from ASTM International, 100 Barr 

Harbor Drive, P.O. Box 0700, West 

Conshohocken, PA 19428; telephone 

610–832–9585; www.astm.org. You may 

inspect a copy at the Office of the 

Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, Room 820, 4330 

East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 

20814, telephone 301–504–7923, or at 

the National Archives and Records 

Administration (NARA). For 

information on the availability of this 

material at NARA, call 202–741–6030, 

or go to: http://www.archives.gov/

federal_register/code_of_federal_

regulations/ibr_locations.html. 

Dated: December 3, 2013. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

20 CFR Part 404 

[Docket No. SSA–2013–0040] 

RIN 0960–AH62 

Extension of Expiration Date for Mental 

Disorders Body System Listings; 

Correction 

AGENCY: Social Security Administration. 

ACTION: Final rule; correction. 

SUMMARY: In the Federal Register of 

December 3, 2013, we published a final 

rule document extending the expiration 

date of the Mental Disorders body 

system in the Listing of Impairments 

(listings) in our regulations. We 

inadvertently stated the RIN incorrectly 

as 0960–AH49. This document corrects 

the RIN to 0960–AH62. 

DATES: Effective on December 9, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William P. Gibson, Office of Regulations 

and Reports Clearance, Social Security 

Administration, 6401 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235–6401, 

(410) 966–9039. For information on 

eligibility or filing for benefits, call our 

national toll-free number, 1–800–772– 

1213, or TTY 1–800–325–0778, or visit 

our Internet site, Social Security Online, 

at http://www.socialsecurity.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We 

published a final rule document in the 

Federal Register of December 3, 2013, 

(78 FR 72571) extending the expiration 

date of the Mental Disorders body 

system in the Listing of Impairments 

(listings) in our regulations. In this final 

rule, we incorrectly stated the RIN as 

0960–AH49. This correction changes the 

RIN to 0960–AH62. 

In FR Doc. 2013–28836 appearing on 

page 72571 in the Federal Register of 

Tuesday, December 3, 2013, the 

following correction is made: 

On page 72571, in the second column, 

the RIN is corrected to read ‘‘0960– 

AH62’’. 

Paul Kryglik, 

Director, Office of Regulations and Reports 

Clearance. 

[FR Doc. 2013–29264 Filed 12–6–13; 8:45 am] 

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