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0.125 inch, before further flight, remove the 

buckle from service and replace it with an 

airworthy buckle, or remove the restraint 

system from service and replace it with an 

airworthy restraint system. 

Note 3 to paragraph (g)(2): SB 25–1111432 

Rev 002 refers to a buckle as both a buckle 

and buckle assembly, interchangeably. 

Buckles with a buckle handle vane thickness 

equal to or less than 0.125 inch are 

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buckle handle vane thickness greater than 

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buckle P/N 1111430 or 1111475 (all dash 

numbers), with a buckle handle vane 

thickness greater than 0.125 inch installed, 

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on or before May 31, 2007, or if the date of 

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been repaired with the installation of an 

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and is marked with a BLUE logo on the 

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Pacific Scientific Service Bulletin SB 25– 

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[FR Doc. 2025–02051 Filed 1–30–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

16 CFR Part 1220 

[Docket No. CPSC–2019–0025] 

Safety Standard for Non-Full-Size Baby 

Cribs 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: In December 2010, the U.S. 

Consumer Product Safety Commission 

(CPSC or Commission) published a 

consumer product safety standard for 

non-full-size baby cribs (NFS cribs) 

pursuant to section 104 of the Consumer 

Product Safety Improvement Act of 

2008 (CPSIA). The Commission’s 

mandatory standard incorporates by 

reference ASTM F406, Standard 

Consumer Safety Specification for NonFull-Size Baby Cribs/Play Yards, with 

modifications that exclude sections of 

ASTM F406 that apply to play yards 

exclusively. 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. On 

August 1, 2024, ASTM approved a 

revised voluntary standard, and this 

direct final rule updates the mandatory 

standard for NFS cribs to incorporate by 

reference the 2024 version of ASTM 

F406. 

DATES: The rule is effective on April 5, 

2025, unless the Commission receives a 

significant adverse comment by March 

3, 2025. If the Commission receives 

such a comment, it will publish a notice 

in the Federal Register, withdrawing 

this direct final rule before its effective 

date. The incorporation by reference of 

the publication listed in this rule is 

approved by the Director of the Federal 

Register as of April 5, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: You can submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CPSC–2019– 

0025, by any of the following methods: 

Electronic Submissions: Submit 

electronic comments to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at: https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

CPSC typically does not accept 

comments submitted by email, except as 

described below. 

Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier/ 

Confidential Written Submissions: CPSC 

encourages you to submit electronic 

comments by using the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal. You may, however, 

submit comments by mail, hand 

delivery, or courier to: Office of the 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, 4330 East West Highway, 

Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone: (301) 

504–7479. If you wish to submit 

confidential business information, trade 

secret information, or other sensitive or 

protected information that you do not 

want to be available to the public, you 

may submit such comments by mail, 

hand delivery, or courier, or you may 

email them to: cpsc-os@cpsc.gov. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and docket 

number. CPSC may post all comments 

without change, including any personal 

identifiers, contact information, or other 

personal information provided, to: 

www.regulations.gov. Do not submit to 

this website: confidential business 

information, trade secret information, or 

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1Section 104(f)(2)(A) of the CPSIA lists NFS cribs 

as a durable infant or toddler product. 15 U.S.C. 

2056a(f)(2)(A). 

2Section 104(c) prohibits the following parties 

from manufacturing, selling, contracting to sell or 

resell, leasing, subletting, offering, providing for 

use, or otherwise placing in the stream of commerce 

a crib that is not in compliance with a standard 

promulgated under section 104(b): anyone (1) that 

manufactures, distributes, or contracts to sell cribs; 

(2) with an occupation that relates to cribs, 

including child care; (3) who contracts to sell/resell, 

lease, sublet, or otherwise place cribs in the stream 

of commerce; or (4) who owns or operates an inn, 

hotel, or other establishment that provides 

temporary lodging. 15 U.S.C. 2056a(c)(2). 

3Commission regulations for play yards are at 16 

CFR part 1221. 

the public. If you wish to submit such 

information, please submit it according 

to the instructions for mail/hand 

delivery/courier/confidential written 

submissions. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to: 

www.regulations.gov, and insert the 

docket number, CPSC–2019–0025, into 

the ‘‘Search’’ box, and follow the 

prompts. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Frederick DeGrano, Project Manager, 

Division of Mechanical and Combustion 

Engineering, U.S. Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, 5 Research Place, 

Rockville, MD 20850; telephone: (301) 

987–2711; email: fdegrano@cpsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Statutory Authority and Background 

A. Statutory Authority 

Section 104(b) of the CPSIA requires 

the Commission to assess the 

effectiveness of voluntary standards for 

durable infant or toddler products 1 and 

adopt mandatory standards for these 

products. 15 U.S.C. 2056a(b)(1). 

Mandatory standards must be 

‘‘substantially the same as’’ voluntary 

standards, or they may be ‘‘more 

stringent’’ than the voluntary standards, 

if the Commission determines that more 

stringent requirements would further 

reduce the risk of injury associated with 

the products. Id. Mandatory standards 

may be based, in whole or in part, on 

a voluntary standard. 

Section 104(b)(4)(B) of the CPSIA 

specifies the process for when a 

voluntary standards organization revises 

a standard the Commission incorporated 

by reference under section 104(b)(1). 15 

U.S.C. 2056a(b)(4)(B). First, the 

voluntary standards organization must 

notify the Commission of the revision. 

Once the Commission receives this 

notification, the Commission may reject 

or accept the revised standard. To reject 

a revised standard, the Commission 

must notify the voluntary standards 

organization within 90 days of receiving 

the notice of revision that the 

Commission has determined that the 

revised standard does not improve the 

safety of the consumer product and that 

CPSC is retaining the existing standard. 

If the Commission does not take this 

action, the revised voluntary standard 

will be considered a consumer product 

safety standard issued under section 9 

of the Consumer Product Safety Act 

(CPSA) (15 U.S.C. 2058), effective 180 

days after the Commission received 

notification of the revision (or a later 

date specified by the Commission in the 

Federal Register). 15 U.S.C. 

2056a(b)(4)(B). 

Additionally, section 104(c) of the 

CPSIA contains special provisions for 

rules regarding cribs, including NFS 

cribs. Sections 104(c)(1) and (2) make 

the standards the Commission adopts 

for cribs under section 104(b) of the 

CPSIA enforceable against a larger class 

of parties than are ordinarily subject to 

section 104 rules.2 15 U.S.C. 

2056a(c)(1), (2). However, Congress later 

limited this expanded application of the 

crib standards. Section 104(c)(3) of the 

CPSIA, added in 2011, limits the 

application of crib rule updates adopted 

through the section 104 process to 

manufacturers or importers of cribs, 

unless the Commission determines that 

application to any other person 

described in section 104(c)(2) is 

‘‘necessary to protect against an 

unreasonable risk to health or safety.’’ 

15 U.S.C. 2056a(c)(3). The Commission 

previously updated the NFS cribs rule 

and did not make this determination in 

those updates. 83 FR 26206 (June 6, 

2018); 84 FR 56684 (Oct. 23, 2019); and 

88 FR 13686 (March 6, 2023). The 

Commission similarly is not making this 

determination for the current revision to 

the NFS cribs rule. Accordingly, as 

specified in CPSIA section 104(c)(3), 

this direct final rule applies to persons 

that manufacture or import cribs, but 

not to the other entities stated in 

sections 104(c)(1) and (c)(2). 

B. Safety Standards for NFS Cribs 

On December 28, 2010, under section 

104 of the CPSIA, the Commission 

published the first NFS crib rule that 

incorporated by reference ASTM F406– 

10a, Standard Consumer Safety 

Specification for Non-Full-Size Cribs/ 

Play Yards, as the mandatory standard, 

with modifications to the standard to 

further reduce the risk of injury and 

exclude sections of ASTM F406–10a 

that apply to play yards exclusively. 75 

FR 81766, at 81780.3

Section 1220.1(c)(1) defines a NFS 

crib as ‘‘a bed that is: (i) Designed to 

provide sleeping accommodations for an 

infant; (ii) Intended for use in or around 

the home, for travel, in a child care 

facility, in a family child care home, in 

a place of public accommodation 

affecting commerce and other purposes; 

(iii) Has an interior length dimension 

either greater than 139.7 cm (55 in.) or 

smaller than 126.3 cm (49 3⁄4 in.), or, an 

interior width dimension either greater 

than 77.7 cm (30 5⁄8 in.) or smaller than 

64.3 cm (25 3⁄8 in.), or both . . . [and] 

(v) Does not include mesh/net/screen 

cribs, nonrigidly constructed baby cribs, 

cradles (both rocker and pendulum 

types), car beds, baby baskets, and 

bassinets (also known as junior cribs).’’ 

16 CFR 1220.1(c)(1). The rule further 

states that NFS cribs include, but are not 

limited to, portable cribs, crib pens, 

specialty cribs, undersize cribs, and 

oversize cribs, as these products are 

defined in the rule. Id. Generally, the 

NFS cribs rule applies to rigid-sided 

cribs, while the play yard rule applies 

to mesh-sided products. 

Since the publication of ASTM F406– 

10a, CPSC has updated the NFS cribs 

rule three times, adopting ASTM F406– 

17 in 2018 (83 FR 26206 (June 6, 2018)), 

ASTM F406–19 in 2019 (84 FR 56684 

(Oct. 23, 2019)), and ASTM F406–23 in 

2023 (88 FR 13686 (March 6, 2023)). In 

all cases, CPSC accepted the revised 

voluntary standard as the mandatory 

standard for NFS cribs and updated the 

incorporation by reference in 16 CFR 

part 1220 to reflect the revised 

voluntary standard. In all cases, CPSC 

also maintained the exceptions listed in 

section 1220.2(b), which lists sections of 

the voluntary standard that solely apply 

to play yards. 

On October 7, 2024, ASTM notified 

the Commission that it had approved 

and published a newly revised version 

of the voluntary standard, ASTM F406– 

24. As explained in section II.A of this 

preamble, ASTM F406–24 contains two 

substantive revisions to the voluntary 

standard that improve the safety of NFS 

cribs. One modification clarifies the 

definitions of ‘‘play yard/non-full-size 

crib dependent accessory’’ and ‘‘full 

accessory.’’ The other revision addresses 

strangulation hazards by revising 

warning labels to expand the scope of 

the warning label requirements to all 

NFS crib accessories and not just those 

intended to be removed when the NFS 

crib is occupied. Part II.B of this 

preamble describes non-substantive 

clarifications in the revised voluntary 

standard. 

On October 25, 2024, the Commission 

published in the Federal Register a 

Notice of Availability, requesting 

comment on whether the revision 

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4On December 17, 2024, the Commission voted 

(5–0) to publish this direct final rule. 

5Reprinted, with permission, from ASTM F406– 

24 Standard Consumer Safety Specification for 

Non-Full-Size Baby Cribs/Play Yards, copyright 

ASTM International. A copy of the complete 

standard may be obtained from www.astm.org. 

and/or play yards. 89 FR 85077. CPSC 

received one anonymous comment 

addressing safety in both NFS cribs and 

play yards, which is discussed below. 

Pursuant to CPSIA section 104, the 

revised voluntary standard will take 

effect as the new mandatory standard 

for NFS cribs on April 5, 2025, unless 

the Commission specifies a later date in 

the Federal Register or notifies ASTM 

by January 5, 2025, that it has 

determined the revision does not 

improve the safety of NFS baby cribs. 15 

U.S.C. 2056a(b)(4)(B). Based on staff’s 

evaluation of ASTM F406–24 and 

consideration of the comment received, 

the Commission will allow ASTM 

F406–24 to become the new consumer 

product safety standard for NFS cribs 

because it improves safety. ASTM 

F406–24 will become the mandatory 

consumer product safety standard for 

NFS cribs on April 5, 2025. 15 U.S.C. 

2056a(b)(4)(B). This direct final rule 

updates 16 CFR part 1220 to incorporate 

by reference the applicable provisions of 

the revised voluntary standard, ASTM 

F406–24, with modifications that 

maintain the exclusion of requirements 

that apply solely to play yards.4

II. Description of ASTM F406–24 

Related to NFS Cribs 

The ASTM standard for NFS cribs 

includes performance requirements, test 

methods, and requirements for marking, 

labeling, and instructional literature, to 

address hazards associated with NFS 

cribs. The 2024 revision to the voluntary 

standard, ASTM F406, includes 

substantive and non-substantive 

revisions, as described in sections II.A 

and B. 

A. Substantive Changes in ASTM F406– 

24 

1. NFS Crib Accessories Definitions 

ASTM F406–24 revises the definitions 

for ‘‘play yard/non-full-size crib 

dependent accessory’’ and for ‘‘full 

accessory’’ to improve clarity of the 

classification of certain types of 

accessories and the performance 

requirements to which they are subject. 

Section 3.1.24 defines a ‘‘play yard/nonfull-size crib dependent accessory’’ as 

being a component such as a bassinet or 

changing table that attaches to the NFS 

crib, but the revision now clarifies that 

a dependent accessory ‘‘can be used 

with or without a full accessory, and 

does not fully cover the top opening of 

the play yard/non-full size crib’’. The 

prior definition did not confirm the 

accessory’s relation to a full accessory or 

that this accessory does not fully cover 

the top of a NFS crib. Further, the 

revised definition plainly states that 

such accessories expose occupants ‘‘to 

gaps or openings that may create an 

entrapment hazard.’’ The revised 

discussion language in section 3.1.24.2 

again confirms that this accessory ‘‘does 

not fully cover the top opening of the 

play yard/non-full-size crib.’’ Figure 1 

below provides an example of a 

changing table accessory that attaches to 

the top frame of the play yard/non-fullsize crib and is therefore classified as a 

play yard/non-full-size crib dependent 

accessory. 


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Figure 1. Play Yard/Non-Full-Size Crib Dependent Accessory5 
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6Reprinted, with permission, from ASTM F406– 

24 Standard Consumer Safety Specification for 

Non-Full-Size Baby Cribs/Play Yards, copyright 

ASTM International. A copy of the complete 

standard may be obtained from www.astm.org. 

7Reprinted, with permission, from ASTM F406– 

24 Standard Consumer Safety Specification for 

Non-Full-Size Baby Cribs/Play Yards, copyright 

ASTM International. A copy of the complete 

standard may be obtained from www.astm.org. 

Section 3.1.11 defines a ‘‘full 

accessory’’ as any accessory that fully 

covers the top opening of a NFS crib 

without gaps or openings ‘‘that would 

expose the occupant to an entrapment 

hazard.’’ ASTM F406–24 adds section 

3.1.11.3 to clarify that play yards that 

can convert to other products are not 

considered full accessories. The 

converted products (i.e., products that 

convert from NFS cribs to another 

product, such as a bassinet) are subject 

to requirements or regulations that 

apply to the converted-to-product’s 

product category, such as the 

requirements for bassinets, and no 

longer to the requirements for NFS 

cribs. These revisions work to clarify the 

definitions of NFS crib accessories and 

which category of product an item may 

fall under. This change does not exclude 

full accessories that are attached to NFS 

cribs and that have not yet been, but can 

be converted, into other products. 

Figure 2 below shows an example of a 

changing table that can only be attached 

to the full bassinet accessory, and 

therefore, it is also considered a full 

accessory unlike the changing table in 

Figure 1 which only attaches directly to 

the play yard/non-full-size crib. The 

Commission considers these changes to 

the accessories definitions as a neutral 

impact on safety. 

2. Strangulation Warning Labels 

NFS cribs with attaching accessories 

present a risk of strangulation in 

openings between attached accessories 

and the NFS crib’s frame. To reduce this 

hazard, ASTM F406–24 specifies 

requirements for warning labels, as 

defined in section 9.6.3 of ASTM F406– 

24. The previous requirement stated that 

the manufacturer should add a general 

description of the hazard relevant to the 

product, including the nonspecific 

phrase, ‘‘[s]tatement describing the 

hazard.’’ ASTM F406–24 revises the 

warning label requirement by explicitly 

specifying that there is a strangulation 

hazard, which is more compelling and 

vivid in describing the hazard and how 

to avoid it. ASTM F406–24 requires that 

the warning shall state, 

‘‘STRANGULATION HAZARD Children 

have STRANGLED when their necks 

became trapped . . . .’’ 

Further, ASTM F406–24 expands the 

scope of products to which these 

warning labels apply, to now include all 

accessories, not just accessories that are 

intended to be removed from the NFS 

crib when it is occupied as previously 

required. As revised, the warning labels 

now apply to ‘‘each play yard/non-full 

size crib dependent accessory and full 

accessory.’’ Therefore, the revision 

applies to all full accessories and play 

yard/NFS crib dependent accessories 

rather than only play yard/NFS crib 

dependent accessories. The Commission 

determines that any accessory attached 

to the top or within the occupant area, 

regardless of the type of accessory, 

presents a strangulation hazard when a 

child is in the occupant area. Therefore, 

this change in ASTM F406–24 is an 

improvement in safety. Figure 3 

provides an example of the new 

strangulation hazard warning label 

language requirements: 


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Figure 2. Play Yard/Non-Full-Size Crib Full Accessory6 

STRANGULATION HAZARD 

Children have STRANGLEO wtten their necb became tllpped between accessorieS and play yard framet. 

• Remove the accessary anytime the chld Is In the play yard. 

Figure 3. Strangulation Hazard Warning Label7 
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B. Non-Substantive Changes in ASTM 

F406–24 

ASTM F406–24 incorporates 

numerous other marking, labeling, and 

instructional literature requirements per 

the recommendations from ASTM’s Ad 

Hoc Language Task Group and 

additional changes to provide clearer 

and more complete warnings and 

instructions. ASTM juvenile products 

standards have begun adopting ‘‘Ad 

Hoc’’ recommendations since 2016, to 

increase the consistency of on-product 

warning design among juvenile 

products, and to address numerous 

warning format issues related to 

capturing consumer attention, 

improving readability, and increasing 

hazard perception and avoidance 

behavior. The Ad Hoc recommendations 

have been improved incrementally over 

the years following publication of 

ASTM F406–19, warranting 

corresponding improvements to the 

standard, which are addressed in ASTM 

F406–24. 

Additional clarifications and minor 

changes have been made to the marking, 

labeling, and instructional literature 

sections to provide clearer and more 

complete safety messaging for the 

subject products. For example, ASTM 

F406–24 includes in Figures A1.50 to 

A1.52 example warning labels to assist 

manufacturers in creating warning 

labels consistent with the requirements, 

and to assist test labs to verify the labels 

meet the requirements. In contrast, 

ASTM F406–19 does not provide 

example warning labels. This omission 

reduces consistency between products 

and makes it more difficult for 

manufacturers to create labels that meet 

the requirements, and for test labs to 

verify that the labels meet the 

requirements. 

C. Revision to 16 CFR 1220.2(b)(2) 

As a result of revisions in ASTM 

F406–24, this direct final rule revises 16 

CFR 1220.2(b)(2) from ‘‘Do not comply 

with sections 5.16.2 through 5.16.2.2 of 

ASTM F406–22’’ to ‘‘Do not comply 

with section 5.16.2 of ASTM F406–24.’’ 

Sections 5.16.2.1 through 5.16.2.2 were 

removed in F406–24 and, therefore, 

only section 5.16.2 must be excluded 

from this rule, as section 5.16.2 solely 

applies to play yards and not NFS cribs, 

while the additional sections were 

already removed from the 2024 version. 

Therefore, the Commission is revising 

the section number to reflect the 

exclusion of the play yard requirement. 

D. Public Comments 

The Commission requested public 

comment on how the revisions to ASTM 

F406–24 affect the safety of NFS cribs 

and received one anonymous comment. 

The commenter first asserts that 

Entrapment in Accessories requirements 

in section 5.15 of ASTM F406–24 do not 

address the entrapment hazard present 

for all openings between accessories or 

accessories and the NFS crib. However, 

section 8.26 of ASTM F406–24 confirms 

that the entrapment hazard evaluation 

and testing do apply to all openings. 

Second, the comment notes that the test 

procedures in section 8.26 that are 

intended to evaluate free passage of a 

small head probe through an exposed 

opening fails to require a duration of 

time for how long a test force should be 

applied. The Commission directs staff to 

work with the ASTM subcommittee to 

address this concern. 

Third, the commenter asserts that it is 

unclear why full accessories would 

apply to section 5.15 Entrapment in 

Accessories requirements when there is 

an occupant access door. As stated in 

ASTM F406–24, section 5.15 applies to 

full accessories if the NFS crib has ‘‘an 

occupant access door in the walls of the 

crib.’’ This may provide access from 

outside of the NFS crib into the 

occupant area underneath the full 

accessory, thereby exposing a child to 

an entrapment hazard in openings 

underneath the full accessory. If there is 

no occupant access door in the NFS crib 

walls, there is no such hazard and as a 

result, full accessories that attach to the 

NFS crib are not subject to section 5.15. 

Finally, the commenter asserts that the 

section 5.15 requirements are 

contradictory regarding which 

requirements apply to a dependent 

accessory or to a full accessory, claiming 

that the different testing requirements 

for each type of accessory are unclear. 

ASTM F406–24 clarifies the difference 

between the two types of accessories 

and the testing requirements that apply 

to each. Manufacturers will be directed 

to conduct different entrapment testing 

depending on the type of accessory at 

issue, and these requirements will not 

contradict once the accessory is 

properly classified as a full or 

dependent accessory. Section 3.1.24 

specifies that play yard/non-full-size 

dependent accessories ‘‘can be used 

with or without a full accessory.’’ 

Therefore, if an accessory has the means 

to mechanically attach either to a full 

accessory or to the play yard, it is 

classified as a play yard dependent 

accessory, and therefore subject to the 

entrapment requirements. 

E. Assessment of ASTM F406–24 

Under CPSIA section 104(b)(4)(B), 

unless the Commission determines that 

ASTM’s revision to a voluntary standard 

that is referenced in a mandatory 

standard ‘‘does not improve the safety of 

the consumer product covered by the 

standard,’’ the revised voluntary 

standard becomes the new mandatory 

standard. The Commission concludes 

that the substantive changes in ASTM 

F406–24 related to NFS cribs improve 

the safety of NFS cribs. The revised 

requirements of warning labels to 

address strangulation hazards now 

expand the scope to which these 

warnings apply, mandating that all NFS 

crib accessories must have compliant 

warning labels. 

III. Incorporation by Reference 

Section 1220.2(a) of the direct final 

rule incorporates by reference ASTM 

F406–24. The Office of the Federal 

Register (OFR) has regulations regarding 

incorporation by reference. 1 CFR part 

51. Under these regulations, agencies 

must discuss, in the preamble to a final 

rule, ways in which the material the 

agency incorporates by reference is 

reasonably available to interested 

parties, and how interested parties can 

obtain the material. In addition, the 

preamble to the final rule must 

summarize the material. 1 CFR 51.5(b). 

In accordance with the OFR 

regulations, section II of this preamble 

summarizes the revised provisions of 

ASTM F406–24 that the Commission 

incorporates by reference into 16 CFR 

part 1220. The standard is reasonably 

available to interested parties in several 

ways. Until the direct final rule takes 

effect, a read-only copy of ASTM F406– 

24 is available for viewing on ASTM’s 

website at: www.astm.org/CPSC.htm. 

Once the rule takes effect, a read-only 

copy of the standard will be available 

for viewing on the ASTM website at: 

www.astm.org/READINGLIBRARY. 

Additionally, interested parties can 

purchase a copy of ASTM F406–24 from 

ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor 

Drive, P.O. Box C700, West 

Conshohocken, PA 19428–2959 USA; 

phone: 610–832–9585; www.astm.org. 

Finally, interested parties can schedule 

an appointment to inspect a copy of the 

standard at CPSC’s Office of the 

Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, 4330 East West 

Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814, 

telephone: 301–504–7479; email: cpscos@cpsc.gov. 

IV. Testing and Certification 

Section 14(a) of the CPSA (15 U.S.C. 

2051–2089) requires manufacturers, 

including importers, of products subject 

to a consumer product safety rule under 

the CPSA, or to a similar rule, ban, 

standard, or regulation under any other 

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8 15 U.S.C. 1278a. 

9 15 U.S.C. 2057c. 

10 15 U.S.C. 2063(a)(5). 

11 15 U.S.C. 2056a(d). 

certify that the products comply 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 of a 

sufficient number of samples by a third 

party conformity assessment body 

accredited by CPSC to test according to 

the applicable requirements. As noted, 

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. 

Additionally, because NFS cribs are 

children’s products, a CPSC-accepted 

third party conformity assessment body 

must test samples of the products for 

compliance with 16 CFR part 1220. 

Products subject to part 1220 also must 

be compliant with all other applicable 

CPSC requirements, such as the lead 

content requirements in section 101 of 

the CPSIA,8 the phthalates prohibitions 

in section 108 of the CPSIA.9 10 11 In 

accordance with section 14(a)(3)(B)(iv) 

of the CPSIA, the Commission 

previously published a notice of 

requirements (NOR) for accreditation of 

third party conformity assessment 

bodies (third party laboratories) for 

testing NFS cribs, and codified the 

requirement at 16 CFR 1112.15(b)(6). 

The modifications to warning labels 

and accessory definitions for NFS cribs 

in ASTM F406–24 do not establish new 

testing requirements. Accordingly, the 

revisions do not require that laboratories 

obtain additional test equipment or new 

training. The Commission considers 

third party labs that are currently CPSCaccepted for 16 CFR part 1220 to have 

demonstrated competence to test NFS 

cribs to ASTM F406–24, as incorporated 

into part 1220. Accordingly, the existing 

accreditations that the Commission has 

accepted for testing to this standard will 

cover testing to the 2024 standard. The 

existing NOR for the Safety Standard for 

Non-Full-Size Baby Cribs will remain in 

place, and CPSC-accepted third party 

labs are expected to update the scope of 

their accreditations to reflect the revised 

NFS cribs standard in the normal course 

of renewing their accreditations. 

V. Direct Final Rule Process 

The Commission is issuing this rule 

as a direct final rule. Although the 

Administrative Procedure Act (APA; 5 

U.S.C. 551–559) generally requires 

agencies to provide notice of a rule and 

an opportunity for interested parties to 

comment on it, section 553 of the APA 

provides an exception when the agency 

‘‘for good cause finds’’ that notice and 

comment are ‘‘impracticable, 

unnecessary, or contrary to the public 

interest.’’ Id. 553(b)(B). 

The purpose of this direct final rule 

is to update the reference in the Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) so that it 

reflects the version of the standard that 

takes effect by statute. This rule updates 

the reference in the CFR, but under the 

terms of the CPSIA ASTM F406–24 

takes effect as the new CPSC standard 

for NFS cribs even if the Commission 

does not issue this rule. Thus, public 

comments would not lead to substantive 

changes to the standard or to the effect 

of the revised standard as a consumer 

product safety rule under section 104(b) 

of the CPSIA. Under these 

circumstances, notice and comment are 

unnecessary. 

In Recommendation 95–4, the 

Administrative Conference of the 

United States (ACUS) endorses direct 

final rulemaking as an appropriate 

procedure to expedite rules that are 

noncontroversial and that are not 

expected to generate significant adverse 

comments. See 60 FR 43108 (Aug. 18, 

1995). ACUS recommends that agencies 

use the direct final rule process when 

they act under the ‘‘unnecessary’’ prong 

of the good cause exemption in 5 U.S.C. 

553(b)(B). Consistent with the ACUS 

recommendation, the Commission is 

publishing this rule as a direct final 

rule, because CPSC does not expect any 

significant adverse comments. 

Unless CPSC receives a significant 

adverse comment within 30 days of this 

notification, the rule will become 

effective on April 5, 2025. 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.’’ 60 FR 

43108, 43111. As noted, this rule 

updates a reference in the CFR to reflect 

a change that occurs by statute. 

If the Commission receives a 

significant adverse comment, the 

Commission will withdraw this direct 

final rule. Depending on the comment 

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. 

VI. Regulatory Flexibility Act 

The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA; 

5 U.S.C. 601–612) generally requires 

agencies to review proposed and final 

rules for their potential economic 

impact on small entities, including 

small businesses, and prepare regulatory 

flexibility analyses. 5 U.S.C. 603, 604. 

The RFA applies to any rule that is 

subject to notice and comment 

procedures under section 553 of the 

APA. Id. As discussed in section V of 

this preamble regarding the Direct Final 

Rule Process, the Commission has 

determined that notice and the 

opportunity to comment are 

unnecessary for this rule. Therefore, the 

RFA does not apply. The Commission 

also notes the limited nature of this 

document, which updates the 

incorporation by reference to reflect the 

mandatory CPSC standard that takes 

effect under section 104 of the CPSIA. 

VII. Paperwork Reduction Act 

The current mandatory standard for 

NFS cribs includes requirements for 

marking, labeling, and instructional 

literature that constitute a ‘‘collection of 

information,’’ as defined in the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA; 44 

U.S.C. 3501–3521). The revised 

mandatory standard for NFS cribs does 

not alter these requirements. The 

Commission took the steps required by 

the PRA for information collections 

when it adopted 16 CFR part 1220, 

including obtaining approval and a 

control number. Because the 

information collection is unchanged, the 

revision does not affect the information 

collection requirements or approval 

related to the standard. 

VIII. Environmental Considerations 

The Commission’s regulations 

provide for a categorical exclusion from 

any requirement to prepare an 

environmental assessment or an 

environmental impact statement where 

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. 

IX. Preemption 

Section 26(a) of the CPSA provides 

that where a consumer product safety 

standard 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. 15 

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CPSA also provides that states or 

political subdivisions of states may 

apply to CPSC for an exemption from 

this preemption under certain 

circumstances. Section 104(b) of the 

CPSIA deems rules issued under that 

provision ‘‘consumer product safety 

standards.’’ Therefore, once a rule 

issued under section 104 of the CPSIA 

takes effect, it will preempt in 

accordance with section 26(a) of the 

CPSA. 

X. Effective Date 

Under the procedure set forth in 

section 104(b)(4)(B) of the CPSIA, when 

a voluntary standards organization 

revises a standard that the Commission 

adopted as a mandatory standard, the 

revision becomes the CPSC standard 

180 days after 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. 15 U.S.C. 

2056a(b)(4)(B). The Commission is 

taking neither of those actions with 

respect to the revised standard for NFS 

cribs. Therefore, ASTM F406–24 

automatically will take effect as the new 

mandatory standard for NFS cribs on 

April 5, 2025, 180 days after the 

Commission received notice of the 

revision. As a direct final rule, unless 

the Commission receives a significant 

adverse comment within 30 days of this 

notice, the rule will become effective on 

April 5, 2025. 

XI. Congressional Review Act 

The Congressional Review Act (CRA; 

5 U.S.C. 801–808) states that before a 

rule may take effect, the agency issuing 

the rule must submit the rule, and 

certain related information, to each 

House of Congress and the Comptroller 

General. 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1). The CRA 

submission must indicate whether the 

rule is a ‘‘major rule.’’ The CRA states 

that the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) determines 

whether a rule qualifies as a ‘‘major 

rule.’’ 

Pursuant to the CRA, OIRA has 

determined that this rule does not 

qualify as a ‘‘major rule,’’ as defined in 

5 U.S.C. 804(2). To comply with the 

CRA, CPSC will submit the required 

information to each House of Congress 

and the Comptroller General. 

List of Subjects in 16 CFR Part 1220 

Consumer protection, Imports, 

Incorporation by reference, Infants and 

children, Labeling, Law enforcement, 

Safety, and Toys. 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Commission amends 16 

CFR chapter II as follows: 

PART 1220—SAFETY STANDARD FOR 

NON-FULL-SIZE BABY CRIBS 

■ 1. Revise the authority citation for part 

1220 to read as follows: 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2056a. 

■ 2. Revise § 1220.2 to read as follows: 

§ 1220.2 Requirements for non-full-size 

baby cribs. 

(a) Except as provided in paragraph 

(b) of this section, each non-full-size 

baby crib shall comply with all 

applicable provisions of ASTM F406– 

24, Standard Consumer Safety 

Specification for Non-Full-Size Baby 

Cribs/Play Yards, approved on August 

1, 2024. 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. This material 

is available for inspection at the U.S. 

Consumer Product Safety Commission 

and at the National Archives and 

Records Administration (NARA). 

Contact the U.S. Consumer Product 

Safety Commission at: the Office of the 

Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, 4330 East West 

Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814, 

telephone (301) 504–7479, email: cpscos@cpsc.gov. For information on the 

availability of this material at NARA, 

email fr.inspection@nara.gov, or go to: 

www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ 

ibr-locations. A free, read-only copy of 

the standard is available for viewing on 

the ASTM website at www.astm.org/ 

READINGLIBRARY/. You may also 

obtain a copy from ASTM International, 

100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, 

West Conshohocken, PA 19428–2959; 

phone: (610) 832–9585; www.astm.org. 

(b) Comply with the ASTM F406–24 

standard with the following exclusions: 

(1) Do not comply with sections 5.6.2 

through 5.6.2.4 of ASTM F406–24. 

(2) Do not comply with section 5.16.2 

of ASTM F406–24. 

(3) Do not comply with sections 5.19 

through 5.19.2.2 of ASTM F406–24. 

(4) Do not comply with section 7, 

Performance Requirements for Mesh/ 

Fabric Products, of ASTM F406–24. 

(5) Do not comply with sections 8.11 

through 8.11.2.4 of ASTM F406–24. 

(6) Do not comply with sections 8.12 

through 8.12.2.2 of ASTM F406–24. 

(7) Do not comply with sections 8.14 

through 8.14.2 of ASTM F406–24. 

(8) Do not comply with sections 8.15 

through 8.15.3.3 of ASTM F406–24. 

(9) Do not comply with sections 8.16 

through 8.16.3 of ASTM F406–24. 

(10) Do not comply with sections 8.28 

through 8.28.3.2 of ASTM F406–24. 

(11) Do not comply with sections 8.29 

through 8.29.3 of ASTM F406–24. 

(12) Do not comply with sections 8.30 

through 8.30.5 of ASTM F406–24. 

(13) Do not comply with sections 8.31 

through 8.31.9 of ASTM F406–24. 

(14) Do not comply with sections 

9.3.2 through 9.3.2.4 of ASTM F406–24. 

Alberta E. Mills, 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

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BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

GENERAL SERVICES 

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[GSAR Case 2024–G502; Docket No. GSA– 

GSAR–2024–0022; Sequence No. 1] 

RIN 3090–AK81 

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Acquisition Regulation (GSAR); 

Update to OMB Approval Table 

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ACTION: Final rule; postponement of 

effectiveness. 

SUMMARY: The General Services 

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effectiveness of amendments that 

appeared in the Federal Register on 

December 27, 2024, to provide for a 60- 

day postponement of the effectiveness 

in compliance with the Presidential 

Memorandum titled Regulatory Freeze 

Pending Review, signed on January 20, 

2025, by President Donald J. Trump. 

DATES: This rule is effective March 27, 

2025. As of January 31, 2025, the 

effectiveness of the amendments to 48 

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FR 105474, December 27, 2024, are 

postponed until March 27, 2025. 

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