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Issued in Washington, DC, on April 20, 

2022. 

Scott M. Rosenbloom, 

Manager, Airspace Rules and Regulations. 

[FR Doc. 2022–08786 Filed 4–25–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

16 CFR Part 1235 

[Docket No. CPSC–2016–0023] 

Safety Standard for Baby Changing 

Products 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: In June 2018, the U.S. 

Consumer Product Safety Commission 

(CPSC or Commission) published a 

consumer product safety standard for 

baby changing products under section 

104 of the Consumer Product Safety 

Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA). The 

standard incorporated by reference the 

2018 ASTM International (ASTM) 

voluntary standard for baby changing 

products that was in effect at the time. 

The CPSIA sets forth a process for 

updating mandatory standards for 

durable infant or toddler products that 

are based on a voluntary standard, when 

a voluntary standards organization 

revises the standard. Consistent with the 

CPSIA update process, this direct final 

rule updates the mandatory standard for 

baby changing products to incorporate 

by reference ASTM’s 2021 version of the 

voluntary standard. 

DATES: The rule is effective on July 31, 

2022, unless CPSC receives a significant 

adverse comment by May 26, 2022. If 

CPSC receives such a comment, it will 

publish a notification 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 July 31, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You can submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CPSC–2016– 

0023, 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 does not accept comments 

submitted by electronic mail (email), 

except through https://

www.regulations.gov, and as described 

below. CPSC encourages you to submit 

electronic comments by using the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal, as 

described above. 

Mail/hand delivery/courier Written 

Submissions: Submit comments by 

mail/hand delivery/courier to: Division 

of the Secretariat, Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, 4330 East-West 

Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; 

telephone: (301) 504–7479. 

Alternatively, as a temporary option 

during the COVID–19 pandemic, you 

may email such submissions to: cpscos@cpsc.gov. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and docket 

number for this direct final rule. CPSC 

may post all comments without change, 

including any personal identifiers, 

contact information, or other personal 

information provided, to: https://

www.regulations.gov. Do not submit 

electronically: Confidential business 

information, trade secret information, or 

other sensitive or protected information 

that you do not want to be available to 

the public. If you wish to submit such 

information, please submit it according 

to the instructions for mail/hand 

delivery/courier written submissions. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to: https://

www.regulations.gov, and insert the 

docket number, CPSC–2016–0023, into 

the ‘‘Search’’ box, and follow the 

prompts. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Keysha Walker, Compliance Officer, 

U.S. Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, 

Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone: (301) 

504–6820; email: KWalker@cpsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Background 

1. Statutory Authority 

Section 104(b)(1) of the CPSIA 

requires the Commission to assess the 

effectiveness of voluntary standards for 

durable infant or toddler products and 

adopt mandatory standards for those 

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

mandatory standard must be 

‘‘substantially the same as’’ the 

voluntary standard, or it may be ‘‘more 

stringent than’’ the voluntary standard, 

if the Commission determines that more 

stringent requirements would further 

reduce the risk of injury associated with 

the product. Id. 

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

specifies the process for updating the 

Commission’s rules when a voluntary 

standards organization revises a 

standard that the Commission 

incorporated by reference under section 

104(b)(1). 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. The Commission may 

reject the revised standard by notifying 

the voluntary standards organization, 

within 90 days of receiving notice of the 

revision, that it has determined that the 

revised standard does not improve the 

safety of the consumer product and that 

it is retaining the existing standard. If 

the Commission does not take this 

action to reject the revised standard, the 

revised voluntary standard will be 

considered a consumer product safety 

standard issued under section 9 of the 

Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 

2058), effective 180 days after the 

Commission received notification of the 

revision or on a later date specified by 

the Commission in the Federal Register. 

15 U.S.C. 2056a(b)(4)(B). 

2. Safety Standard for Baby Changing 

Products 

Under section 104(b)(1) of the CPSIA, 

the Commission adopted a mandatory 

rule for baby changing products, 

codified in 16 CFR part 1235. The rule 

incorporated by reference ASTM 

F2388–18, Standard Consumer Safety 

Specification for Baby Changing 

Products for Domestic Use, with no 

modifications. 83 FR 29672 (June 26, 

2018). At the time the Commission 

published the final rule, ASTM F2388– 

18 was the current version of the 

voluntary standard. 

On February 1, 2022, ASTM notified 

CPSC that it had revised the voluntary 

standard for baby changing products, 

approving ASTM F2388–21 on 

November 15, 2021.1 As discussed 

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2CPSC staff’s briefing memorandum regarding 

ASTM F2388–21 is available at: https://

www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/ASTMs-Revised-SafetyStandard-for-Baby-ChangingProducts.pdf?VersionId=AzvKHXTe8uo1ZNrug

1TLhQ_3kyp0lWhc. 

3The Commission voted 3–0–1 to approve this 

document. Chair Hoehn-Saric, Commissioner 

Baiocco, and Commissioner Feldman voted to 

approve this document. Commissioner Trumka 

abstained from the vote. 

ASTM F2388–21,2 the Commission will 

allow the revised voluntary standard to 

become the mandatory standard because 

the revised requirements in the 

voluntary standard either improve the 

safety of baby changing products, or are 

neutral with respect to safety.3

Accordingly, by operation of law under 

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

ASTM F2388–21 will become the 

mandatory consumer product safety 

standard for baby changing products on 

July 31, 2022. 15 U.S.C. 2056a(b)(4)(B). 

This direct final rule updates 16 CFR 

part 1235 to incorporate by reference the 

revised voluntary standard, ASTM 

F2388–21. 

B. Revisions to ASTM F2388 

The ASTM standard for baby 

changing products includes 

performance requirements, test 

methods, and requirements for warning 

labels and instructional literature, to 

address hazards to children associated 

with baby changing products, including 

structural integrity, stability, barriers, 

retention of contoured changing pads 

and add-on changing units, entrapment, 

self-closing steps, and restraints. This 

section describes the changes in ASTM 

F2388–21, as compared to ASTM 

F2388–18, which is the current 

mandatory standard, and includes an 

assessment of those changes. ASTM 

F2388–21 contains substantive 

revisions, as well as editorial, nonsubstantive revisions. 

1. Substantive Revisions 

ASTM F238–21 includes two 

substantive changes. The first revision is 

in Figure 9, Webbing Tension Pull 

Device, which is in section 7 of the 

standard. Section 7 specifies test 

methods to address hazards associated 

with baby changing products. Section 

7.8 provides tests to assess restraint 

systems, which include components of 

the baby changing product that 

contribute to the capability to restrict 

upward or lateral movement of an 

occupant’s torso within the product. 

Part of the restraint system test involves 

using a webbing tension pull device to 

adjust the restraint before applying a 

specified pull force to the restraint. 

Figure 9 depicts the webbing tension 

pull device that must be used. In ASTM 

F2388–21, two notes have been added to 

Figure 9 to provide the overall width 

and length dimensions for the tool, and 

a metric equivalent dimension has been 

added for one of the dimensions shown 

in the figure. CPSC staff considers these 

revisions neutral with respect to the 

safety of baby changing products 

because they provide dimension notes 

and equivalent metric measurements, 

which clarify how to fabricate the test 

tool, but do not change the test tool or 

test procedure. Moreover, the revisions 

are consistent with figures of similar 

webbing tension devices used in other 

ASTM standards, such as ASTM F833– 

21, Standard Consumer Safety 

Performance Specification for Carriages 

and Strollers. 

The second revision is in section 9.5 

of the standard, which provides warning 

statements that must be addressed on 

product labels and requires that the 

warnings align with the format and text 

requirements illustrated in the standard. 

The warning statements provided in 

section 9.5.1 address fall hazards, 

including the hazard statement, ‘‘Fall 

Hazard,’’ at the beginning of the 

warning statement. In ASTM F2388–21, 

this hazard statement has been revised 

to be capitalized as ‘‘FALL HAZARD.’’ 

Likewise, the warning statements 

provided in section 9.5.3 address 

suffocation hazards, including the 

hazard statement, ‘‘Suffocation Hazard,’’ 

at the beginning of the warning 

statement. In ASTM F2388–21, this 

warning statement has also been revised 

to be capitalized as ‘‘SUFFOCATION 

HAZARD.’’ CPSC staff considers these 

revisions an improvement to the safety 

of baby changing products because 

capitalization emphasizes the hazard 

statements and makes them more 

conspicuous, thereby increasing the 

likelihood that a caregiver will pay 

attention to the warning statements. 

2. Non-Substantive Revisions 

ASTM F2388–21 also includes minor 

revisions that are editorial and do not 

alter any substantive requirements in 

the standard. These changes are as 

follows: 

• Footnote 1 has been revised to 

include ‘‘baby changing products,’’ 

instead of ‘‘changing tables,’’ as part of 

the correct name for the subcommittee 

that developed the standard and has 

been revised to include the approval 

and publication dates of the revised 

standard. 

• Figure 11, which provides examples 

of left-aligned warning label text, has 

been renumbered as Figure X1.1 and 

relocated from section 9, Marking and 

Labeling, to section X1, Rationale. This 

revision has not changed the figure 

content or illustration. Although section 

9 is a mandatory portion of the standard 

and section X1 is not mandatory, 

moving Figure 11 is a non-substantive 

change because the figure merely 

provides examples of the mandatory 

message panel text layout specified in 

section 9.4.6.1, and already was not 

mandatory. 

• ASTM F2388–21 includes minor 

wording changes and grammatical 

corrections, including changing 

‘‘example warning labels’’ to ‘‘example 

warning statements’’ (section 9.4.7); 

changing the warning label statement 

regarding fall hazards from ‘‘stay within 

arms reach’’ to ‘‘stay in arm’s reach of 

your child’’ (section 9.5.1); and 

correcting the title of updated Figure 

X1.1 from ‘‘Example of Left Aligned 

Text’’ to ‘‘Example of Left-aligned 

Text.’’ 

• In section 9, Marking and Labeling, 

and section 10, Instructional Literature, 

several figure names have been revised, 

including changing ‘‘sample label’’ to 

‘‘example warning statements’’ (revised 

Figures 11 through 15), and changing 

‘‘Sample Warning in Instructions—for 

example, Changing Table’’ to ‘‘Example 

Warning Statement in Instructions—e.g., 

Changing Table’’ (updated Figure 16). 

These revisions are consistent with 

wording that was already in the 

standard, which describes these figures 

as ‘‘examples’’ (sections 9.4.7 and 10.4). 

Because these revisions do not change 

any substantive requirements, they are 

neutral with respect to the safety of baby 

changing products. 

C. Incorporation by Reference 

Section 1235.2 of the direct final rule 

incorporates by reference ASTM F2388– 

21. 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 B. Revisions to 

ASTM F2388 of this preamble 

summarizes the major provisions of 

ASTM F2388–21 that the Commission 

here incorporates by reference into 16 

CFR part 1235. The standard is 

reasonably available to interested 

parties. Until the direct final rule takes 

effect, a read-only copy of ASTM 

F2388–21 is available for viewing, at no 

cost, on ASTM’s website at: https://

www.astm.org/CPSC.htm. Once the rule 


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4 15 U.S.C. 1278a. 

5 15 U.S.C. 2057c. 

6 15 U.S.C. 2063(a)(5). 

7 15 U.S.C. 2056a(d). 

takes effect, a read-only copy of the 

standard will be available for viewing, 

at no cost, on the ASTM website at: 

https://www.astm.org/ 

READINGLIBRARY/. Interested parties 

can also schedule an appointment to 

inspect a copy of the standard at CPSC’s 

Division of the Secretariat, U.S. 

Consumer Product Safety Commission, 

Room 820, 4330 East West Highway, 

Bethesda, MD 20814, telephone: (301) 

504–7479; email: cpsc-os@cpsc.gov. 

Interested parties can purchase a copy 

of ASTM F2388–21 from ASTM 

International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, 

P.O. Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 

19428–2959 USA; telephone: (610) 832– 

9585; www.astm.org. 

D. Certification 

Section 14(a) of the Consumer 

Product Safety Act (CPSA; 15 U.S.C. 

2051–2089) requires manufacturers of 

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, to 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, such as the present rule on baby 

changing products, are ‘‘consumer 

product safety standards.’’ Thus, they 

are subject to the testing and 

certification requirements of section 14 

of the CPSA. 

Because baby changing products are 

children’s products, a CPSC-accepted 

third party conformity assessment body 

must test samples of the products. 

Products subject to part 1235 also must 

comply with all other applicable CPSC 

requirements, such as the lead content 

requirements in section 101 of the 

CPSIA,4 the phthalates prohibitions in 

section 108 of the CPSIA 5 and 16 CFR 

part 1307, the tracking label 

requirements in section 14(a)(5) of the 

CPSA,6 and the consumer registration 

form requirements in section 104(d) of 

the CPSIA.7

E. Notice of Requirements 

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 for testing baby 

changing products. 83 FR 29672 (June 

26, 2018). The NOR provided the 

criteria and process for CPSC to accept 

accreditation of third party conformity 

assessment bodies for testing baby 

changing products to 16 CFR part 1235. 

The NORs for all mandatory standards 

for durable infant or toddler products 

are listed in the Commission’s rule, 

‘‘Requirements Pertaining to Third Party 

Conformity Assessment Bodies,’’ 

codified in 16 CFR part 1112. Id. 

ASTM F2388–21 includes revised 

requirements for baby changing 

products. However, these revisions do 

not require additional equipment or test 

protocols beyond those that already 

exist in the standard. The revisions to 

the figure depicting the webbing tension 

pull device clarify the test equipment 

dimensions, without changing the 

specifications of the test tool or test 

method. The change to the 

capitalization of warning text does not 

necessitate a change in the way that 

third party conformity assessment 

bodies test products. Accordingly, the 

revisions do not change the way that 

third party conformity assessment 

bodies test these products for 

compliance with the safety standard for 

baby changing products. Laboratories 

will begin testing to the new standard 

when ASTM F2388–21 goes into effect, 

and the existing accreditations that the 

Commission has accepted for testing to 

this standard will cover testing to the 

revised standard. Therefore, the 

Commission considers the existing 

CPSC-accepted laboratories for testing to 

ASTM F2388–18 to be capable of testing 

to ASTM F2388–21 as well. 

Accordingly, the existing NOR for this 

standard will remain in place, and 

CPSC-accepted third party conformity 

assessment bodies are expected to 

update the scope of the testing 

laboratories’ accreditations to reflect the 

revised standard in the normal course of 

renewing their accreditations. 

F. 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 Commission 

concludes that when it updates a 

reference to an ASTM standard that the 

Commission incorporated by reference 

under section 104(b) of the CPSIA, 

notice and comment are not necessary. 

Specifically, under the process set out 

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

when ASTM revises a standard that the 

Commission has previously 

incorporated by reference under section 

104(b)(1)(B) of the CPSIA, that revision 

will become the new CPSC standard, 

unless the Commission determines that 

ASTM’s revision does not improve the 

safety of the product and so notifies 

ASTM. Thus, unless the Commission 

makes such a determination, the ASTM 

revision becomes CPSC’s standard by 

operation of law. The Commission is 

allowing ASTM F2388–21 to become 

CPSC’s new standard because its 

provisions either improve product 

safety or are neutral with respect to 

safety. 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 F2388–21 takes effect as the new 

CPSC standard for baby changing 

products, even if the Commission does 

not issue this rule. Thus, public 

comments would not alter substantive 

changes to the standard or the effect of 

the revised standard as a consumer 

product safety standard 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, by operation of law, on July 

31, 2022. 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 

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the rule ‘‘would be ineffective or 

unacceptable without a change.’’ 60 FR 

43108, 43111 (Aug. 18, 1995). As noted, 

this rule merely updates a reference in 

the CFR to reflect a change that occurs 

by statute, and public comments should 

address this specific action. 

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. 

G. 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 F. 

Direct Final Rule Process of this 

preamble, the Commission has 

determined that notice and the 

opportunity to comment are 

unnecessary for this rule. Therefore, the 

RFA does not apply. CPSC also notes 

the limited nature of this document, 

which merely updates the incorporation 

by reference to reflect the mandatory 

CPSC standard that takes effect under 

section 104 of the CPSIA. 

H. Paperwork Reduction Act 

The current mandatory standard for 

baby changing products 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 does not alter these 

requirements. The Commission took the 

steps required by the PRA for 

information collections when it adopted 

16 CFR part 1235, 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. 

I. 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 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. 

J. 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 

U.S.C. 2075(a). Section 26(c) of the 

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. 

K. 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 

within 180 days of notification to the 

Commission, unless the Commission 

notifies the standards organization that 

it has determined 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 standard for baby 

changing products. Therefore, ASTM 

F2388–21 will take effect as the new 

mandatory standard for baby changing 

products on July 31, 2022, 180 days 

after February 1, 2022, when the 

Commission received notice of the 

revision. 

L. 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 determines whether a 

rule qualifies as a ‘‘major rule.’’ 

Pursuant to the CRA, 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 1235 

Consumer protection, Imports, 

Incorporation by reference, Infants and 

children, Labeling, Law enforcement, 

Toys. 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Commission amends 16 

CFR chapter II as follows: 

PART 1235—SAFETY STANDARD FOR 

BABY CHANGING PRODUCTS 

■ 1. Revise the authority citation for part 

1235 to read as follows: 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2056a; Sec 3, Pub. L. 

112–28, 125 Stat. 273. 

■ 2. Revise § 1235.2 to read as follows: 

§ 1235.2 Requirements for baby changing 

products. 

Each baby changing product shall 

comply with all applicable provisions of 

ASTM F2388–21, Standard Consumer 

Safety Specification for Baby Changing 

Products for Domestic Use, approved on 

November 15, 2021. 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. A read-only copy of the 

standard is available for viewing on the 

ASTM website at https://www.astm.org/ 

READINGLIBRARY/. You may obtain a 

copy from ASTM International, 100 Barr 

Harbor Drive, P.O. Box C700, West 

Conshohocken, PA 19428–2959; 

telephone (610) 832–9585; 

www.astm.org. You may inspect a copy 

at the Division of the Secretariat, U.S. 

Consumer Product Safety Commission, 

Room 820, 4330 East West Highway, 

Bethesda, MD 20814, telephone (301) 

504–7479, email cpsc-os@cpsc.gov, or at 

the National Archives and Records 

Administration (NARA). 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.html. 

Alberta E. Mills, 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

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