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1On May 9, 2012, the Juvenile Products 

Manufacturers Association, Inc. (‘‘JPMA’’) filed a 

petition requesting CPSC initiate rulemaking under 

sections 7 and 9 of the Consumer Product Safety 

Act (‘‘CPSA’’; 15 U.S.C. 2051–2089) to create a 

performance standard for crib bumpers to 

distinguish ‘‘hazardous ‘soft’ pillow-like’’ crib 

bumpers from ‘‘traditional’’ crib bumpers. See 77 

FR 37836. On May 24, 2013, the Commission 

granted the petition, but adopted a broader 

framework than JPMA requested, directing staff to 

examine the safety benefits and risks associated 

with crib bumpers, evaluate existing standards, 

identify test methods and performance 

requirements that reduce any identified safety risks, 

and consider all regulatory options for addressing 

the risk of injury associated with crib bumpers. 

2The standard is available from Standards 

Australia Limited, GPO Box 476, Sydney, NSW 

2011 and Standards New Zealand, Private Bag 2439, 

Wellington 6140, www.standards.co.nz. 

3The standard is available from ASTM 

International at 100 Bar Harbor Drive, P.O. Box 

0700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428, http://

www.astm.org/cpsc.htm. 

and activities of SDs and MSPs as 

Commission registrants. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 10, 

2016, by the Commission. 

Christopher J. Kirkpatrick, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

Appendix to Order Authorizing the 

National Futures Association as a 

Commission Designee for Direct 

Electronic Access to Data in Swap Data 

Repositories—Commission Voting 

Summary 

On this matter, Chairman Massad and 

Commissioners Bowen and Giancarlo voted 

in the affirmative. No Commissioner voted in 

the negative. 

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[Docket No. CPSC–2012–0034] 

Request for Information Regarding 

Crib Bumpers 

AGENCY: U.S. Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety 

Commission (‘‘CPSC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’) 

is seeking information regarding the 

safety benefits of crib bumpers, whether 

safety hazards are associated with crib 

bumpers, existing safety standards that 

apply to crib bumpers, and potential 

performance requirements, testing, and 

other standards that may reduce the risk 

of injury, if any, associated with crib 

bumpers. 

DATES: Submit comments by April 18, 

2016. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CPSC–2012– 

0034, by any of the following methods: 

Electronic Submissions: Submit 

electronic comments to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

The Commission does not accept 

comments submitted by electronic mail 

(email), except through 

www.regulations.gov. 

Written Submissions: Submit written 

comments by mail/hand delivery/

courier to: Office of the Secretary, 

Consumer Product Safety Commission, 

Room 820, 4330 East-West Highway, 

Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301) 

504–7923. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and docket 

number for this notice. CPSC may post 

all comments, without change, to 

http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal identifiers, contact 

information, or other personal 

information. Do not submit confidential 

business information, trade secret 

information, or other sensitive or 

protected information that you do not 

want to be available to the public. If 

furnished at all, submit such 

information by mail/hand delivery/

courier. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments, go to: http://

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Timothy P. Smith, Project Manager, 

Directorate for Engineering Sciences, 

U.S. Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, 5 Research Place, 

Rockville, MD 20850; telephone: 301– 

987–2557; email: TSmith@cpsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Consumer Product Safety 

Commission (‘‘CPSC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’) 

has granted a petition to initiate 

rulemaking regarding crib bumpers.1 To 

determine the need for and appropriate 

scope of such a rulemaking, the 

Commission is investigating whether 

crib bumpers pose a safety hazard to 

infants and, if so, what performance 

standards or requirements could 

mitigate that risk. As part of this effort, 

CPSC staff has reviewed incident data to 

identify what features or characteristics 

of crib bumpers create a safety hazard, 

if any; is evaluating existing safety 

standards that apply to crib bumpers 

and similar products; and is testing 

various types of crib bumpers. In this 

Request for Information (‘‘RFI’’), CPSC 

seeks input from interested parties to 

supplement the information, standards, 

and data currently available to the 

Commission. CPSC would find specific 

data regarding the safety risks and 

benefits associated with various types of 

crib bumpers and the empirical basis 

for, and effectiveness of, existing safety 

standards particularly helpful. 

II. Information Requested 

To supplement the information 

currently available to CPSC, we request 

input relevant to the following 

questions: 

• What test data or other information 

is available to identify the specific 

features or characteristics of a crib 

bumper that might contribute to a risk 

of suffocation? 

• What objective, repeatable test 

methods, procedures or measures exist 

to assess the firmness of bedding, 

mattresses, and other possible sleep 

surfaces? To what extent, if any, can 

such tests, procedures or measures be 

used to assess whether these materials 

present a risk of suffocation by 

smothering? 

• To what extent does the test device 

specified in Australian/New Zealand 

Standard AS/NZS 8811.1:2013, Methods 

of Testing Infant Products, Method 1: 

Sleep Surfaces—Test for Firmness,2

accurately and reliably assess the 

potential risk of suffocation associated 

with a sleep surface? 

• To what extent would a test to 

accurately and reliably identify 

hazardous soft bedding or sleep surfaces 

be relevant to vertically-mounted 

surfaces, such as crib bumpers? 

• What safety benefits do crib 

bumpers offer to consumers? What data 

are available to demonstrate such 

benefits? 

• What, if any, evidence is there to 

indicate that ‘‘rebreathing’’ of carbon 

dioxide occurs with crib bumpers and 

presents a risk of suffocation? 

• The current U.S. voluntary standard 

covering crib bumpers is ASTM F1917– 

12, Standard Consumer Safety 

Performance Specification for Infant 

Bedding and Related Accessories 

(‘‘ASTM F1917–12’’).3 Are there other 

standards, aside from state or regional 

bans, that include performance 

requirements for crib bumpers? 

• ASTM F1917–12 includes a 

requirement that essentially limits the 

compressed thickness of crib bumpers 

to 2 inches. What evidence exists to 

support this requirement, and what, if 

any, association exists between this 

ASTM requirement and the risk of 

infant suffocation? 

• What alternative or additional 

requirements beyond those specified in 

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ASTM F1917–12 might address the risk 

of infant suffocation? 

• To what extent could a mesh-like or 

other ‘‘breathable’’ material present a 

risk of suffocation to an infant if the 

infant’s face were pressed into the 

material? What specific characteristics 

would make a bumper ‘‘breathable,’’ 

and to what extent, if any, would such 

a bumper address the risk of 

suffocation? What data or research 

support these conclusions? 

• Are incident data or other objective 

safety information or research available 

that describe potential hazards 

associated with mesh-like bumpers or 

liners? Are similar data or information 

available on so-called ‘‘vertical 

bumpers,’’ which essentially are a series 

of small bumpers that individually 

cover each crib slat, and other bumper 

alternatives? 

Dated: February 10, 2016. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

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[Docket No. CPSC–2012–0019] 

Proposed Extension of Approval of 

Information Collection; Comment 

Request—Standards for Full-Size Baby 

Cribs and Non-Full Size Baby Cribs; 

Compliance Form 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35), the Consumer Product 

Safety Commission (‘‘CPSC’’ or 

‘‘Commission’’) requests comments on a 

proposed extension of approval of 

information collection requirements 

regarding a form that will be used to 

measure child care centers’ compliance 

with the CPSC safety standards for fullsize and non-full-size cribs (16 CFR 

parts 1219 and 1220). The Commission 

will consider all comments received in 

response to this notice before requesting 

an extension of this collection of 

information from the Office of 

Management and Budget (‘‘OMB’’). 

DATES: The Office of the Secretary must 

receive comments not later than April 

18, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CPSC–2012– 

0019, by any of the following methods: 

Electronic Submissions: Submit 

electronic comments to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

The Commission does not accept 

comments submitted by electronic mail 

(email), except through 

www.regulations.gov. The Commission 

encourages you to submit electronic 

comments by using the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal, as described above. 

Written Submissions: Submit written 

submissions by mail/hand delivery/

courier to: Office of the Secretary, 

Consumer Product Safety Commission, 

Room 820, 4330 East West Highway, 

Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301) 

504–7923. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number for this notice. All 

comments received may be posted 

without change, including any personal 

identifiers, contact information, or other 

personal information provided, to: 

http://www.regulations.gov. Do not 

submit confidential business 

information, trade secret information, or 

other sensitive or protected information 

that you do not want to be available to 

the public. If furnished at all, such 

information should be submitted in 

writing. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to: http://

www.regulations.gov, and insert the 

docket number CPSC–2012–0019, into 

the ‘‘Search’’ box, and follow the 

prompts. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert H. Squibb, Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, 4330 East West 

Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; (301) 

504–7815, or by email to: rsquibb@

cpsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CPSC 

seeks to renew the following currently 

approved collection of information: 

Title: Safety Standards for Full-Size 

Baby Cribs and Non-Full Size Baby 

Cribs-Verification of Compliance Form. 

OMB Number: 3041–0161. 

Type of Review: Renewal of 

collection. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Affected Public: Child care centers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 74 

child care centers. 

Estimated Time per Response: .25 

hour for each child care center to 

provide the information on the form. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden: 18.5 

hours (.25 hour × 74 child care centers). 

General Description of Collection: 

CPSC staff intends to visit child care 

centers to measure compliance with the 

crib safety standards. Information from 

those visits would be recorded on a 

‘‘Verification of Compliance Form.’’ 

CPSC investigators or designated state 

or local officials will use the form, 

which will be filled out entirely at the 

site during the normal course of the 

visit. The Commission will use the 

information to measure compliance 

with the crib safety standards and to 

develop an enforcement strategy. A pilot 

program was conducted in 2012, which 

included visits to approximately 50 

child care centers in six states. Results 

of the pilot program were used to 

expand the program in 2013, to seven 

states and 112 inspections. CPSC 

conducted the program in 2015, in three 

states, which included 47 inspections. 

CPSC projects that four states will 

participate in the program in 2016 and 

approximately 74 inspections will be 

conducted. 

Request for Comments 

The Commission solicits written 

comments from all interested persons 

about the proposed collection of 

information. The Commission 

specifically solicits information relevant 

to the following topics: 

—Whether the collection of information 

described above is necessary for the 

proper performance of the 

Commission’s functions, including 

whether the information would have 

practical utility; 

—Whether the estimated burden of the 

proposed collection of information is 

accurate; 

—Whether the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected could be enhanced; and 

—Whether the burden imposed by the 

collection of information could be 

minimized by use of automated, 

electronic or other technological 

collection techniques, or other forms 

of information technology. 

Dated: February 9, 2016. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

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