Opinion ID: 391163
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Heading: the commission is authorized to enter the fair grounds

Text: 65 The other statutory issue before us requires less explication. Section 2065(a)(2) of the Act authorizes the Commission 66 to inspect, at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner such conveyance or those areas of such factory, warehouse, or establishment where such products are manufactured, held, or transported and which relate to the safety of such products. 67 15 U.S.C. § 2065(a)(2). Section 2052(a)(8) defines manufactured as to manufacture, produce, or assemble. 15 U.S.C. § 2052(a)(8). The district court concluded that, because neither of the plaintiffs fabricated or assembled the product, the Commission was not authorized to enter their premises. 68 Under the two sections, however, the Commission's authority depends not on who assembled (and thus manufactured) the product, but on where the product was assembled. Accord, Robert K. Bell Enterprises, Inc. v. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 484 F.Supp. 1221, 1228 (N.D.Okl.1980), rev'd on other grounds, 645 F.2d 26 (10th Cir. 1981). Section 2065(a) speaks of areas ... where such products are manufactured. The Skyride was necessarily assembled at the site of the fair, which provides the only location where the Commission may observe the product in action. Whenever a product can be assembled only on the purchaser's site, the Commission must either have the authority to inspect the functioning product there or be in most circumstances unable to inspect it at all. No legislative history mandates that we so limit the Commission's authority. We hold that the Commission may enter plaintiffs' premises to inspect the Skyride and to examine documents.