[Federal Register: September 3, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 170)]
[Proposed Rules]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
16 CFR Part 1500
[CPSC Docket No. CPSC-2009-0066]
Revocation of Regulation Banning Certain Baby-Walkers, Walker-
Jumpers, and Similar Products
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety Commission (``CPSC'' or
``Commission'') is proposing to revoke certain regulations pertaining
to baby-bouncers, walker-jumpers, baby-walkers, and similar products.
CPSC is taking this action because the regulations, which originally
were issued in 1971, are outdated and do not provide the degree of
safety that is provided by currently manufactured baby-walkers that
comply with a more effective voluntary standard. This action also will
eliminate confusion about whether manufacturers should certify that
their products comply with these regulations or with a new mandatory
safety standard for baby-walkers proposed elsewhere in this issue of
the Federal Register.
DATES: Submit comments by November 2, 2009.
ADDRESSES: To ensure timely processing of comments, the Commission is
no longer directly accepting comments submitted by electronic mail (e-
mail). The Commission encourages you to submit electronic comments by
using the Federal eRulemaking Portal, as described below in paragraph
1, ``Electronic Submissions.''
You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2009-0066,
by any of the following methods:
1. Electronic Submissions.
Submit electronic comments to the Federal eRulemaking Portal:
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www.regulations.gov.
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Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
2. Written Submissions.
Submit written submissions in the following ways:
FAX: 301-504-0127.
Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for paper, disk, or CD-ROM
submissions): Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
Commission, Room 502, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and docket number for this rulemaking. All comments received, including
any personal information provided, may be posted without change to
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/
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www.regulations.gov. Accordingly, we recommend that you not submit
confidential business information, trade secret information, or other
sensitive information that you do not want to be available to the
public. For additional information on comments, see part E of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Technical information. Patricia Edwards, Division of Mechanical
Engineering, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West
Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814, 301-504-7577, pedwards@cpsc.gov.
Legal information. Harleigh Ewell, Office of the General Counsel,
Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda,
MD 20814, 301-504-7683, hewell@cpsc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Background
1. The CPSC's regulation for baby-walkers. CPSC regulations at 16
CFR 1500.18(a)(6) and 1500.86(a) ban any `` `baby-bouncer,' `walker-
jumper', or `baby-walker' and any other similar article'' (referred to
below as ``baby-walkers'') that does not meet specified safety
criteria. These regulations were issued in 1971 by the Food and Drug
Administration (``FDA'') under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act
(``FHSA''), 15 U.S.C. 1261-1278 (available at http://www.cpsc.gov/
businfo/fhsa.pdf). 36 FR 21809 (Nov. 16, 1971). On May 14, 1973, the
functions under the FHSA were transferred to the then newly-created
CPSC.
Specifically, 16 CFR 1500.18(a)(6) bans baby-walkers and ``any
other similar article'' that is intended to support very young children
while ``sitting, walking, bouncing, jumping, and/or reclining,'' and
which, because of its design, has any exposed parts capable of causing
amputation, crushing, lacerations, fractures, hematomas, bruises, or
other injuries to fingers, toes, or other parts of the anatomy of young
children. The regulation describes the hazardous design features of
such articles warranting the ban as including, but not being limited
to, one or more of the following:
Areas about the point on each side of the article where
the frame components are joined together to form an X-shape capable of
producing a scissoring, shearing, or pinching effect;
Other areas where two or more parts are joined in such a
manner as to permit rotational movement capable of exerting a
scissoring, shearing, or pinching effect;
Exposed coil springs which may expand sufficiently to
allow an infant's finger, toe, or other body part to be inserted, in
whole or in part, and injured by being caught between the coils of the
spring or between the spring and another part of the article;
Holes in plates or tubes which also provide the
possibility of insertion of a finger, toe, or other part of the anatomy
that could then be injured by the movement of another part of the
article; or
A design and construction that permits accidental collapse
while in use.
Exemptions to the ban can be found at 16 CFR 1500.86(a)(4). These
include any baby-walker where:
The frames are designed and constructed in a manner to
prevent injury from any scissoring, shearing, or pinching when the
members of the frame or other components rotate about a common axis or
fastening point or otherwise move relative to one another; and
Any coil springs which expand when the article is
subjected to a force that will extend the spring to its maximum
distance so that a space between successive coils is greater than one-
eighth inch (0.125 inch) are covered or otherwise designed to prevent
injuries; and
All holes larger than one-eighth inch (0.125 inch) in
diameter, and slots, cracks, or hinged components in any portion of the
article through which a child could insert, in whole or in part, a
finger, toe, or any other part of the anatomy, are guarded or otherwise
designed to prevent injuries; and
The articles are designed and constructed to prevent
accidental collapse while in use; and
The articles are designed and constructed in a manner that
eliminates from any portion of the article the possibility of
presenting a mechanical hazard through pinching, bruising, lacerating,
crushing, breaking, amputating, or otherwise injuring portions of the
human body when in normal use or when subjected to reasonably
foreseeable damage or abuse; and
Any article which is introduced into interstate commerce
after the effective date of [the regulation] is labeled:
--With a conspicuous statement of the name and address of the
manufacturer, packer, distributor, or seller; and
--With a code mark on the article itself and on the package containing
the article or on the shipping container, in addition to the invoice(s)
or shipping document(s), which code mark will permit future
identification by the manufacturer of any given model (the manufacturer
shall change the model number whenever the article undergoes a
significant structural or design modification); and
The manufacturer or importer of the article shall make,
keep, and maintain for 3 years records of sale, distribution, and
results of inspections and tests conducted in accordance with this
subparagraph and shall make such records available at all reasonable
hours upon request by any officer or employee of the Consumer Product
Safety Commission and shall permit such officer or employee to inspect
and copy such records, to make such stock inventories as such person
deems necessary, and to otherwise check the correctness of such
records.
The existing regulations do not include any requirements
specifically pertaining to hazards associated with falls down stairs,
structural integrity, occupant retention, or loading/stability issues.
As discussed earlier in this part A.1 of this preamble, the
regulations at 16 CFR 1500.18(a)(6) and 1500.86(a) apply to any ``baby-
bouncer,'' ``walker-jumper,'' ``baby-walker,'' and ``any other similar
article.'' The regulations do not define those terms, and when FDA
promulgated those regulations in 1971,
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it expressly rejected comments that sought a description of the
regulated articles. In the preamble to its final rule that appeared in
the Federal Register of November 16, 1971 (36 FR 21809), FDA stated
that the terms ``baby-bouncers'' and ``baby-walkers'' are ``used both
by industry and the general public'' and revised the phrase, ``and
similar articles,'' to ``and any other similar article'' to clarify the
regulations' purpose ``to include within their scope all articles
conforming to the descriptions in the regulations whether or not they
are called by those specific names.''
2. The voluntary standard for infant-walkers. The current voluntary
standard for Infant Walkers, The Standard Consumer Safety Specification
for Infant Walkers (ASTM F977-07) is published by the American Society
for Testing and Materials (now ASTM International, or ASTM) (Memorandum
from P. Edwards, Project Manager, to the Commission dated Aug. 14,
2009). The ASTM voluntary standard defines an infant walker as ``a
mobile unit that enables a child to move on a horizontal surface when
propelled by the child sitting or standing within the walker, and that
is in the manufacturer's recommended use position.'' This standard has
provisions to address the following:
Latching or Locking Mechanisms;
Openings;
Scissoring, Shearing, and Pinching;
Exposed Coil Springs;
Labeling;
Protective Components;
Stability;
Structural Integrity;
Occupant Retention; and
Prevention of Falls Down Step(s).
ASTM F977-07 contains provisions pertaining to scissoring,
shearing, pinching, and accidental collapse that are stricter, or more
conservative, than the existing CPSC regulation. With regard to exposed
coil springs and openings, the ASTM voluntary standard differs somewhat
from the existing CPSC regulation. The specifications in ASTM F977-07
for coil springs and openings (holes) are similar in concept to those
in the mandatory regulation, but are less restrictive as to allowable
dimensions. For instance, the voluntary standard prohibits any hole or
slot between 0.210'' and 0.375'' in size that extends entirely through
a wall section of any rigid material less than 0.375'' thick. The
existing regulation bans any baby-walker that contains a hole larger
than 0.125'' in diameter, and it does not contain a depth requirement.
The rationale for the ASTM standard was based on anthropometric
data developed for the CPSC by the University of Michigan in 1975.
(Snyder, R. G., Spencer, M. L., Owings, C. L. & Schneider, L. W.
(1975), Physical Characteristics of Children As Related to Death and
Injury for Consumer Product Design and Use, Prepared for the Consumer
Product Safety Commission (UM-HSRI-BI-75-5 Final Report Contract FDA-
72-70 May 1975), Highway Safety Research Institute, The University of
Michigan, May 31, 1975.) This data set sampled body measurements of
children from 2 weeks to 13 years of age. The measurements relevant
here are the little finger diameter and middle finger diameter. The
intent of the ASTM standard is to prevent entrapments by making
openings either too small for the smallest user to penetrate with their
smallest finger or larger than the largest user's biggest finger
(thereby allowing the finger to be withdrawn without entrapment). The
existing CPSC regulations were never revised nor updated to take this
data into consideration. Thus, the requirements in the CPSC regulations
are outdated in this respect.
The University of Michigan study is also the basis for the
specifications for allowable openings that are in other ASTM juvenile-
product standards. In addition to the study's validity, the standards
use this data because the less restrictive dimensional specification
allows for products to be made from thinner materials with reinforced
ribbing, such as injection molded plastics. When the existing CPSC
regulations were published, baby-walkers were typically made with metal
tube frames. Molded plastics are used more predominately today in
juvenile products, and, when manufactured in accordance with the ASTM
specifications for openings, these materials have not been shown to
create finger or toe entrapment or pinch hazards.
The inclusion of the terms ``baby-bouncers'' and ``walker-jumpers''
in the regulations may be because some baby-walkers had spring-like
devices, and the occupant could bounce or jump while also moving
horizontally.
A bouncer seat, as currently defined by ASTM, is a freestanding
product intended to support an occupant in a reclined position to
facilitate bouncing by the occupant. Intended occupants are infants who
have not developed the ability to sit up unassisted (approximately 0 to
6 months of age). These products are covered by ASTM voluntary standard
F2167, Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Infant Bouncer Seats.
Jumpers are not defined in any ASTM standard, but there are some
juvenile products known as jumpers. These include seats suspended from
door frames that facilitate jumping. Although these jumpers are not
covered by a voluntary standard, the Commission's staff is not aware of
any recent incidents involving these products that would have been
prevented by the regulations. Apparently, these products do not
currently present the hazards addressed by the regulations.
There also are jumpers mounted on a dedicated freestanding frame.
These jumpers are covered under ASTM voluntary standard F2012, Standard
Consumer Safety Performance Specifications for Stationary Activity
Centers.
3. Incident data. The known baby-walker incidents from the year
2000 to the present uncovered no incidents where fingers were pinched,
stuck, or entrapped and the specific circumstances were known. From the
information available, it appears that the causes of most incidents are
outside the scope of CPSC's regulations. CPSC staff did not find any
incidents that would be directly impacted if the Commission were to
revoke the regulations. Most baby-walker incidents resulting in
injuries or deaths are a result of the product falling down steps, a
hazard that is not addressed by the existing regulations but that is
covered under ASTM's voluntary standard.
4. Compliance/Recall Information. The Commission's Office of
Compliance reviewed the recalls and cases opened on baby-walkers over
the last 20 years. The Compliance staff did not find any recalls
associated with openings or coil springs. One case occurred where the
regulation's requirements for openings and coil springs were not met.
This case was found when a baby-walker was intercepted at the port of
entry. The primary hazard associated with this product was lack of
stair fall protection. Compliance staff also is not aware of any
recalls for finger entrapment hazards in any other juvenile products
that conform to ASTM's specifications for openings. This indicates that
the voluntary standards are adequate to address the openings hazard.
B. Future Mandatory Regulation of Baby-Walkers
The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (``CPSIA''),
Public Law 110-314, 122 Stat. 3016 (available at http://www.cpsc.gov/
cpsia.pdf), was enacted on August 14, 2008. The CPSIA contains some
requirements with broad applicability, as well as some product-specific
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provisions. Section 104 of the CPSIA directs the Commission to take a
number of actions concerning ``durable infant or toddler products.''
Section 104(f) of the CPSIA defines a durable infant or toddler product
as a durable product intended for use, or that may be reasonably
expected to be used, by children under the age of 5 years. This
includes cribs, toddler beds, high chairs, booster chairs, hook-on
chairs, bath seats, gates and other enclosures for confining a child,
play yards, stationary activity centers, infant carriers, strollers,
walkers, swings, bassinets, and cradles. Section 104(b) of the CPSIA
provides, in part, that the Commission shall, in consultation with
representatives of consumer groups, juvenile product manufacturers, and
independent child product engineers and experts, examine and assess the
effectiveness of any voluntary consumer product safety standards for
durable infant or toddler products. The Commission is also directed to
promulgate consumer product safety standards that are substantially the
same as such voluntary standards or that are more stringent than such
voluntary standards, if the Commission determines that more stringent
standards would further reduce the risk of injury associated with the
products.
Section 104(b) of the CPSIA also specifies that these new mandatory
standards for durable infant or toddler products shall be issued on a
compressed schedule. The statute directs the Commission to begin the
rulemaking for these standards by August 14, 2009, and to promulgate
standards for no fewer than two categories of durable infant or toddler
products every six months thereafter, beginning with the product
categories that the Commission determines to be of highest priority.
This process will continue until the Commission has promulgated
standards for all such product categories.
Baby-walkers are one of the first two products addressed in these
rulemakings. Elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, the
Commission is proposing a safety standard for baby-walkers. Thus, the
Commission expects that there will be an updated, more effective
mandatory standard for baby walkers issued by February 14, 2010. The
Commission expects that the requirements of that mandatory standard
will be based largely on the provisions of the current ASTM voluntary
standard, discussed earlier in part A.2 of this preamble.
To illustrate how a new regulation might use concepts currently
seen in the ASTM voluntary standard, the current regulations at 16 CFR
1500.18(a)(6) and 1500.86(a) do not contain requirements to protect
against falls down stairs. The voluntary ASTM standard, however, does
contain a stair-fall protection provision for baby walkers that
provides that a walker must either stop at the edge of a step or be too
wide to fit through a standard-size doorway. There have been numerous
incidents and deaths associated with baby walkers that do not contain
stoppers or brakes to prevent walkers from falling down stairs. CPSC's
Compliance staff has conducted numerous recalls involving baby walkers
due to the lack of stair-fall protection. If the CPSC were to
promulgate regulations to address stair-fall protection and make any
walker that does not contain stair-fall protection a banned product, a
number of future incidents and deaths from stair falls would be
prevented.
C. Required Accredited Third Party Testing and Certification for Baby-
Walkers
Section 14(a)(2) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (``CPSA''), 15
U.S.C. 2063(a)(2) (available at http://www.cpsc.gov/cpsia.pdf), as
amended by section 102 of the CPSIA, requires manufacturers and private
labelers of children's products (such as baby-walkers) that are subject
to a children's product safety rule to submit sufficient samples of the
children's product, or samples that are identical in all material
respects to the product, to an accredited third party conformity
assessment body to be tested for compliance with any applicable
children's product safety rule. (``Children's product safety rule'' is
defined at 15 U.S.C. 2063(f)(1). See also 15 U.S.C. 2052(a)(5),
2052(a)(6).) For the purposes of the CPSA, the term ``manufacturer''
includes an importer. 15 U.S.C. 2052(a)(11).
The Commission has issued regulations at 16 CFR part 1110
concerning the content of certificates of compliance and limiting the
parties who must issue such certificates to the United States importer
and, in the case of domestically produced products, the United States
manufacturer. Based on such testing, the manufacturer and private
labeler must issue a certificate stating that such children's product
complies with the children's product safety rule based on the
assessment of a third party conformity assessment body accredited to
conduct such tests. (Products, other than children's products, that are
subject to a consumer product safety rule also are subject to testing
and certification requirements. 15 U.S.C. 2063(a)(1).) The
certification also must be based on a reasonable testing program or a
test of each product. For these products, however, the tests are not
required to be conducted by an accredited third party conformity
assessment body.
Unless stayed by the Commission, these requirements apply to any
such children's product that is manufactured more than 90 days after
the Commission has established and published a notice of the
requirements for accreditation of third party conformity assessment
bodies to assess conformity with any children's product safety rule to
which such children's product is subject. Section 14(a)(3) of the CPSA,
15 U.S.C. 2063(a)(3).
Section 14(a)(3) of the CPSA also provides a schedule for the dates
by which the Commission must publish the notices of the requirements
for accreditation of third party conformity assessment bodies for
various children's products. For ``baby bouncers, walkers, and
jumpers,'' the statute specified that the Commission publish a notice
of the requirements for accreditation of third party conformity
assessment bodies ``to assess conformity with parts 1500.18(a)(6) and
1500.86(a)'' and that such publication occur not later than 210 days
after the date of enactment of the CPSIA, or March 12, 2009. The
proposed rule, if finalized, would revoke 16 CFR 1500.18(a)(6) and
1500.86(a) and, as a result, make it unproductive to issue a notice of
requirements that references those regulations. Furthermore, the
requirement for the testing and certification of many products,
including baby-walkers, has been stayed by the Commission until Feb.
10, 2010, at which time the Commission will vote on whether to
terminate the stay. 74 FR 6396 (Feb. 9, 2009). By then, as noted above
in part B of this preamble, the Commission intends to develop an up-to-
date mandatory standard to which baby walkers can be tested and
certified.
D. Discussion
As can be seen from the information presented above in part A.2 of
this preamble, the Commission's current requirements for baby-walkers
are outdated and are not based on the most recent anthropometric data.
This unduly restricts the design choices available to the manufacturers
of baby walkers without providing any additional safety. Furthermore,
the current voluntary standard not only deals adequately with the
hazards addressed by the Commission's regulation but also covers other
major hazards, such as falls down stairs, associated with the product.
CPSC staff reviewed the existing baby-walker regulation in 2006 as
part of the
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Program for Systematic Review of Commission Regulations and recommended
that a project be undertaken to consider revoking the regulations on
baby-walkers. (Memorandum to Jacqueline Elder, Assistant Executive
Director, Office of Hazard Identification and Reduction, from Patricia
Hackett, Division of Mechanical Engineering, dated April, 24, 2007.)
As discussed above in part B of this preamble, the Commission
intends to issue a new mandatory standard for baby walkers in the next
year. The new standard is likely to address the stair-fall hazard and
be largely based on the current voluntary standard. As noted in part C
of this preamble, after the current stay of testing and certification
requirements for many products, including baby walkers, is terminated
(on or after Feb. 10, 2010), children's products subject to a mandatory
standard will have to be tested by a third party conformity assessment
body and certified as complying with the standard. The anticipated new
mandatory standard probably will not issue until shortly before or even
after Feb. 10, 2010. As that date approaches, notwithstanding the
absence of a notice of requirements for baby walkers, if the current
mandatory standard is still in place and a rule to revoke it has not
been issued, the manufacturers of baby walkers may be uncertain as to
what requirements they should certify to after the stay is terminated.
To avoid this uncertainty and any associated expense to the industry or
conformity assessment bodies, the Commission is proposing to revoke its
regulations pertaining to baby-walkers and proposing that any final
rule revoking those regulations will become effective on the date of
termination of the stay of the testing and certification requirements
for baby walkers or upon the effective date of the new mandatory
standard to be developed, whichever occurs first. In the meantime,
CPSC's staff will encourage baby walker manufacturers to comply with
the voluntary standard.
E. Questions Pertaining to the Products Covered by 16 CFR 1500.18(a)(6)
and 1500.86(a) and ASTM's Standards
The Commission notes that there may be some question as to whether
there are products that arguably fall within 16 CFR 1500.18(a)(6) and
1500.86(a), but not within any ASTM standard. A possible example of
this might be jumpers that affix to door frames, as discussed earlier
in part A.2 of this preamble.
Additionally, there may be some question about whether the
regulations afford some protections that the ASTM standards do not. For
example, if one concluded that certain jumpers are covered by the
regulations, but not by ASTM standards, one might assert that the
regulations need to be retained to cover such products.
Therefore, the Commission specifically invites comments on: (1)
Whether there are products that are covered by 16 CFR 1500.18(a)(6) and
1500.86(a), but not by any ASTM voluntary standard; (2) whether
retention of CPSC's current regulations for those specific products is
warranted; and (3) whether there are specific requirements in 16 CFR
1500.18(a)(6) and 1500.86(a), but not in any ASTM standard, that
warrant retention. Identification of the specific product(s) and
requirement(s) would be particularly helpful.
F. Paperwork Reduction Act
This proposed rule would not impose any information collection
requirements. Accordingly, this rule is not subject to the Paperwork
Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520.
G. Environmental Considerations
This proposed rule falls within the scope of the Commission's
environmental review regulation at 16 CFR 1021.5(c)(1), which provides
a categorical exclusion from any requirement for the agency to prepare
an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement for rules
that revoke product safety standards.
H. Effective Date
The Commission proposes that a final rule to revoke 16 CFR
1500.18(a)(6) and 1500.86(a) become effective on the date of
termination of the stay of the testing and certification requirements
originally announced in the Federal Register of February 9, 2009 (74 FR
6396), or upon the effective date of the new mandatory standard to be
developed, whichever occurs first. If necessary, the revocation could
become effective immediately upon its date of publication in the
Federal Register. Section 553(d) of the Administrative Procedure Act
(``APA'') excludes certain final rules from the otherwise applicable
APA requirement that the effective date of a rule be at least 30 days
after the rule is published. 5 U.S.C. 553(d). One such exclusion is for
a rule that relieves a restriction. Because the proposed rule would, if
finalized, relieve certain restrictions for baby-bouncers, walker-
jumpers, and baby-walkers, a delayed effective date would not be
necessary.
I. References
1. ASTM voluntary standard F977-07, Standard Consumer Safety
Specification for Infant Walkers.
2. Memorandum from P. Edwards, Project Manager, to the Commission,
``Notice of Proposed Rulemaking--Recommending the Revocation of CPSC
Regulation for Baby Bouncers, Walker-Jumpers, and Baby-Walkers, 16
CFR 1500.18(a)(6) and 1500.86(a)(4),'' dated Aug. 14, 2009.
3. Snyder, R. G., Spencer, M. L., Owings, C. L. & Schneider, L. W.
(1975), Physical Characteristics of Children As Related to Death and
Injury for Consumer Product Design and Use, Prepared for the
Consumer Product Safety Commission (UM-HSRI-BI-75-5 Final Report
Contract FDA-72-70 May 1975), Highway Safety Research Institute, The
University of Michigan, May 31, 1975 ``available on the Internet at
http://www.itl.nist.gov/iaui/ovrt/projects/anthrokids/''.
4. ASTM voluntary standard F2012, Standard Consumer Safety
Performance Specifications for Stationary Activity Centers.
5. ASTM voluntary standard F2167, Standard Consumer Safety
Specification for Infant Bouncer Seats.
6. Memorandum to Jacqueline Elder, Assistant Executive Director,
Office of Hazard Identification and Reduction, from Patricia
Hackett, Division of Mechanical Engineering, ``Regulatory Review of
CPSC Regulation for Baby Bouncers, Walker-Jumpers, and Baby-Walkers,
16 CFR 1500.18(a)(6) and 1500.86(a)(4),'' dated April, 24, 2007.
7. 36 FR 7255-56 (April 16, 1971).
8. 36 FR 21809-10 (Nov. 16, 1971).
9. 73 FR 68328 (Nov. 18, 2008).
10. 74 FR 6396 (Feb. 9, 2009).
List of Subjects in 16 CFR Part 1500
Consumer protection, Hazardous substances, Imports, Infants and
children, Labeling, Law enforcement, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Toys.
For the reasons stated above, and under the authority of 15 U.S.C.
1261-1262 and 5 U.S.C. 553, the Consumer Product Safety Commission
proposes to amend 16 CFR part 1500 as follows:
PART 1500--HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES AND ARTICLES; ADMINISTRATION AND
ENFORCEMENT REGULATIONS
1. The authority citation for 16 CFR part 1500 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1261-1278.
Sec. 1500.18 [Amended]
2. Section 1500.18 is amended by removing and reserving paragraph
(a)(6).
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Sec. 1500.86 [Amended]
3. Section 1500.86 is amended by removing and reserving paragraph
(a)(4).
Dated: August 25, 2009.
Todd Stevenson,
Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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