Bleachers and grandstands; safety standards,

[Federal Register: August 26, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 165)]

[Notices]

[Page 46657-46658]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

Petition Requesting Development of Safety Standard for Bleachers and Grandstands

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Commission has received a petition from Representatives Bill Luther and Jim Ramstad requesting that the Commission develop a safety standard to prevent falls between gaps in bleachers and grandstands. The Commission solicits written comments concerning the petition.

DATES: Comments on the petition should be received in the Office of the Secretary by October 25, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Comments, preferably in five copies, on the petition should be mailed to the Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC 20207, telephone (301) 504-0800, or delivered to the Office of the Secretary, Room 501, 4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland 20814. Comments may also be filedby telefacsimile to (301) 504-0127 or by email to cpsc-os@cpsc.gov. Comments should be captioned ``Petition CP 99-2, Petition for Development of a Safety Standard for Bleachers and Grandstands.'' A copy of the petition is available for inspection at the Commission's Public Reading Room, Room 419, 4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rockelle Hammond, Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, D.C. 20207; telephone (301) 504-0800, ext. 1232.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission has received a letter from Representatives Bill Luther and Jim Ramstad requesting that the Commission develop a safety standard for bleachers and grandstands. The Commission is docketing the correspondence as a petition under provisions of the Consumer Product Safety Act, 15 U.S.C. 2051 et seq. The petitioners note that there have been several recent incidents involving children falling through gaps in bleachers at basketball and hockey arenas. In one such incident a six-year-old boy died. The petitioners ask for a standard that would include minimum spacing requirements for gaps in new bleachers. They also request that the Commission issue guidelines for retrofitting older facilities.

Interested parties may obtain a copy of the petition by writing or calling the

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Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC 20207; telephone (301) 504-0800. A copy of the petition is also available for inspection from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, in the Commission's Public Reading Room, Room 419, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland.

Dated: August 20, 1999. Sadye E. Dunn, Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.

[FR Doc. 99-22094Filed8-25-99; 8:45 am]

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