Performance Requirements for Residential Gas Furnaces and Boilers; Notice of Reopening of Comment Period

• Published date: 07 November 2019
• Citation: 84 FR 60010
• Record Number: 2019-24284
• Section: Proposed rules
• Court: Consumer Product Safety Commission

Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 216 (Thursday, November 7, 2019)

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 216 (Thursday, November 7, 2019)]
                [Proposed Rules]
                [Pages 60010-60011]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2019-24284]
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                CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
                16 CFR Chapter II
                [Docket No. CPSC-2019-0020]
                Performance Requirements for Residential Gas Furnaces and
                Boilers; Notice of Reopening of Comment Period
                AGENCY: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
                ACTION: Reopening of comment period.
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                SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC)
                voted to publish an advance notice of
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                proposed rulemaking (ANPR) in the Federal Register on August 19, 2019,
                concerning residential gas furnaces and boilers. The ANPR invited the
                public to submit written comments during a comment period that would
                close 60 days after the date of publication of the ANPR in the Federal
                Register. In response to a request for an extension, the Commission is
                reopening the comment period.
                DATES: Submit comments by January 6, 2020.
                ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2019-
                0020, by any of the following methods:
                 Electronic Submissions: Submit electronic comments to the Federal
                eRulemaking Portal at: 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: Division of the Secretariat, 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:
                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 accordance with the
                instructions for written submissions above.
                 Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
                comments received, go to: www.regulations.gov, and insert the docket
                number CPSC-2019-0020, into the ``Search'' box, and follow the prompts.
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                 On August 9, 2019, the Commission voted to publish an ANPR in the
                Federal Register, to develop a rule to address the risk of injury and
                death associated with CO production and leakage from residential gas
                furnaces and boilers. The ANPR was published on August 19, 2019, with a
                60-day comment period that closed on October 18, 2019. 84 FR 42847. The
                Commission issued the ANPR under the authority of the Consumer Product
                Safety Act (CPSA). On October 14, 2019, the Air-Conditioning, Heating,
                & Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) requested an extension of the comment
                period for an additional 60 days to provide stakeholders adequate time
                to respond to the ANPR. AHRI states that member companies are currently
                developing comments to submit on the ANPR. AHRI also notes the CSA/ANSI
                Cross-Functional Working Group on CO Sensor Detectors report is an
                agenda item during the upcoming Joint Technical Committee meeting on
                October 29, 2019, and that AHRI members would like to understand the
                Joint Technical Committee's decision on the report and proposed actions
                before finalizing their comments.
                 The Commission has considered this request and is reopening the
                comment period for an additional 60 days until January 6, 2020.
                Alberta E. Mills,
                Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
                [FR Doc. 2019-24284 Filed 11-6-19; 8:45 am]
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