Petition Requesting Rulemaking To Amend Safety Standard for Walk-Behind Power Lawn Mowers

• Published date: 09 April 2019
• Citation: 84 FR 14043
• Record Number: 2019-06841
• Section: Proposed rules
• Court: Consumer Product Safety Commission

Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 68 (Tuesday, April 9, 2019)

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 9, 2019)]
                [Proposed Rules]
                [Page 14043]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2019-06841]
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                CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
                16 CFR Part 1205
                [Docket No. CPSC-2019-0007]
                Petition Requesting Rulemaking To Amend Safety Standard for Walk-
                Behind Power Lawn Mowers
                AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
                ACTION: Proposed rule.
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                SUMMARY: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) received a
                petition from the Outdoor Power Equipment Industry (petitioner, or
                OPEI), requesting a revision to the warning label requirement for the
                Safety Standard for Walk-Behind Power Lawn Mowers. The CPSC invites
                written comments concerning this petition.
                DATES: Submit comments by June 10, 2019.
                ADDRESSES: Submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2019-0007, 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 CPSC does not accept comments
                submitted by electronic mail (email), except through
                www.regulations.gov. The CPSC encourages you to submit electronic
                comments by using the Federal eRulemaking Portal, as described above.
                 Written Submissions: Submit written comments 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 to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal
                identifiers, contact information, or other personal information
                provided. 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 by mail/hand delivery/courier.
                 Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
                comments received, go to: http://www.regulations.gov, insert docket
                number CPSC-2019-0007 into the ``Search'' box, and follow the prompts.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rocky Hammond, Division of the
                Secretariat, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West
                Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone: 301-504-6833; email:
                [email protected].
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 19, 2019, OPEI submitted a
                petition to the CPSC to initiate rulemaking to revise the warning
                requirement for the Safety Standard for Walk-Behind Power Lawn Mowers
                codified at 16 CFR part 1205 (CPSC standard). Specifically, OPEI
                requests that the Commission amend the CPSC standard to allow for a
                pictorial-only warning as an alternative to the warning label for reel-
                type and rotary power mowers required by 16 CFR 1205.6(a) (Figure 7).
                According to OPEI, a pictorial-only warning will help provide consumers
                with understandable, non-language warnings to improve consumer safety
                and also modernize and globally harmonize the warning for all
                consumers. OPEI contends that the petition seeks a limited, non-
                material change to the CPSC standard.
                 By this notice, CPSC seeks comments concerning this petition. The
                petition is available at: http://www.regulations.gov, under Docket No.
                CPSC-2019-0007, Supporting and Related Materials. Alternatively,
                interested parties may obtain a copy of the petition by writing or
                calling the Division of the Secretariat, Consumer Product Safety
                Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301)
                504-6833.
                Alberta E. Mills,
                Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
                [FR Doc. 2019-06841 Filed 4-8-19; 8:45 am]
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