Safety Standard for Clothing Storage Units; Notice of Opportunity for Oral Presentation of Comments
| Published date | 01 March 2022 |
| Citation | 87 FR 11366 |
| Record Number | 2022-04217 |
| Section | Proposed rules |
| Court | Consumer Product Safety Commission |
Federal Register, Volume 87 Issue 40 (Tuesday, March 1, 2022)
[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 1, 2022)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 11366]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04217]
[[Page 11366]]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
16 CFR Parts 1112 and 1261
[Docket No. CPSC-2017-0044]
Safety Standard for Clothing Storage Units; Notice of Opportunity
for Oral Presentation of Comments
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; opportunity for oral
presentation of comments.
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SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC)
will be providing an opportunity for interested parties to present oral
comments on the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) the Commission
issued regarding a safety standard for clothing storage units (CSUs).
Any oral comments will be part of the rulemaking record.
DATES: The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on
April 6, 2022, via webinar. All attendees should pre-register for the
webinar online at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4382433867276269835. Any individual interested in making an oral
presentation must register for the webinar and submit a request to make
an oral presentation to the Division of the Secretariat, along with the
written text of the oral presentation, and such requests must be
received no later than 5 p.m. EST on March 23, 2022. All other
individuals who wish to attend the meeting should register before the
start of the hearing.
ADDRESSES: The hearing will be held via webinar. Attendance is free of
charge. Submit requests to make oral presentations and provide the
written text of oral presentations to the Division of the Secretariat,
with the caption, ``Clothing Storage Units NPR; Oral Presentation,'' by
email to [email protected], or by mail to the Division of the
Secretariat, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East-West
Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814. Detailed instructions for those making
oral presentations and other attendees will be made available on the
CPSC public calendar.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about the subject
matter of this hearing, contact Kirsten Talcott, Project Manager,
Consumer Product Safety Commission, 5 Research Place, Rockville, MD
20850; phone: (301) 987-2311, email: [email protected]. For information
about the procedure to make an oral presentation, contact Alberta E.
Mills, Division of the Secretariat, Consumer Product Safety Commission,
4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; (301) 504-7479, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background \1\
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On February 3, 2022, the Commission published an NPR in the Federal
Register, proposing to issue a safety standard for CSUs under the
Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA; 15 U.S.C. 2051-2089), and seeking
written comments. 87 FR 6246. The proposed rule seeks to address the
risk of injuries and death, particularly to children, associated with
CSUs tipping over, by requiring CSUs to be tested for stability and to
exceed minimum stability requirements; to be marked and labeled with
safety information; and to bear a hang tag providing performance and
technical data about the stability of the CSU. The proposed rule would
apply to ``clothing storage units,'' which the NPR proposes to define
as follows:
Clothing storage unit means a freestanding furniture item, with
drawer(s) and/or door(s), that may be reasonably expected to be used
for storing clothing, that is greater than or equal to 27 inches in
height, and with a total functional volume of the closed storage
greater than 1.3 cubic feet and greater than the sum of the total
functional volume of the open storage and the total volume of the
open space. Common names for clothing storage units include, but are
not limited to: Chests, bureaus, dressers, armoires, wardrobes,
chests of drawers, drawer chests, chifforobes, and door chests.
Whether a product is a clothing storage unit depends on whether it
meets this definition. Some products that generally do not meet the
criteria in this definition and, therefore, likely are not
considered clothing storage units are: Shelving units, office
furniture, dining room furniture, laundry hampers, built-in closets,
and single-compartment closed rigid boxes (storage chests).
The NPR proposes to exempt clothes lockers and portable storage
closets from the standard. The NPR is available at: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-02-03/pdf/2022-01689.pdf, and CPSC
staff's briefing package for the NPR is available at: https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/Proposed%20Rule-%20Safety%20Standard%20for%20Clothing%20Storage%20Units.pdf.
II. The Public Hearing
The Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 551-562) and section 9
of the CPSA require the Commission to provide interested parties with
an opportunity to submit ``written data, views, or arguments''
regarding a proposed rule. 5 U.S.C. 553(c); 15 U.S.C. 2058(d)(2). The
NPR invited such written comments. In addition, section 9 of the CPSA
requires the Commission to provide interested parties ``an opportunity
for oral presentation of data, views, or arguments.'' 15 U.S.C.
2058(d)(2). The Commission must keep a transcript of such oral
presentations. Id. In accordance with this requirement, the Commission
is providing a forum for oral presentations concerning the proposed
standard for CSUs.
To request the opportunity to make an oral presentation, see the
information under the DATES and ADDRESSES sections of this notice.
Participants should limit their presentations to approximately 10
minutes, excluding time for questioning by the Commissioners or CPSC
staff. To avoid duplicate presentations, groups should designate a
spokesperson, and the Commission reserves the right to limit
presentation times or impose further restrictions, as necessary.
Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2022-04217 Filed 2-28-22; 8:45 am]
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