Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

Published date22 February 2023
Record Number2023-02038
Citation88 FR 11324
CourtConsumer Product Safety Commission
SectionProposed rules
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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
AGENCY
: U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
ACTION
: Semiannual Regulatory Agenda.
SUMMARY
: In this document, the
Commission publishes its semiannual
regulatory flexibility agenda. In
addition, this document includes an
agenda of regulations that the
Commission expects to develop or
review during the next year. This
document meets the requirements of the
Regulatory Flexibility Act and Executive
Order 12866.
DATES
: The Commission welcomes
comments on the agenda and on the
individual agenda entries. Submit
comments to the Office of the Secretary
on or before March 24, 2023.
ADDRESSES
: Caption comments on the
regulatory agenda, ‘‘Regulatory
Flexibility Agenda.’’ You can submit
comments by email to: cpsc-os@
cpsc.gov. You can also submit
comments by mail or delivery to the
Office of the Secretary, U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission, 4330 East-
West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814–
4408.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
: For
further information on the agenda, in
general, contact Daniel R. Vice, Office of
the General Counsel, U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission, 4330 East-
West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814–
4408, dvice@cpsc.gov. For further
information regarding a particular item
on the agenda, contact the person listed
in the column titled, ‘‘Contact,’’ for that
particular item.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
: The
Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA; 5
U.S.C. 601–612) contains several
provisions intended to reduce
unnecessary and disproportionate
regulatory requirements on small
businesses, small governmental
organizations, and other small entities.
Section 602 of the RFA requires each
agency to publish, twice a year, a
regulatory flexibility agenda containing
‘‘a brief description of the subject area
of any rule which the agency expects to
propose or promulgate which is likely to
have a significant economic impact on
a substantial number of small entities.’’
5 U.S.C. 602. The agency must provide
a summary of the nature of the rule, the
objectives and legal basis for the rule,
and an approximate schedule for acting
on each rule for which the agency has
issued a notice of proposed rulemaking.
In addition, the regulatory flexibility
agenda must contain the name and
telephone number of an agency official
who is knowledgeable about the listed
items. Agencies must attempt to provide
notice of their agendas to small entities
and solicit their comments either by
directly notifying them, or by including
the agenda in publications that small
entities are likely to obtain.
In addition, Executive Order 12866,
Regulatory Planning and Review (Sep.
30, 1993), requires each agency to
publish, twice a year, a regulatory
agenda of regulations under
development or review during the next
year. 58 FR 51735 (Oct. 4, 1993). The
Executive order states that agencies may
combine this agenda with the regulatory
flexibility agenda required under the
RFA. The agenda required by Executive
Order 12866 must include all of the
regulations the agency expects to
develop or review during the next 12
months, regardless of whether they may
have a significant economic impact on
a substantial number of small entities.
This agenda also includes regulatory
activities that the Commission listed in
the spring 2022 agenda and completed
before publishing this agenda.
The agenda contains a brief
description and summary of each
regulatory activity, including the
objectives and legal basis for each; an
approximate schedule of target dates,
subject to revision, for developing or
completing each activity; and the name
and telephone number of an agency
official who is knowledgeable about
items in the agenda.
The internet is the primary means for
disseminating the Unified Agenda. The
complete Unified Agenda will be
available online at: www.reginfo.gov, in
a format that allows users to obtain
information from the agenda database.
Because agencies must publish in the
Federal Register the regulatory
flexibility agenda required by the RFA
(5 U.S.C. 602), the Commission’s
printed agenda entries include only:
(1) rules that are in the agency’s
regulatory flexibility agenda, in
accordance with the RFA, because they
are likely to have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small
entities; and
(2) rules that the agency has identified
for periodic review under section 610 of
the RFA.
The entries in the Commission’s
printed agenda are limited to fields that
contain information that the RFA
requires in an agenda. Additional
information on these entries is available
in the Unified Agenda published on the
internet.
The agenda reflects the Commission’s
assessment of the likelihood that the
specified event will occur during the
next year; the precise dates for each
rulemaking are uncertain. New
information, changes of circumstances,
or changes in the law, may alter
anticipated timing. In addition, you
should not infer from this agenda a final
determination by the Commission or its
staff regarding the need for, or the
substance of, any rule or regulation.
Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
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503 .................... Regulatory Options for Table Saws (Reg Plan Seq No. 219) ........................................................................ 3041–AC31
504 .................... Petition for Rulemaking to Eliminate Accessible Cords on Window Covering Products (Reg Plan Seq No.
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505 .................... Furniture Tip Overs: Clothing Storage Units (Reg Plan Seq No. 221) .......................................................... 3041–AD65
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506 .................... Recreational Off-Road Vehicles ....................................................................................................................... 3041–AC78
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Identifier No.
507 .................... Safety Standard for Magnets ........................................................................................................................... 3041–AD82
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
COMMISSION (CPSC)
Proposed Rule Stage
502. Portable Generators [3041–AC36]
Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2051
Abstract: In 2006, the Commission
issued an advance notice of proposed
rulemaking (ANPRM) under the
Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA)
concerning portable generators. The
ANPRM discussed regulatory options
that could reduce deaths and injuries
related to portable generators,
particularly those involving carbon
monoxide (CO) poisoning. In fiscal year
2006, staff awarded a contract to
develop a prototype generator engine
with reduced CO in the exhaust. Also,
in fiscal year 2006, staff entered into an
interagency agreement (IAG) with the
National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) to conduct tests with
a generator, in both off-the-shelf and
prototype configurations, operating in
the garage attached to NIST’s test house.
In fiscal year 2009, staff entered into a
second IAG with NIST with the goal of
developing CO emission performance
requirements for a possible proposed
regulation that would be based on
health effects criteria. After additional
staff and contractor work, the
Commission issued a notice of proposed
rulemaking (NPRM) in 2016, proposing
a performance standard that would limit
the CO emission rates from operating
portable generators. In 2018, two
voluntary standards adopted different
CO-mitigation requirements intended to
address the CO poisoning hazard
associated with portable generators.
Staff developed a simulation and
analysis plan to evaluate the
effectiveness of those voluntary
standards’ requirements. In 2019, the
Commission sought public comments
on staff’s plan. In August 2020, staff
submitted to the Commission a draft
notice of availability of the modified
plan, based on staff’s review and
consideration of the comments, for
evaluating the voluntary standards; the
Commission published the notice of
availability in August 2020. In February
2022, staff delivered a briefing package
to the Commission with the results of
the effectiveness analysis and
information on the availability of
compliant generators in the
marketplace. Staff concluded that the
CO hazard-mitigation requirements of
one standard are more effective than the
other, but conformance to either
standard is low. Staff intends to deliver
an NPRM or supplemental NPRM
rulemaking briefing package on portable
generators to the Commission in fiscal
year 2023.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Staff Sent
ANPRM to
Commission.
07/06/06
Staff Sent Supple-
mental Material
to Commission.
10/12/06
Commission Deci-
sion. 10/26/06
Staff Sent Draft
ANPRM to
Commission.
11/21/06
ANPRM ............... 12/12/06 71 FR 74472
ANPRM Comment
Period End. 02/12/07
Staff Releases
Research Re-
port for Com-
ment.
10/10/12
NPRM .................. 11/21/16 81 FR 83556
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM Comment
Period Ex-
tended.
12/13/16 81 FR 89888
Public Hearing for
Oral Comments. 03/08/17 82 FR 8907
NPRM Comment
Period End. 04/24/17
Staff Sends No-
tice of Avail-
ability to the
Commission.
06/26/19
Commission Deci-
sion. 07/02/19
Notice of Avail-
ability. 07/09/19 84 FR 32729
Staff Sends No-
tice of Avail-
ability to Com-
mission.
08/12/20
Commission Deci-
sion. 08/19/20
Notice of Avail-
ability. 08/24/20 85 FR 52096
Staff Report on
Effectiveness
Evaluation of
Voluntary
Standards.
02/16/22
Staff Sends
(S)NPRM brief-
ing package to
Commission.
01/00/23
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Janet L. Buyer,
Project Manager, Directorate for
Engineering Sciences, Consumer
Product Safety Commission, National
Product Testing and Evaluation Center,
5 Research Place, Rockville, MD 20850,
Phone: 301 987–2293, Email: jbuyer@
cpsc.gov.
RIN: 3041–AC36
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Final Rule Stage
503. Regulatory Options for Table Saws
[3041–AC31]
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq.
No. 219 in part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 3041–AC31
504. Petition for Rulemaking To
Eliminate Accessible Cords on Window
Covering Products [3041–AD31]
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq.
No. 220 in part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 3041–AD31
505. Furniture Tip Overs: Clothing
Storage Units [3041–AD65]
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq.
No. 221 in part II of this issue of the
Federal Register.
RIN: 3041–AD65
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
COMMISSION (CPSC)
Long-Term Actions
506. Recreational Off-Road Vehicles
[3041–AC78]
Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2056; 15
U.S.C. 2058
Abstract: The Commission is
considering whether recreational off-
road vehicles (ROVs) present an
unreasonable risk of injury that should
be regulated. Staff conducted testing
and evaluation programs to develop
performance requirements addressing
vehicle stability, vehicle handling, and
occupant protection. In 2014, the
Commission issued a notice of proposed
rulemaking (NPRM) proposing
standards addressing vehicle stability,
vehicle handling, and occupant
protection. Congress directed in fiscal
year 2016, and reaffirmed in subsequent
fiscal year appropriations, that none of
the amounts made available by the
Appropriations Bill may be used to
finalize or implement the proposed
Safety Standard for Recreational Off-
Highway Vehicles until after the
National Academy of Sciences
completes a study to determine specific
information, as set forth in the
Appropriations Bill. Staff ceased work
on a Final Rule briefing package and
instead engaged the Recreational Off-
Highway Vehicle Association (ROHVA)
and Outdoor Power Equipment Institute
(OPEI) in the development of voluntary
standards for ROVs. Staff conducted
dynamic and static tests on ROVs,
shared test results with ROHVA and
OPEI, and participated in the
development of revised voluntary
standards to address staff’s concerns
with vehicle stability, vehicle handling,
and occupant protection. The voluntary
standards for ROVs were revised and
published in 2016 (ANSI/ROHVA 1–
2016 and ANSI/OPEI B71.9–2016). Staff
assessed the new voluntary standard
requirements and prepared a
termination of rulemaking briefing
package that was submitted to the
Commission on November 22, 2016. The
Commission voted not to terminate the
rulemaking associated with ROVs. In
the Fiscal Year 2020 Operating Plan, the
Commission directed staff to prepare a
rulemaking termination briefing
package. Staff submitted a briefing
package to the Commission on
September 16, 2020 that recommended
termination of the rulemaking. On
September 22, 2020, the Commission
voted 2–2 on this matter. A majority was
not reached and no action is being
taken.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Staff Sends
ANPRM Brief-
ing Package to
Commission.
10/07/09
Commission Deci-
sion. 10/21/09
ANPRM ............... 10/28/09 74 FR 55495
ANPRM Comment
Period Ex-
tended.
12/22/09 74 FR 67987
Extended Com-
ment Period
End.
03/15/10
Staff Sends
NPRM Briefing
Package to
Commission.
09/24/14
Staff Sends Sup-
plemental Infor-
mation on
ROVs to Com-
mission.
10/17/14
Commission Deci-
sion. 10/29/14
NPRM Published
in Federal Reg-
ister.
11/19/14 79 FR 68964
NPRM Comment
Period Ex-
tended.
01/23/15 80 FR 3535
Extended Com-
ment Period
End.
04/08/15
Staff Sends Brief-
ing Package
Assessing Vol-
untary Stand-
ards to Com-
mission.
11/22/16
Commission Deci-
sion Not to Ter-
minate.
01/25/17
Action Date FR Cite
Staff Sends Brief-
ing Package to
Commission.
09/16/20
Commission Deci-
sion: Majority
Not Reached,
No Action Will
be Taken.
09/22/20
Next Step Unde-
termined. To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Caroleene Paul,
Project Manager, Directorate for
Engineering Sciences, Consumer
Product Safety Commission, National
Product Testing and Evaluation Center,
5 Research Place, Rockville, MD 20850,
Phone: 301 987–2225, Email: cpaul@
cpsc.gov.
RIN: 3041–AC78
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
COMMISSION (CPSC)
Completed Actions
507. Safety Standard for Magnets
[3041–AD82]
Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 553; 15
U.S.C. 2056; 15 U.S.C. 2058
Abstract: Based on direction in the
Commission’s Fiscal Year 2021
Operating Plan, staff submitted a notice
of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)
briefing package to the Commission on
October 6, 2021, to address the internal
interaction hazard associated with
ingestion of small, powerful magnets.
On December 14, 2021, the Commission
voted to approve publication of the
NPRM. On January 10, 2022, the NPRM
was published in the Federal Register,
seeking comments and initiating
rulemaking under the Consumer
Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2051–
2089). The written comment period on
the NPRM closed on March 28, 2022.
On February 2, 2022, staff submitted to
the Commission a draft notice
announcing the opportunity for
interested parties to make oral
comments on the NPRM. On February 8,
2022, the Commission voted to approve
publication of the oral comment notice.
The oral comment notice was published
in the Federal Register on February 15,
2022, indicating that requests to present
at the oral hearing had to be provided
by February 23, 2022. The Commission
held the hearing on March 2,2022. On
August 17, 2022, staff submitted a final
rule briefing package to the
Commission. On September 7, 2022, the
Commission approved the Final Rule for
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Magnets. On September 21, 2022, the
Final Rule for Magnets was published in
the Federal Register.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Staff Sends
NPRM Briefing
Package to
Commission.
10/06/21
Commission Deci-
sion. 12/14/21
NPRM .................. 01/10/22 87 FR 1260
Staff Sends Oral
Comment No-
tice to Commis-
sion.
02/02/22
Action Date FR Cite
Commission Deci-
sion on Oral
Comment No-
tice.
02/08/22
Oral Comment
Notice Pub-
lished.
02/15/22 87 FR 8442
Oral Comment
Hearing. 03/02/22
End of NPRM
Comment Pe-
riod.
03/28/22
Staff Sends Final
Rule Briefing
Package to
Commission.
08/17/22
Commission Deci-
sion. 09/07/22
Action Date FR Cite
Final Rule Pub-
lished. 09/21/22 87 FR 57756
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Stephen Harsanyi,
Project Manager, Directorate for
Engineering Sciences, Consumer
Product Safety Commission, National
Product Testing and Evaluation Center,
5 Research Place, Rockville, MD 20850,
Phone: 301 987–2209, Email:
sharsanyi@cpsc.gov.
RIN: 3041–AD82
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