Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking To Establish a Safety Standard for Infant Sleep Products; Notice of Extension of Comment Period

• Citation: 85 FR 4918
• Record Number: 2020-01413
• Published date: 28 January 2020
• Court: Consumer Product Safety Commission

Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 2020)

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 2020)]
                [Proposed Rules]
                [Pages 4918-4919]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2020-01413]
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                CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
                16 CFR Parts 1112, 1130, and 1236
                [CPSC Docket No. 2017-0020]
                Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking To Establish a Safety
                Standard for Infant Sleep Products; Notice of Extension of Comment
                Period
                AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
                ACTION: Extension of comment period.
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                SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) published a
                supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (Supplemental NPR) to
                promulgate a consumer product safety standard for infant sleep products
                (infant sleep products) in the Federal Register on November 12, 2019.
                The Supplemental NPR invited the public to submit written comments
                during a 75-day comment period, beginning on the Supplemental NPR
                publication date, and ending on January 27, 2020. In response to a
                request for an extension of the comment period, the Commission is
                extending the comment period by 30 days.
                DATES: Submit comments by February 26, 2020.
                ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2017-
                0020, electronically or in writing:
                 Electronic Submissions: Submit electronic comments to the Federal
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                eRulemaking Portal at: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
                instructions for submitting comments. CPSC does not accept comments
                submitted by electronic mail (email), except through
                www.regulations.gov. CPSC 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 proposed rulemaking. All comments received
                may be posted without change, including any personal identifiers,
                contact information, or other personal information provided, to: http://www.regulations.gov. Do not submit electronically any 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: http://www.regulations.gov, and insert the
                docket number, CPSC-2017-0020, into the ``Search'' box, and follow the
                prompts.
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 25, 2019, the Commission voted
                to publish a Supplemental NPR in the Federal Register, to promulgate a
                consumer product safety standard for infant sleep products. The
                Supplemental NPR published on November 12, 2019, with a 75-day comment
                period, which closes on January 27, 2020. On January 11, 2020, Joanne
                E. Mattiace, from the Law Offices of Joanne E. Mattiace, submitted a
                request to extend the comment period by 60 days. The request states
                that stakeholders are ``diligently working to submit comments'' by
                January 27, 2020, however, the CPSC staff's December 12, 2019 letter to
                ASTM International regarding ASTM F15.18 Bassinet and Cradles and
                Infant Inclined Sleep Products Updates, which discusses the staff's
                safety concerns with in-bed sleepers and compact bassinets, has
                ``resulted in additional issues of great importance that now need to be
                fully evaluated and discussed.'' Ms. Mattiace requests that the
                Commission extend the comment period for 60 days so that stakeholders
                can ``prepare comments of much more benefit for the agency.''
                 The Commission has considered this request and will grant an
                extension of the comment period by 30 days, until February 26, 2020.
                Alberta E. Mills,
                Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
                [FR Doc. 2020-01413 Filed 1-27-20; 8:45 am]
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