Proposed Rule2022-15905
Safety Standard for Crib Bumpers/Liners; Withdrawal
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Published
July 26, 2022
Issuing agencies
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Abstract
On May 16, 2022, the President signed into law the Safe Sleep for Babies Act of 2021 (SSBA), requiring that crib bumpers, "regardless of the date of manufacture, shall be considered a banned hazardous product" under the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA). In light of that new statutory direction, CPSC is terminating its pending rulemaking proceeding on crib bumpers/liners, and in a separate notice of proposed rulemaking, proposing to codify the requirements for crib bumpers pursuant to the SSBA. The Commission is also terminating the related proposed rule amendment to include the safety standard for crib bumpers/liners in the list of notice of requirements, as well as the related proposed amendment to identify "crib bumpers/liners" as a durable infant or toddler product subject to CPSC's consumer registration requirements.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 142 (Tuesday, July 26, 2022)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 44306-44307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-15905]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
16 CFR Parts 1112, 1130, and 1240
[CPSC Docket No. CPSC-2020-0010]
Safety Standard for Crib Bumpers/Liners; Withdrawal
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Termination of rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: On May 16, 2022, the President signed into law the Safe Sleep
for Babies Act of 2021 (SSBA), requiring that crib bumpers,
``regardless of the date of manufacture, shall be considered a banned
hazardous product'' under the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA). In
light of that new statutory direction, CPSC is terminating its pending
rulemaking proceeding on crib bumpers/liners, and in a separate notice
of proposed rulemaking, proposing to codify the requirements for crib
bumpers pursuant to the SSBA. The Commission is also terminating the
related proposed rule amendment to include the safety standard for crib
bumpers/liners in the list of notice of requirements, as well as the
related proposed amendment to identify ``crib bumpers/liners'' as a
durable infant or toddler product subject to CPSC's consumer
registration requirements.
DATES: The notice of proposed rulemaking published at 85 FR 18878,
April 3, 2020, is withdrawn as of July 26, 2022.
ADDRESSES: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West
Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela J. Stone, Attorney Advisor,
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway,
Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone: (301) 504-7619; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#acdcdfd8c3c2c9eccfdcdfcf82cbc3da"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e29291968d8c87a281929181cc858d94">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 3 of the Safe Sleep for
Babies Act of 2021, H.R. 3182, Public Law 117-126 (SSBA), the
Commission is terminating the rulemaking on crib bumpers/liners it
commenced under section 104 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement
Act of 2008 (CPSIA), CPSC Docket No. CPSC-2020-0010.\1\ Under a
separate Federal Register document, published elsewhere in this issue
of the Federal Register, CPSC is issuing a proposed rule stating that
crib bumpers are banned under the SSBA.
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\1\ On July 19, 2022, the Commission voted 5-0 to issue this
notice terminating rulemaking.
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On April 3, 2020, the Commission published a notice of proposed
rulemaking (NPR) that set forth proposed requirements for a safety
standard for crib bumpers/liners pursuant to section 104 of the CPSIA
(85 FR 18878). The Commission received comments on the proposed rule
but has not published a final rule.
On May 3, 2022, Congress passed the SSBA, which the President
signed on May 16, 2022. Section 3 of the SSBA requires that, not later
than 180 days after enactment, ``crib bumpers, regardless of the date
of manufacture, shall be considered a banned hazardous product under
section 8 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2057).'' 15
U.S.C. 2057e.
In light of the SSBA's mandate that crib bumpers shall be
considered a banned hazardous product under section 8 of the CPSA, CPSC
is no longer proposing to regulate crib bumpers under the CPSIA and is
terminating that rulemaking to establish a consumer product safety
standard for crib bumpers/liners. In a separate Federal Register
notice, CPSC proposes to issue a rule stating that crib bumpers are
banned pursuant to the SSBA's designation of crib bumpers as a banned
hazardous product.
The termination of the crib bumpers/liners rulemaking includes
termination of the proposal to amend 16 CFR part 1130 to include ``crib
bumpers/liners'' in the definition of a ``durable infant or toddler
product.'' 85 FR at 18893. The termination of this rulemaking
additionally terminates the proposal to issue a notice of requirements
for crib bumpers/liners, which proposed to amend 16 CFR part 1112 to
include 16 CFR part 1240, the CFR section where the crib bumpers/liners
standard would
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have been codified if the standard had become final. Id.
Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2022-15905 Filed 7-25-22; 8:45 am]
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