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🏊‍♂️New Regulation Request for Child-Resistant Pool Ladders

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) has received a petition requesting that the Commission establish a regulation for child-resistant above-ground and portable pool ladders to reduce the drowning deaths of children younger than 5 years of age, and particularly children between 1 and 3 years. The Commission invites written comments concerning the petition.

🚼New Safety Standard for Stationary Activity Centers Effective July 2025

In June 2019, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) published a consumer product safety standard for stationary activity centers pursuant to section 104 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA). The Commission's mandatory standard incorporates by reference ASTM F2012-18[egr]\1\, Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for Stationary Activity Centers. The CPSIA sets forth a process for updating mandatory standards for durable infant or toddler products that are based on a voluntary standard, when a voluntary standards organization revises the standard. In November 2024, ASTM published a revised voluntary standard. This direct final rule updates the mandatory standard for stationary activity centers to incorporate by reference the 2024 version of ASTM F2012, which the Commission has allowed to become the mandatory standard under section 104. The purpose of the direct final rule is to conform the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) to the correct version of ASTM F2012 to provide an accurate reference to the standard that will be enforced as a mandatory rule.

🏊Overview of Pool Safely Grant Program Application Notice

As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) requests comments on a request for approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a new information collection. The proposed collection is for an application by which potential grant recipients may request funding under CPSC's Pool Safely Grant Program (PSGP). The PSGP provides funds for state, local and tribal governments for education, training and enforcement of pool safety requirements intended to save lives from drowning in swimming pools and spas. Before CPSC may collect this information from the public, it must solicit public comment on this proposed collection of information and receive OMB approval. This notice describes the collection of information for which CPSC intends to seek OMB approval.

💰CPSC Proposes Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Grant Program

As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) requests comments on a request for approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a new information collection. The proposed collection is for an application by which potential grant recipients may request funding under CPSC's Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Grant Program (COPPGP). The COPPGP provides funds for state, local and tribal governments to reduce the number of injuries and deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning. Before CPSC may collect this information from the public, it must solicit public comment on this proposed collection of information and receive OMB approval. This notice describes the collection of information for which CPSC intends to seek OMB approval.

📊CPSC Seeks Comments on Extension for Injury Data Collection

As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) requests comments on a proposed extension of approval of information collection to obtain data on consumer product-related injuries, and follow-up activities for product-related injuries. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) previously approved the collection of information under control number 3041-0029. OMB's most recent extension of approval will expire on May 31, 2025. The Commission will consider all comments received in response to this notice before requesting an extension of this collection of information from OMB.

⚖️ITC Seeks Comments on Public Interest in Trade Complaint

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has received a complaint entitled Certain Glow Fish Tape Systems, Safety Helmet Systems, and Components Thereof, DN 3806; the Commission is soliciting comments on any public interest issues raised by the complaint or complainant's filing pursuant to the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure.

🛡️CPSC Corrections to Safety Standards for Play Yards

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is correcting an error in a direct final rule, "Safety Standard for Play Yards," issued pursuant to a statutory requirement in section 104 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), and published on January 29, 2025.

⚖️CPSC Meeting on Lithium-Ion Battery Safety Standards for 2025

🚗New Federal Standards for Child Restraint Systems by 2025

This final rule amends Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 225; Child restraint systems, and FMVSS No. 213b; Child restraint systems, to improve ease-of-use of the lower and tether anchorages, improve correct use of child restraint systems in vehicles, and maintain or improve the correct use and effectiveness of child restraint systems (CRSs) in motor vehicles. This final rule fulfills a mandate of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP- 21) requiring that NHTSA improve the ease-of-use for lower anchorages and tethers in all rear seat positions.