CPSC Again Extends Comments on Table Saw Standard to March 1

February 15, 2012 by Elizabeth Parker|CPSC and Textiles

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is again extending the comment period on its October 2011 advance notice of proposed rulemaking on whether a mandatory performance safety standard is needed to address an unreasonable risk of injury associated with table saw blades. CPSC previously extended the comment period on this ANPR to February 10, 2012 and is now extending the comment period to March 16, 2012 so that the Power Tools Institute (PTI) can review Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests submitted to the CPSC.

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(See ITT's Online Archives 11101115 and 11120143 for summaries of the ANPR and CPSC's previous extension of the comment period on the ANPR.

See ITT's Online Archives 12021034 for summary of Commissioner Adler voting against PTI's request for an additional extension of the comment period.)