The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a closed meeting on May 4, 2011, in which the staff will brief the Commission on various compliance matters.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has updated its list of meetings between CPSC and its stakeholders that are open to the public, unless otherwise stated:
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has provided a summary of its investigation of a few homes which were not built with drywall from China (and some of which may be domestic) where consumers have reported health and corrosion problems. Four of the eleven homes investigated had a corrosive indoor environment, but the test results were not consistent with previous findings related to the identification of the problem Chinese drywall. CPSC says that conclusions regarding the potential of domestic drywall to be problematic cannot be confirmed at this time without further extensive investigation and detailed documentation of the origin of the drywall in these homes.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is to vote by May 2, 2011 on a draft final rule that would make limited, technical amendments to the Commission’s regulations at 16 CFR Part 1512, Requirements for Bicycles. The amendments would make minor changes to the existing regulations to reflect new technologies, designs, and features in bicycles by clarifying that certain provisions or testing requirements do not apply to specific bicycles or bicycle parts. The amendments also clarify several ambiguous and confusing provisions, correct typographical errors, etc.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has posted the April 14, 2011 remarks of CPSC Chairman Tenenbaum at the National Drowning Prevention Symposium in Colorado. Among other things, Tenenbaum stated that she wants to conclude the agency's investigation before Memorial Day on concerns with some of the drain covers made after the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act went into effect and concerns with the protocols used by certain labs that tested them. She added that she continues to disagree with the Commission's decision to set a policy that allows a large, unblockable drain cover to be placed over a small, single main drain system without back-up protection.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a final rule establishing a mandatory consumer product safety standard for toddler beds that adopts the voluntary ASTM F 1821-09 standard, but with certain modifications to strengthen the standard.