[Federal Register: June 15, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 116)]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

 
Petition Requesting Performance Requirments for Non-Wood Baseball 
Bats

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Commission has received a petition (CP 00-1) requesting 
that the Commission issue a performance standard for non-wood baseball 
bats. The Commission solicits written comments concerning the petition.

DATES: The Office of the Secretary must receive comments on the 
petition by August 14, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments, preferably in five copies, on the petition should 
be mailed to the Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, Washington, DC 20207, telephone (301) 504-0800, or 
delivered to the Office of the Secretary, Room 501, 4330 East-West 
Highway, Bethesda, Maryland 20814. Comments may also be filed by 
telefacsimile to (301) 504-0127 or by email to cpsc-os@cpsc.gov. 
Comments should be captioned ``Petition CP 00-1, Petition on Baseball 
Bats.'' A copy of the petition is available for inspection at the 
Commission's Public Reading Room, Room 419, 4330 East-West Highway, 
Bethesda, Maryland.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rockelle Hammond, Office of the 
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, D.C. 20207; 
telephone (301) 504-0800, ext. 1232.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission has received correspondence 
from J.W. MacKay, Jr. requesting that the Commission issue a rule 
requiring that all non-wood baseball bats perform like wood bats. The 
Commission is docketing his request as a petition under the Consumer 
Product Safety Act. 15 U.S.C. 2056 and 2058. The petitioner asserts 
that non-wood bats (primarily made of aluminum and composite materials) 
have become increasingly dangerous. He states that such bats have a 
faster bat swing speed, a larger ``sweet spot,'' and lower balance 
point than wood bats. These high performance bats, he asserts, allow 
the ball to achieve a faster exit velocity so that the pitcher does not 
have time to react if a ball is batted at him. For these reasons, the 
petitioner argues, such non-wood bats present an unreasonable risk of 
injury.
    Interested parties may obtain a copy of the petition by writing or 
calling the Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, Washington, DC 20207; telephone (301) 504-0800. Copies of 
the petition are also available for inspection from 8:30 a.m. to 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, in the Commission's Public Reading Room, 
Room 419, 4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland.

    Dated: June 9, 2000.
Sadye E. Dunn,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 00-15062 Filed 6-14-00; 8:45 am]
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