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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

 
Petition Requesting Requirements for Buckles on Child-Restraint 
Systems on Various Children's Products

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Commission has received a petition (HP-00-1) requesting 
that the Commission develop requirements for buckles used on child-
restraint systems on such products as strollers, high chairs, changing 
stations, and shopping carts. The Commission solicits written comments 
concerning the petition.

DATES: The Office of the Secretary must receive comments on the 
petition by March 6, 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, MD 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 HP-00-1, Petition for Child-
Restraint Systems.'' A copy of the petition is available for inspection 
at the Commission's Public Reading Room, Room 419, 4330 East-West 
Highway, Bethesda, MD.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission has received correspondence 
from John A. Galbreath requesting that the Commission issue a standard 
for buckles used on child-restraint systems on such products as 
strollers, high chairs, changing stations, and shopping carts. The 
petitioner relies on his own experience, CPSC's NEISS data, and a 
recent research study on stroller buckles to conclude that child-
restraint systems on various children's products are ineffective. He 
states that these buckles are not sufficiently child-resistant and can 
be defeated by children. The petitioner requests that the Commission 
issue a standard requiring that such buckles meet a test for child-
resistance. The Commission is docketing the correspondence as a 
petition under provisions of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act, 15 
U.S.C. 1261-1278.
    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. A copy of 
the petition is 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: December 29, 1999.
Sadye E. Dunn,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 00-190 Filed 1-4-00; 8:45 am]
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