[Federal Register: January 17, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 12)]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

 
Petition Requesting That ASTM F400-00, Safety Standard for 
Lighters, Be Adopted as a Consumer Product Safety Standard

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Commission has received a petition (CP 02-1) requesting 
that the Commission adopt a voluntary standard for cigarette lighters, 
ASTM F400-00, as a consumer product safety standard. The Commission 
solicits written comments concerning the petition.

DATES: The Office of the Secretary must receive comments on the 
petition by March 18, 2002.

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 e-mail to cpsc-os@cpsc.gov. 
Comments should be captioned ``Petition CP 02-1,

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Petition on Lighters.'' 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, DC 20207; 
telephone (301) 504-0800, ext. 1232.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission has received correspondence 
from the Lighter Association, Inc., the national trade association of 
the lighter industry, requesting that the Commission issue a rule 
adopting an ASTM voluntary standard as a consumer product safety 
standard. The Commission is docketing this request as a petition under 
the Consumer Product Safety Act. 15 U.S.C. 2056 and 2058. The 
petitioner states that the ASTM standard has the force and effect of 
law in Canada and Mexico. The petitioner asserts that unreasonable 
risks of injury are being created by failure to enforce the existing 
voluntary standard in the U.S. The petitioner states that although most 
disposable lighters imported to the U.S. are child-resistant, they do 
not meet minimum safety standards followed by the U.S. lighter industry 
in accordance with the ASTM standard.
    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: January 14, 2002.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 02-1278 Filed 1-16-02; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6355-01-P