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RCA: Draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Amend the Safety Standard for Automatic Residential Garage Door Operators

August 21, 2015

Final

Record of Commission Action

(Briefing Package August 12, 2015. OS no. 3516)

Decision

The Commission voted unanimously (5-0) to approve publication of the notice in the Federal Register, as drafted, that proposes to amend 16 CFR part 1211, Safety Standard for Automatic Residential Garage Door Operators, to reflect changes made by Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. ("UL"), in the entrapment protection provisions in UL's standard UL 325, Sixth Edition, "Standard for Safety for Door, Drapery, Gate, Louver, and Window Operators and Systems."

Commissioners Voting

Ballot vote due August 21, 2015

(Commissioner Buerkle extended the due date for the vote from August 18, 2015)

  • Chairman Elliot F. Kaye
  • Commissioner Robert S. Adler
  • Commissioner Ann Marie Buerkle
  • Commissioner Joseph P. Mohorovic
  • Commissioner Marietta S. Robinson
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Records of Commission Action and Commission Meeting Minutes
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Report an unsafe product