Toys: Determination Regarding Heavy Elements Limits for Unfinished and Untreated Wood

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Consumer Product Safety Commission 16 CFR Part 1251 [Docket No. CPSC-2011-0081] AGENCY: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety Commission (“Commission,” or “CPSC”) is issuing a final rule determining that unfinished and untreated trunk wood does not contain heavy elements that would exceed the limits specified in the Commission's toy standard, ASTM F963-11. Based on this determination, unfinished and untreated trunk wood in toys does not require third party testing for the heavy element limits in ASTM F963. DATES: The rule is effective on January 19, 2016. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John W. Boja, Lead Compliance Officer, Office of Compliance, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Hwy., Room 610M, Bethesda, MD 20814; 301-504-7300: email: jboja@cpsc.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A. Background 1. Third Party Testing and Burden Reduction Section 14(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Act, (“CPSA”), as amended by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (“CPSIA”), requires that manufacturers of products subject to a consumer product safety rule or similar rule, ban, standard or regulation enforced by the CPSC, must certify that the product complies with all applicable CPSC-enforced requirements. 15 U.S.C. 2063(a) . For children's products, certification must be based on testing conducted by a CPSC-accepted third party conformity assessment …