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BILLING CODE 6351-01-M CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION Petition Requesting Performance Standard for Bicycle Handlebars; Extension of Comment Period AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Commission has received a petition (HP 01-1) requesting that the Commission issue a performance standard for bicycle handlebars regarding energy dissipation and distribution during impact. By notice published in the **Federal Register** of February 14, 2001, the Commission solicited written comments concerning the petition. 66 FR 10273.

In response to a request to do so, the Commission is now extending the comment period on the petition for an additional 30 days. DATES: The Office of the Secretary must receive comments on the petition not later than May 16, 2001. ADDRESSES: Comments on the petition, preferably in five copies, 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 facsimile to

(301)504-0127 or by e-mail to *cpsc-os@cpsc.gov.* Comments should be captioned “Petition HP 01-1, Petition for Bicycle Handlebar Performance Standard.” 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 received correspondence from Flaura Koplin Winston, MD., Ph.D., Director, The Interdisciplinary Pediatric Injury Control Research Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, requesting that the Commission issue a rule prescribing performance standards for bicycle handlebars regarding energy dissipation and distribution during impact. The Commission docketed the correspondence as a petition (Petition No. HP 01-1) under provisions of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (“FHSA”), 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. The petition can also be obtained from the CPSC world wide web site at: *http://www.cpsc.gov/library/foia/foia01/petition/bicycle.pdf* A copy of the petition is 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. By notice published in the **Federal Register** of February 14, 2001, the Commission established a 60 day comment period on the petition. 66 FR 10273. By this notice, the Commission is granting a request that the comment period be extended for thirty days, that is, through May 16, 2001. Dated: April 11, 2001. Sadye E. Dunn, Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission. [FR Doc. 01-9395 Filed 4-13-01; 8:45 am]

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