Proposed Rules. Proposed rule

Agency: Consumer Product Safety Commission
Action: Proposed rule
Citation: FR Doc. 2019-06841 · Docket No. CPSC-2019-0007 · 16 CFR 1205

Summary

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) received a petition from the Outdoor Power Equipment Industry (petitioner, or OPEI), requesting a revision to the warning label requirement for the Safety Standard for Walk-Behind Power Lawn Mowers. The CPSC invites written comments concerning this petition.

Dates

Submit comments by June 10, 2019.

Supplementary Information

On February 19, 2019, OPEI submitted a petition to the CPSC to initiate rulemaking to revise the warning requirement for the Safety Standard for Walk-Behind Power Lawn Mowers codified at 16 CFR part 1205 (CPSC standard). Specifically, OPEI requests that the Commission amend the CPSC standard to allow for a pictorial-only warning as an alternative to the warning label for reel-type and rotary power mowers required by 16 CFR 1205.6(a) (Figure 7). According to OPEI, a pictorial-only warning will help provide consumers with understandable, non-language warnings to improve consumer safety and also modernize and globally harmonize the warning for all consumers. OPEI contends that the petition seeks a limited, non-material change to the CPSC standard. By this notice, CPSC seeks comments concerning this petition. The petition is available at: http://www.regulations.gov, under Docket No. CPSC-2019-0007, Supporting and Related Materials. Alternatively, interested parties may obtain a copy of the petition by writing or calling the Division of the Secretariat, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301) 504-6833. Alberta E. Mills, Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission. [FR Doc. 2019-06841 Filed 4-8-19; 8:45 am]