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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 220 / Thursday, November 18, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name and docket number for this direct final rule.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Keysha Walker, Compliance Officer, Office of Compliance and Field Operations, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 208144408; telephone:
3015046820; email: kwalker@
cpsc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background
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1. Statutory Authority Section 104b1B of the CPSIA, also known as the Danny Keysar Child Product Safety Notification Act, requires the Commission to promulgate consumer product safety standards for durable infant or toddler products. The law requires these standards to be substantially the same as applicable voluntary standards or more stringent than the voluntary standards if the Commission concludes that more stringent requirements would further reduce the risk of injury associated with the product.
The CPSIA also sets forth a process for updating CPSCs durable infant or toddler standards when the voluntary standard upon which the CPSC standard was based is changed. Section 104b4B of the CPSIA provides that if an organization revises a standard that has been adopted, in whole or in part, as a consumer product safety standard under this subsection, it shall notify the Commission. In addition, the revised voluntary standard shall be considered to be a consumer product safety standard issued by the Commission under section 9 of the Consumer Product Safety Act CPSA 15 U.S.C.
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Commission or such later date specified by the Commission in the Federal Register unless, within 90 days after receiving that notice, the Commission notifies the organization that it has determined that the proposed revision does not improve the safety of the consumer product covered by the standard and that the Commission is retaining the existing consumer product safety standard.
2. The Carriage and Stroller Standard On March 10, 2014, the Commission published a final rule issuing a standard for carriages and strollers that incorporated by reference the standard in effect at that time, ASTM F83313b, with a modification to address potential hazardous openings created by adjustable grab bar/tray and foot rest configurations. 79 FR 13208. The standard was codified in the Commissions regulations at 16 CFR part 1227. There have been several revisions to the ASTM standard. On June 9, 2016, the Commission incorporated by reference ASTM F83315, as the mandatory standard for carriages and strollers. 81 FR 37128. On August 2, 2019, the Commission incorporated by reference ASTM F83319, as the mandatory standard for carriages and strollers. 84 FR 37763. ASTM F83319
is the current mandatory standard incorporated by reference in 16 CFR
part 1227.
On August 19, 2021, ASTM notified CPSC that it had revised the voluntary standard for carriages and strollers, approving ASTM F83321 on June 15, 2021.1 As discussed in this preamble, based on CPSC staffs review of ASTM
F83321, the Commission will allow the revised voluntary standard to become the mandatory standard because the revised requirements in the voluntary standard either improve the safety of carriages and strollers, or are safety neutral. Accordingly, by operation of law under section 104b4B of the CPSIA, ASTM F83321 will become the mandatory consumer product safety standard for carriages and strollers on February 15, 2022. 15 U.S.C.
2056ab4B. This direct final rule updates 16 CFR part 1227 to incorporate by reference the revised voluntary standard, ASTM F83321.
B. Revisions to ASTM F833
The ASTM standard for carriages and strollers establishes performance requirements, test methods, and labeling requirements to address hazards to children associated with carriages and 1 ASTM published ASTM F83321 in August 2021.

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strollers including stability, brakes, restraint systems, latches and folding mechanisms, structural integrity, cords, wheel detachments, and entrapment.
ASTM has revised the ASTM F83319
voluntary standard for carriages and strollers. On June 15, 2021, ASTM
approved a revised version, ASTM
F83321, which was published in August 2021. This section describes the changes in ASTM F83321. The 2021
revision contains editorial, nonsubstantive changes, as well as several substantive changes to improve the requirements. We summarize the differences and the CPSCs assessment of the revisions below.
1. Substantive Changes Allowance for a Concrete Floor Test Surface ASTM F83319 Section 4.1 specifies that testing be conducted on a concrete floor that shall be covered with 18-in. 3mm thick vinyl floor covering, unless test instructs differently. ASTM F833
21 replaces, in section 4.1, the word shall with may, allowing for testing on the originally specified surface, or on an uncovered concrete floor. This change applies to all carriages and stroller tests, except parking brake testing Section 7.6, which is conducted on a horizontal test surface covered with 60 grit sandpaper, and wheel detachment from axle testing Section 7.13.1, which is conducted on a table.
CPSC staff assessed the effect of the new test surface requirement and found that the allowing for testing on the originally specified surface, or on an uncovered concrete floor, did not have an impact on test results. Staff concluded that the allowance for an uncovered concrete floor test surface in addition to the current concrete floor covered with 18-inch-thick vinyl floor test surface does not affect the safety of carriages and strollers, because test results should be the same on either surface. In addition, staff determined that the revised language would be consistent with other ASTM juvenile product standards. Based on staffs assessment, the Commission concludes that the new test surface requirement is neutral with respect to the safety of carriages and strollers.
Summary List of References on Combination Unit of a Car Seat on a Stroller ASTM F83319 provided the impact test in Section 6.7.1 with its corresponding test method in Section 7.11, and the head entrapment requirement in Section 6.10 with its test
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