[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 210 (Tuesday, November 1, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-27064]
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[Federal Register: November 1, 1994]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
Petition Requesting Development of Safety Standard for Protective
Batting Helmets
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Commission has received a petition from the American
Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery which requests the
Commission to develop a safety standard for protective batting helmets
intended for use by children under age 15 that would require these
helmets be manufactured with a face guard. The Commission solicits
written comments concerning the petition.1
\1\The Commission approved publication of this notice by a vote
of 2-0.
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DATES: Comments on the petition should be received in the Office of the
Secretary by January 3, 1995.
ADDRESSES: Comments on the petition 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 should be captioned ``HP 95-1, Petition for Development of
Safety Standard for Protective Batting Helmets.''
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rockelle Hammond, Office of the
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, D.C. 20207;
telephone (301) 504-0800.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission has docketed correspondence
from the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
(``the Academy'') which requests that the Commission develop a safety
standard for protective batting helmets intended for children under 15
years of age as a petition for rulemaking under provisions of the
Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA) (15 U.S.C. 2051 et seq.). The
Commission is docketing the petition under the Federal Hazardous
Substances Act because that statute addresses products intended for
children that present a mechanical hazard and is thus the more
appropriate statute. (15 U.S.C. 1261 et seq.)
The petition asks that the requested standard require all
protective batting helmets intended for the use of children under 15
years of age be manufactured with a face guard that conforms to
Standard F910 of the American Society for Testing and Materials
(``ASTM''). The Academy asserts that use of batting helmets without
face guards by children under the age of 15 creates an unreasonable
risk of injury. The petition includes two articles from the journal
``Pediatrics'' which state that batting-related injuries are a leading
cause of sports-related eye injuries and that the Sports Eye Safety
Committee of the National Society to Prevent Blindness has endorsed
requiring face guards with batting helmets. The petition also includes
a copy of the ASTM standard F910.
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. A copy of
the petition is also 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.
Dated: October 27, 1994.
Sadye E. Dunn,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 94-27064 Filed 10-31-94; 8:45 am]
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