96-9995. Large Multiple-tube Fireworks Devices; Correction

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 81 (Thursday, April 25, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 18245]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9995]



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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

16 CFR Parts 1500 and 1507


Large Multiple-tube Fireworks Devices; Correction

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: CPSC is correcting errors in its amendment to the fireworks 
regulations under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act that appeared in 
the Federal Register on March 26, 1996 (61 FR 13084). Those amendments 
will require that large multiple-tube fireworks devices that have any 
tube with an inner diameter of 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) or greater not tip 
over when inclined at an angle of 60 degrees from the horizontal.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 26, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Samuel B. Hall, Office of Compliance, 
Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC 20207-0001; 
telephone [phone], ext. 1371.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 26, 1996, the CPSC published an 
amendment to the fireworks regulations under the Federal Hazardous 
Substances Act (61 FR 13084). Those amendments will require that large 
multiple-tube fireworks devices that have any tube with an inner 
diameter of 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) or greater not tip over when inclined 
at an angle of 60 degrees from the horizontal. This requirement is 
intended to reduce the risk of injury posed when these fireworks 
devices tip over during firing. If they tip over, subsequent tubes may 
discharge in the direction of spectators or others in the vicinity. The 
amendment will become effective March 26, 1997.
    The errors occur in new paragraph 16 CFR 1500.17(a)(12(i), at page 
13095 of the Federal Register document of March 26, 1996. One of the 
errors correctly stated that the requirement would apply to the subject 
devices that first enter commerce or are imported on or after the date 
that is 1 year after publication. However, that paragraph should 
instead have stated the actual date (March 26, 1997).
    The second error is that the reference to the minimum tip angle as 
``greater than 60 degrees'' should have read ``less than 60 degrees''.
    Accordingly, the following correction is made in the listing of 
banned hazardous substances at 16 CFR 1500.17(a)(12)(i) published in 
the Federal Register on March 26, 1996 (61 FR 13084):
    1. Section 1500.17(a)(12)(i) on page 13095, column 3, is correctly 
revised to read as follows:


Sec. 1500.17  Banned hazardous substances

    (a) * * *
    (12)(i) Large multiple-tube devices. Multiple-tube mine and shell 
fireworks devices that first enter commerce or are imported on or after 
March 26, 1997, that have any tube measuring 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) or 
more in inner diameter, and that have a minimum tip angle less than 60 
degrees when tested in accordance with the procedure of Sec. 1507.12 of 
this part.
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    Dated: April 17, 1996.
Sadye E. Dunn,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 96-9995 Filed 4-24-96; 8:45 am]
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