99-22094. Petition Requesting Development of Safety Standard for Bleachers and Grandstands

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 165 (Thursday, August 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46657-46658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22094]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION


Petition Requesting Development of Safety Standard for Bleachers 
and Grandstands

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Commission has received a petition from Representatives 
Bill Luther and Jim Ramstad requesting that the Commission develop a 
safety standard to prevent falls between gaps in bleachers and 
grandstands. The Commission solicits written comments concerning the 
petition.

DATES: Comments on the petition should be received in the Office of the 
Secretary by October 25, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Comments, preferably in five copies, on the petition should 
be mailed to the Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, Washington, DC 20207, telephone [phone], or 
delivered to the Office of the Secretary, Room 501, 4330 East-West 
Highway, Bethesda, Maryland 20814. Comments may also be filed by 
telefacsimile to [phone] or by email to [e-mail]. 
Comments should be captioned ``Petition CP 99-2, Petition for 
Development of a Safety Standard for Bleachers and Grandstands.'' A 
copy of the petition is available for inspection at the Commission's 
Public Reading Room, Room 419, 4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, 
Maryland.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rockelle Hammond, Office of the 
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, D.C. 20207; 
telephone [phone], ext. 1232.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission has received a letter from 
Representatives Bill Luther and Jim Ramstad requesting that the 
Commission develop a safety standard for bleachers and grandstands. The 
Commission is docketing the correspondence as a petition under 
provisions of the Consumer Product Safety Act, 15 U.S.C. 2051 et seq. 
The petitioners note that there have been several recent incidents 
involving children falling through gaps in bleachers at basketball and 
hockey arenas. In one such incident a six-year-old boy died. The 
petitioners ask for a standard that would include minimum spacing 
requirements for gaps in new bleachers. They also request that the 
Commission issue guidelines for retrofitting older facilities.
    Interested parties may obtain a copy of the petition by writing or 
calling the

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Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 
Washington, DC 20207; telephone [phone]. 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: August 20, 1999.
Sadye E. Dunn,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 99-22094 Filed 8-25-99; 8:45 am]
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