[Federal Register: May 4, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 87)]
[Proposed Rules]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
16 CFR Part 1700
Household Products Containing Hydrocarbons; Extension of Comment
Period on Notice of Data Availability
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Notice of data availability; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: In the Federal Register of April 11, 2001, 66 FR 18738, the
Consumer Product Safety Commission (``CPSC'' or ``Commission'') invited
comment on: An analysis conducted by CPSC staff on brand name-specific
data on exposure to possible hydrocarbon-containing cosmetics; and an
additional staff analysis of data available when the Commission issued
a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (``NPR'') proposing child-resistant
packaging requirements for household chemical and cosmetic products
with viscosity less than 100 Saybolt Universal Seconds (``SUS'')
containing 10 percent or more hydrocarbons, 65 FR 93 (January 3, 2000).
In response to a request on behalf of the Cosmetic, Toiletry, and
Fragrance Association to extend the comment period on these analyses
for 60 days, the Commission is extending it for an additional 30 days,
that is, through Monday, June 11, 2001.\1\ Today's document does not
re-open the comment period on the NPR.
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\1\ Commissioners Mary Sheila Gall and Thomas H. Moore voted to
extend the comment period by 30 days. Chairman Ann Brown voted to
deny the request to extend the comment period.
DATES: The Office of the Secretary must receive any comments on the
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staff analyses not later than June 11, 2001.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be mailed, preferably in five copies, to the
Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission,
Washington, DC 20207-0001, or delivered to the Office of the Secretary,
Consumer Product Safety Commission, Room 502, 4330 East-West Highway,
Bethesda, Maryland 20814; telephone (301) 504-0800. Comments also may
be filed by facsimile to (301) 504-0127 or by e-mail to cpsc-
os@cpsc.gov. Comments should be captioned ``Notice of Additional
Hydrocarbon Data.''
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Suzanne Barone, Directorate for Health
Sciences, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC 20207;
telephone (301) 504-0477, ext. 1196.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of the staff analyses may be obtained
from the Office of the Secretary. The analyses are also available on
the CPSC world wide web site at: http://www.cpsc.gov/library/foia/
foia01/brief/hydrocar.pdf
Comments on the analyses must be received by the Office of the
Secretary not later than Monday, June 11, 2001.
Dated: April 30, 2001.
Sadye E. Dunn,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 01-11199 Filed 5-3-01; 8:45 am]
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