[Federal Register: April 16, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 73)]
[Notices]
[Page 19429]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
Petition Requesting Performance Standard for Bicycle Handlebars;
Extension of Comment Period
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Commission has received a petition (HP 01-1) requesting
that the Commission issue a performance standard for bicycle handlebars
regarding energy dissipation and distribution during impact. By notice
published in the Federal Register of February 14, 2001, the Commission
solicited written comments concerning the petition. 66 FR 10273. In
response to a request to do so, the Commission is now extending the
comment period on the petition for an additional 30 days.
DATES: The Office of the Secretary must receive comments on the
petition not later than May 16, 2001.
ADDRESSES: Comments on the petition, preferably in five copies, 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 may also be filed by
facsimile to (301) 504-0127 or by e-mail to cpsc-os@cpsc.gov. Comments
should be captioned ``Petition HP 01-1, Petition for Bicycle Handlebar
Performance Standard.''
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rockelle Hammond, Office of the
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC 20207;
telephone (301) 504-0800, ext. 1232.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission received correspondence from
Flaura Koplin Winston, MD., Ph.D., Director, The Interdisciplinary
Pediatric Injury Control Research Center, Children's Hospital of
Philadelphia, requesting that the Commission issue a rule prescribing
performance standards for bicycle handlebars regarding energy
dissipation and distribution during impact. The Commission docketed the
correspondence as a petition (Petition No. HP 01-1) under provisions of
the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (``FHSA''), 15 U.S.C. Secs. 1261-
1278.
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. The
petition can also be obtained from the CPSC world wide web site at:
http://www.cpsc.gov/library/foia/foia01/petition/bicycle.pdf
A copy of the petition is 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.
By notice published in the Federal Register of February 14, 2001,
the Commission established a 60 day comment period on the petition. 66
FR 10273. By this notice, the Commission is granting a request that the
comment period be extended for thirty days, that is, through May 16,
2001.
Dated: April 11, 2001.
Sadye E. Dunn,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 01-9395 Filed 4-13-01; 8:45 am]
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