[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR1406.2]

[Page 395-396]
 
                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1406--COAL AND WOOD BURNING APPLIANCES--NOTIFICATION OF PERFORMANCE 
AND TECHNICAL DATA--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  1406.2  Background.

    (a) Fire data analyzed by the Consumer Product Safety Commission 
disclose a number of incidents involving coal and wood burning 
appliances. Many of these cases involve improper installation of the 
appliances, especially where they are installed with insufficient 
clearances to adjacent combustibles such as walls, ceilings, floors, 
draperies, carpets, or furnishings. Another common installation problem 
involves the use of improper types of chimneys or chimney connectors and 
insufficient clearances between these devices and combustibles. Other 
incidents involve improper operation of the appliance, such as by 
overfiring it or using flammable liquids to start the fire. Still other 
incidents occur when appliances are improperly maintained and develop 
mechanical defects or excessive deposits of flammable creosote.
    (b) After considering the available data on the causes of fires in 
these appliances, the Commission concludes that there is an unreasonable 
risk of injury associated with appliances that are sold without 
notifying consumers of the information they need to prevent many of 
these occurrences. Accordingly, the Commission has determined that 
disclosure of the information required by Sec.  1406.4 is necessary to 
help the Commission in carrying out the purposes of the Consumer Product 
Safety Act of (1) helping to protect the public against unreasonable 
risks of injury associated with consumer products and (2) assisting 
consumers in evaluating the comparative safety of consumer products.
    (c) The Commission has also determined that in carrying out these 
purposes of the act, it is necessary for

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manufacturers to provide to the Commission a copy of the information 
provided to consumers and a statement of the reasons why some of the 
information was selected, in accordance with Sec.  1406.5.

[48 FR 21914, May 16, 1983, as amended at 48 FR 50706, Nov. 3, 1983]