Showing posts with label Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Show all posts
May 17, 2025

CPSC withdraws the notice of proposed rulemaking to establish a safety standard for lithium-Ion batteries used in mobility products

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In recent weeks, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voted three to two to move forward with a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR)...
December 2, 2024

CPSC final vote on electronic certificates of compliance / conformity likely on December 18 2024

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UPDATE 12/18/24 As predicted the CPSC commissioners voted to enact the proposed regulation (below) regarding certificates of compliance and/...
September 4, 2024

Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) fall update 2024

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Federal law requires each agency to publish, twice a year, a regulatory agenda of regulations under development or review during the next ye...
August 5, 2024

Analysis: CPSC's Amazon decision is a reminder to the industry

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Originally Published August 1, 2024 (this story is reprinted with Permission from this original post ) Editor's note: Industry attorney ...
May 13, 2024

Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act HR 1797 (April 2024)

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UPDATE 5/16/24 So basically a day after I post this it passes through the House committee...next steps unclear..But as you know before bills...
March 11, 2024

Effective March 7, 2024, new fire code legislation takes effect for lithium-ion batteries for Powered Mobility Devices in San Francisco.

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Following New York City in 2023 the city of San Francisco has developed a new fire code in effect as of March 7 regarding the use and chargi...
February 11, 2024

CPSC finally is taking real action on electronic certificates of compliance

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Published February 5, 2024 ...
July 8, 2023

Congress tries to force CPSC to create mandatory standards for lithium batteries under the "Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act” introduced in March 2023

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As we all know CPSC has been trying for force manufactures of e bikes and other related mobility devices to use existing UL standards in the...
June 5, 2023

CPSC Lithium-Ion Battery Safety; Notice of Meeting on July 27 2023 and Request for Comments

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UPDATE 8/1/23: Today I received a Federal Register notice of the CPSC's "Semiannual Regulatory Agenda" just days after the m...
December 28, 2022

Class three (3) e bikes in CA now must be specifically prohibited on an equestrian trail, or hiking or recreational trail.

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I am not sure why or who (outside the legislature) initiated this California bill in Feb. 2022. The purpose is to allow class 3 bikes anywhe...
September 18, 2021

Amazon's new 'guarantee' policy seeks to mollify consumers, streamline claims process

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Originally Published in Bic...
July 16, 2021

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) filed an administrative complaint against Amazon.com, on July 14 2021 to force it to recall certain consumer products

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The CPSC does not actually have the ability to "force" a US company to undertake a "voluntary recall". The vast majority...
April 13, 2015

Comment period closing April 15 2015 on Prohibition of Children's Toys and Child Care Articles Containing Specified Phthalates

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The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) comment period to permanently ban certain phthalates closes in a few days (April 15) unless th...
January 24, 2014

Legal analysis: Confusion over electric bike regulations

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Published July 29, 2013 in Bicycle Retailer and Industry News Republished with permission by Steven W Hansen After reading two article...
August 2, 2011

CPSIA "fixes" passed in the Consumer Product Safety Flexibility Act of 2011 [August 1, 2011]

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Below is the final version of H.R. 2715 with the snappy title of "To provide the Consumer Product Safety Commission with greater autho...