RELIEF FROM COMPONENT TESTS COULD BE LESS THAN EXPECTED For some, component testing might not be as much a relief as might be expected, especially for industries with just-in-time supply chains on on-demand processing, representatives of the children’s book industry told CPSCers August 11.

CPSC ISSUES FINAL RULE ON INACCESSIBLE LEAD PARTS CPSC’s final rule for inaccessible components related to CPSIA lead rules becomes effective August 14.

CPSC OUTLINES CIVIL PENALTY FACTORS Commissioners were slated to vote as PSL went to press on an interim final interpretive rule on factors it should consider when assessing civil penalties.

CPSC IDENTIFIES LEAD-FREE MATERIALS A draft final rule on CPSC determinations about materials and products that do not exceed the lead limits of CPSIA section 101(a) was slated for a commission vote as PSL went to press.

COMMISSIONERS APPROVE POLICY FOR COMPONENT TESTING CPSC members August 7 voted to approve a policy statement on component testing of toys and children’s products for compliance with the CPSIA section 108 phthalates provisions.

CPSC HEARS CALL FOR FLAME SUPPRESSORS ON GAS CANS CPSC should seek flame suppressors on all portable gasoline containers, proponents told agency staff August 12.

CPSC PROPOSES AUDIT REQUIREMENTS FOR THIRD-PARTY LABS Periodic reassessments of third-party labs would need to be performed by the same accrediting bodies that did the labs’ initial evaluations, under an August 13 CPSC proposed rule.

CPSC GIVES UPDATE ON DRYWALL ACTIVITY CPSC, in it August update of its drywall investigation, explained that it responded to allegations of the potential use of radioactive phosphogypsum in imported drywall by arranging for testing by agencies with more experience with radioactive material, including the Environmental Protection Agency.

CPSC BRIEFS Briefs on CPSC members, reporting, ATVs, testing labs, phthalates, pool drains, toy tools, battery chargers, generators, CPSC meetings.