Furniture World News By Nic Ledoux on 4/19/2021
The American Home Furnishings Alliance (AHFA) this week proposed amendments to “STURDY” – the Stop Tip-overs of Unstable, Risky Dressers on Youth Act – to bring clarity and increased effectiveness to the proposed legislation.
STURDY passed the House in 2017 and again in 2019 but was unable to advance in the Senate. Ambiguities in the legislation, as proposed, are likely to result in another impasse, according to AHFA.
STURDY requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to develop a mandatory stability standard for clothing storage furniture. STURDY outlines specific new stability test methods to account for “real world” use and the foreseeable interactions of children with clothing storage furniture.
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Legalese has taken center stage in the debate regarding electric bikes on Colorado Springs trails.
In the latest Trails, Open Space and Parks (TOPS) meeting, members of the city committee heard disputes over federal and state definitions of the technology and local laws pertaining to non-motorized trails. The 1997 voter-approved TOPS ordinance, directing portions of sales tax revenue to preservation and outdoor recreation, mandated “[n]o motorized vehicles” on lands supported by those funds, “other than those necessary for maintenance, emergencies or safety.”
When informed last month of the administrative move to allow Class 1 e-bikes on all city trails where other bikes are allowed starting Memorial Day weekend as part of a year-long pilot program, members of the parks board asked: Wouldn’t motor-assisted bikes infringe on that ordinance?
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced on April 12, 2021, that it will hold a public webinar on
April 28, 2021, to receive information from interested parties about updates CPSC is making to www.SaferProducts.gov/Business for reports filed electronically under Section 15(b) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA). 86 Fed. Reg. 18966. The presentation will focus on Section 15(b) reporting for the purposes of entering the Fast Track Recall Program. Webinar participants will have an opportunity to see the improvements to www.SaferProducts.gov/Business and provide feedback to CPSC through a moderated discussion. CPSC states that it would like to hear from manufacturers, distributors, and retailers that have participated in the Fast Track Recall Program, including those who use www.SaferProducts.gov/Business to report potentially defective or hazardous products to CPSC. The goal of the webinar is to receive fee