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February 5, 2009

CPSIA Pushed Back a Year

There’s been…well, not progress, exactly, but motion on the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act. From ALA:

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) today released an announcement to the Federal Register staying implementation of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) until February 10, 2010.  Click here to read the announcement.

Libraries now have a little room to breathe, but this announcement is not an end to this problem. Since we know children’s books are safe, libraries are still asking to be exempt from regulation under this law.

While the CPSC and Congress continue to toss the burden of responsibility back and forth, libraries are caught in the middle. ALA will continue to work with members of Congress and the CPSC to ensure that a year from now, this matter is resolved once and for all, and America’s libraries remain open and welcoming to children.

So if you’re concerned about your library’s children’s material being affected by this, they’ve bought you more time to contact CPSC and Congress, but you do still need to contact them.

posted by Alan at 4:39 pm | Comments (1)