New regs for Wednesday: Cars, toys, plants

Wednesday’s edition of the Federal Register contains new rules for toy manufacturers, emissions standards for imported cars, and protections for a threatened plant species.

Here’s what is happening:

Toys: The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is proposing new rules for manufacturers of children’s toys.

{mosads}The CPSC is proposing a new determination for additives in certain plastics.

“Based on these determinations, the specified plastics with specified additives would not require third party testing for compliance with the mandatory phthalates prohibitions on children’s toys and child care articles,” the agency wrote.

The public has 75 days to comment.

Threatened: The Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is moving forward with new protections for a plant known as slickspot peppergrass that is commonly found in Idaho.

The FWS originally listed the slickspot peppergrass as a threatened species in 2009, but it was vacated three years later by a federal court in Idaho.

The FWS moved Tuesday to reinstate those protections for slickspot peppergrass.

The protections go into effect in 30 days.

Cars: The Department of the Treasury and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) are proposing new emissions standards for foreign vehicles being imported into the United States.

“Compliance with these emission standards must be demonstrated to CBP by either filing, or retaining and producing upon request, the appropriate Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) declaration form, or by establishing that the subject imports are exempt from this requirement,” the agencies wrote.

The public has 30 days to comment.