Carpets Stay Flammable-Tested: CPSC Rubber-Stamps Recordkeeping
Published Date: 3/5/2025
Notice
Summary
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is extending the approval for carpet and rug makers to keep testing and recordkeeping info about flammability safety. This keeps the rules in place without changes, affecting manufacturers and importers, with no new costs or deadlines beyond the current ones. Comments on this extension are open until April 4, 2025.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 3 costs, 0 mixed.
Estimated Testing Burden and Annual Compliance Cost
The CPSC estimates about 120 manufacturers/importers are subject to the collection, with roughly 100 firms issuing a General Conformity Certificate or Children's Product Certificate and about 20 issuing a guaranty of compliance. Staff estimates an average of 100 tests per year for firms issuing GCC/CPC, 2 hours per test (2.5 hours per test for guaranties), a total annualized burden of 25,000 hours (20,000 hours for GCC/CPC firms plus 5,000 hours for guaranty firms), and total annualized labor costs of $1,840,250 (25,000 hours × $73.61/hour).
Certification and Third-Party Testing Rules Apply
Manufacturers and importers must certify carpet and rug products: general-use carpets require a General Conformity Certificate (GCC) based on testing or a reasonable testing program, while children's carpets and rugs require a Children's Product Certificate (CPC) based on testing by a CPSC-accredited third-party conformity assessment body. Under the Flammable Fabrics Act a manufacturer or importer may also issue a guaranty of compliance to downstream parties based on reasonable and representative testing.
Testing and Recordkeeping Requirements Continue
If you manufacture or import carpets or rugs, the CPSC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a request to extend approval of the information-collection requirements under 16 CFR parts 1630 and 1631 (OMB Control Number 3041-0017). This is a renewal of the current collection (Type of Review: Renewal of collection), so the existing testing and recordkeeping obligations remain in place; OMB's current approval expires on March 31, 2025.
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