1. AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
PROPOSED RULES: Baby bath seats; requirements,
The Commission is proposing a rule to ban bath seats that do
not meet certain requirements under the authority of the Federal
Hazardous Substances Act. Bath seats are used to support infants in a
tub or sink while they are bathed. The Commission is aware of 106
deaths and 163 nonfatal incidents and complaints from January 1983
through October 2003