WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a proposed rule called: Petition Requesting a Mandatory Regulation for Child-Resistant Above-Ground and Portable Pool Ladders.

The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on April 10 by Alberta E. Mills, Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Summary: The Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) has received a petition requesting that the Commission establish a regulation for child-resistant above-ground and portable pool ladders to reduce the drowning deaths of children younger than 5 years of age, and particularly children between 1 and 3 years. The Commission invites written comments concerning the petition.

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