On October 5, 2026, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) published two announcements in the Federal Register seeking public comments on two separate proposed standards for batteries.
The first is a request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve extension of the information collection requirements for the Safety Standard for Button Cell
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CPSC Withdraws Lithium-Ion Battery Rulemaking
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Less than two weeks after the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) voted 3-2 to move ahead with a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR) for a new safety standard for lithium-ion batteries used in e-mobility devices, in a not unexpected move, the Commission, now consisting of two Republicans, voted to withdraw the NPR. But…