To: Parties interested in Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Acceptance of Testing Laboratories for Testing for Lead in Paint Regulation at 16 CFR Part 1303:
The Commission has revised its rules for acceptance of laboratory accreditation for testing to the lead in paint regulation at 16 CFR Part 1303.
The details of this change in CPSC acceptance criteria for laboratories testing for 16 CFR Part 1303 are found in the link to the Federal Notice above. I have copied selected portions of that notice below and added emphasis, but please read the entire Federal Register notice.
New applicants for CPSC acceptance of accreditation to 16 CFR part 1303 will have the option to apply to the CPSC without reference to a specific test method or to apply for CPSC acceptance to include a specific reference to “16 CFR part 1303 (CPSC-CH-E1003-09 and/or CPSC-CH-E1003-09.1)” and/or “16 CFR part 1303 (ASTM F2853-10)” for up to one year after publication of this notice in the Federal Register (The one year period ends April 5, 2012). After April 5, 2012, the option to apply for acceptance of accreditation to 16 CFR part 1303 without reference to a CPSC required test method will not be permitted.
CPSC-accepted third party conformity assessment bodies for 16 CFR part 1303 without a reference to one of the specified test methods have up to two years from the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register (up to April 5, 2013) to reapply and become accepted by the CPSC for “16 CFR part 1303 (CPSC-CH-E1003-09 and/or CPSC-CH-E1003-09.1)” and/or “16 CFR part 1303 (ASTM F2853-10)”. To maintain CPSC-accepted status, third party conformity assessment bodies that are CPSC-accepted for 16 CFR part 1303 without reference to one of the required test methods must reapply with, and be accepted by, the CPSC by April 5, 2013, irrespective of whether the scope document from their accreditation body that was supplied with their earlier CPSC application included a reference to one of the required test methods. Previously CPSC-accepted third party conformity assessment bodies for 16 CFR part 1303 (including those that had one of the specified test methods in their accreditation scope document that was supplied with their earlier CPSC application) must reapply to maintain CPSC acceptance because the CPSC did not record references to test methods. If accepted, the third party conformity assessment body will remain on the list of accepted third party conformity bodies whose accreditations the CPSC has accepted for 16 CFR part 1303.
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For laboratories that are already CPSC-accepted for 16 CFR Part 1303 and wish to maintain CPSC acceptance, your scope document must have an explicit reference to "16 CFR Part 1303 (CPSC-CH-E1003-09 or CPSC-CH-E1003-09.1)" and/or "16 CFR Part 1303 (ASTM F2853-10)." When your scope document has the required reference (or if it already has the required reference), login to the CPSC application form using your CPSC laboratory ID at http://www.cpsc.gov/cgibin/labregentry/
Click on "Request an Addition to Your Scope" and check one or both selections shown as:
"16 CFR Part 1303 (CPSC-CH-E1003-09 or CPSC-CH-E1003-09.1)"
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