CPSC Extends Beta 'e-Filing' Pilot Another 6 Months Until Mid-June, Official Says
FORT LAUDERDALE -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission has extended its e-filing “beta” pilot another two months, allowing filing to continue for 37 importers and 21 customs brokers participating in the pilot until mid-June, said Sabrina Keller, deputy director of CPSC’s Office of Import Surveillance, on April 16. The pilot had been scheduled to end April 16 without the extension, she said, speaking at the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America annual conference. Six months in, the commission has “a lot of good data and a lot of good information,” she said.
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CPSC has received “about 30 comments” since issuing a supplemental proposed rule in December (see 2402090043), and the commission is “reviewing or preparing responses” to the comments “right now,” Keller said. Then the commission will begin the final phase of its e-filing program, issuing a “final rulemaking and making this mandatory,” she said.