CPSC to Vote on Revoking Its April 2010 Interpretation of "Unblockable Drain"
The Consumer Product Safety Commission will vote on a notice revoking its April 2010 interpretation of the term “unblockable drain” as used in the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act. CPSC states that under its 2010 interpretation, when…
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a drain cover meeting certain specifications was attached to a drain, the covered drain constituted an “unblockable drain" and did not require a secondary anti-entrapment system. The notice would revoke this interpretation so that a drain cover alone could no longer be used to convert a blockable drain into an unblockable drain. Public pools/spas that require modifications as a result of this revocation would have to comply by May 28, 2012.