CPSC to Vote by March 27 on "BeeSafe System" for Pool Safety
The Consumer Product Safety Commissioners are to vote by March 27, 2012 on whether to publish for comment in the Federal Register a Petition asking the agency to initiate a rulemaking for the classification of the “BeeSafe System” as an Anti-Entrapment System under the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety (VGB) Act.
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(Section 1404(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the VGB Act requires that each public pool and spa in the U.S. with a single main drain other than an unblockable drain be equipped, at a minimum, with one or more of the following anti-entrapment devices or systems: (I) Safety vacuum release system; (II) Suction-limiting vent system; (III) Gravity drainage system; (IV) Automatic pump shut-off system; (V) Drain disablement; or (VI) any other system determined by the CPSC to be equally effective as, or better than, these systems at preventing or eliminating the risk of injury or death associated with pool drainage systems.)