The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is also studying textile- bedding flammability and has announced that by the end of 2004, it will begin a review to determine if flammability regulations are needed. The first phase of rulemaking, an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, will be included in the agency's briefing package on mattress flammability, which will be released later this year.
NTA Chairman William E. Giblin, president of Tweave, Inc., said, "We are delighted to have the Textile Bedding Committee as an active industry group in the National Textile Association. This marks the second new committee we have formed this year, and we welcome this important industry sector. NTA provides many valuable services to its membership and we're glad to be able to provide this additional key leadership.
"The safety of all bedding products manufactured by our members is a high priority," according to Textile Bedding Committee Chairman, E. Linwood Wright of Dan River Inc. "We are working cooperatively with California officials and believe we are making good progress in development of a standard test method. We will extend this cooperation to the national level with the Consumer Product Safety Commission as it begins its work."
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