Consumer Product Safety Commission Chairman Nancy Nord is calling for a 12-month stay of the Consumer Product Safety Improvements Act (CPSIA), which would allow banned youth ATVs and motorcycles to be once again sold in dealership showrooms.

For this to happen, however, the commission’s other commissioner, Thomas Moore, would have to support this move.

“During this timeout, it is my hope that Congress will consider how the law needs to be fine-tuned to address this serious child safety dilemma,” Nord wrote in a statement. “This enforcement hiatus will also give the industry the opportunity to examine what reasonable changes can be made in their products to bring them closer to the requirements Congress set out in the CPSIA.”

Nord’s statement comes after the commission’s staff requested commissioners not to approve an exemption for youth ATVs and motorcycles from the minimum lead requirement called for in the CPSIA.

It’s not known when Moore will make his decision public. However, CPSC staff has said both commissioners usually make a decision about five days after the staff ruling is publicized. The staff ruling was made public April 1.

A new federal law enacted in February by the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) has hit the youth motorcycle and all terrain vehicle market hard: The new law prevents the sale of all products for children ages 12 and under that contains lead over specified limits, included in that ban are some widely popular ATVs and bikes. The youth ATV category is the fastest-growing ATV sales segment.

The new regulations will apply to all current inventories, future production at the commercial level, accessories and replacement and aftermarket parts.

Paul Vitrano, the Motorcycle Industry Council’s general counsel, says he is “not optimistic” the CPSC will grant exclusion for