WASHINGTON (AP) – Motorcycle shops apparently won't get a pass on a new anti-lead law that has kept dirt bikes and ATVs for children off showroom floors.

Consumer Product Safety Commission staff members are denying a request to exempt all-terrain vehicles and dirt bikes from the law. They can have higher-than-allowed levels of lead in the brake and clutch levers, the valve stems on tires, the battery and other parts.

The decision was being announced Wednesday. The commission usually adopts staff recommendations.

Briefing Package: Request from ATV Companies for Exclusion from Lead Content Limits under Section 101(b)(1) of the CPSIA, April 1, 2009 (Left-click to open; right-click to save)