U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission - Bethesda, Maryland 20814
November 5, 2008
Commission Agendas
There are no Commission briefings or Commission meetings scheduled for the week of November 10, 2008. For a recorded message concerning the
latest agenda information call (301) 504-7948.
Meetings Between Commission Staff and Outside Parties
All meetings listed below are open to the public unless otherwise stated. For information on a specific meeting or to attend a meeting, please call the contact person listed for that meeting.
Abbreviations: we use asterisks (*) to identify meetings for the
current week which have not appeared before in the printed Public
Calendar. If the meeting involves discussion of a "substantial interest matter," defined by CPSC's Meetings Policy, we show the date when we posted notice of the meeting on the Master Calendar. The Master Calendar is in the Office of the Secretary, Room 502, telephone
(301) 504-7923. We indicate whether a meeting is of substantial
interest by the symbol (S); we use the symbol (N) to indicate non-substantial interest meetings. The Commission offices are located in the Bethesda Towers Building, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda,
Maryland.
Under the Meetings Policy, a staff person holding or attending
a substantial interest meeting must file a log of the meeting with the
Office of the Secretary within 20 days.
Week of November 10 thru November 16
Wednesday, November 12
Bob Ochsman and Tonya Smith-Jackson, Directorate for
Engineering Sciences/Human Factors; Richard O’Brien and
Laurie Hopkins, Office of International Programs and
Intergovernmental Affairs; and Andy Stadnik, Directorate for
Laboratory Sciences, meeting with Eric Shaver, Senior
Consultant with Benchmark Research and Safety of Boise, Idaho
to discuss Mr. Shaver’s recent meetings in China as a
representative of the Idaho Governor’s Trade Mission; Bethesda
Towers, room 717 and CPSC Lab. For additional information
contact Bob Ochsman, (301) 504-7686.
Thursday, November 13
*Patricia Pollitzer, Office of the General Counsel, John Murphy,
Directorate for Engineering Sciences, and John Boja, Office of
Compliance and Field Operations, meeting with representatives
from the Portable Fuel Container Manufacturer’s Association
(PFCMA) to discuss new requirements for child resistant
portable gasoline containers; 10:00 a.m., Bethesda Towers, room
715. The meeting was requested by the PFCMA. For additional
information contact John Murphy, (301) 504-7541. Posted on
Master Calendar 10/30/08. (S)
Thursday, November 13
*Kristina Hatlelid, Directorate for Health Sciences, giving a
presentation to a University of Pennsylvania environmental
studies class on regulation of chemicals in consumer products;
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. For additional
information contact Kristina Hatlelid, (301) 504-7254. (N)
Thursday, November 13
CPSC staff from the Directorate of Engineering Sciences
attending a meeting with Ian Thomas from the Victoria
University, Melbourne, Australia to discuss the role of location
on the effectiveness of smoke alarms; 10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon,
Bethesda Towers, room 410 B/C. For additional information
contact Arthur Lee, (301) 504-7539 or email: alee@cpsc.gov.
(S)
Future
Tuesday and Wednesday, November 18-19
Acting Chairman Nancy Nord, Gib Mullan, Director, Office of
Compliance and Field Operations, and Richard O’Brien,
Director, Office of International Programs and Intergovernmental
Affairs, attending and participating in the International Consumer
Product Health and Safety Organization’s (ICPHSO) 4th
European Meeting and Training Symposium; Brussels, Belgium.
For additional information contact Frederica Clair, (301) 504-
7522. (S)
Thursday, December 4
This meeting will review the new requirements of the Consumer
Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) with regard to
phthalates, including, but not limited to, the scope of products
covered, test methods to determine phthalate levels and the use of
phthalates in children’s products more generally; 10:00 a.m.-5:00
p.m., Bethesda Towers, 4th Floor Hearing Room 420. Pre-
registration is required. The meeting will also be available live
via webcast. For registration and additional information visit,
http://www.cpsc.gov/cgibin/phth.aspx
Addendum
Meeting notices printed in this section did not reach the Office of the Secretary in time to meet the Tuesday noon deadline for the previously printed Public Calendar. Under the CPSC Meetings
Policy, however, staff persons, including Commissioners, can meet
the seven-day notice requirement by placing notice of the meeting on
the Master Calendar at least seven days before the meeting. The
Master Calendar is in the Office of the Secretary, Room 502, Bethesda
Towers Building.
In addition, the policy allows the Office of General Counsel to
waive the seven-day notice requirements of meetings of the staff
personnel, and individual Commissioners can waive the requirements
for themselves and their personal staff.
Friday, October 31
Acting Chairman Nancy Nord spoke before the National
Association of Manufacturers regarding the new requirements of
the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA); 11:00
a.m., 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. The invitation was
extended by Jim Neill. For additional information contact
Autumn Moore, (301) 504-7040 or e-mail: amoore@cpsc.gov.
Posted on Master Calendar 11/4/08.
