U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission - Bethesda, Maryland 20814
August 26, 2009
Commission Agendas
There are no Commission briefings or Commission meetings scheduled
for the week of August 31, 2009. 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 August 31 thru September 6
Wednesday, September 2
Chairman Inez Tenenbaum; Matthew Howsare, Special
Assistant; Michelle Gillice, Special Assistant; and Scott
Wolfson, Director, Office of Information and Public Affairs,
and Marc Schoem, Deputy Director, Office of Compliance
and Field Operations, meeting with Jim Guest, President and
Donald Mays, Senior Director, Product Safety and Technical
Policy, for an introductory meeting with Consumers Union
staff and tour of facilities; Consumer Union, 101 Truman
Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10703. The meeting was requested by
Consumers Union. For additional information contact
Frederica Clair, (301) 504-7896. (N)
Future
Thursday, September 10
CPSC Director of Compliance Gib Mullan and Director of
International Programs Richard O’Brien to make
presentations at the International Consumer Product Safety
Caucus (ICPSC) Conference on Tracking and Traceability
Labels at the Park Inn Hotel, Solna, Stockholm, Sweden. The
purpose of the conference is to discuss international
coordination on tracking and traceability requirements. The
event is open to the public and stakeholder participation is
encouraged by ICPSC. For additional information about the
conference, registration, and fees, see the announcement and
registration materials at www.icpsc.org. CPSC contact
Richard O’Brien, (301) 504-7054. (S)
Thursday, September 17
Vince Amodeo, Directorate for Engineering Sciences, and
other CPSC staff (EXHR) attending ASTM F15.22 Toy
Safety subcommittee meeting; 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., ASTM
Headquarters, West Conshohocken, PA. The meeting was
requested by ASTM. For additional information contact
Vince Amodeo, (301) 504-7570. (S)
Thursday, September 24
Vince Amodeo, Directorate for Engineering Sciences,
attending ASTM F08.10 Bicycles subcommittee meeting;
9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., Sands Convention Center, Room 207,
Las Vegas, NV. The meeting was requested by ASTM. For
additional information contact Vince Amodeo, (301) 504-
7570. (S)
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.
Tuesday, August 25
Commissioner Nancy Nord, Patsy Semple, Special Assistant
and Joe Martyak, Special Assistant (Legal) met with Carter
Keithley, President; Al Verrecchia, Chairman; and Ed
Desmond, Executive Vice President of the Toy Industry
Association for a courtesy meeting; 2:00 p.m., Bethesda
Towers, room 722. For additional information contact
Autumn Moore, (301) 504-7040. (N)
Wednesday, August 26
Chairman Inez Tenenbaum and staff meeting with Sally Kay,
President & CEO; Ned Steiner, Sandler Travis and Rosenberg;
and Dan St. Louis, The Hosiery Technology Center, to discuss
impact of CPSIA on the legwear business; 2:00 p.m.,
Bethesda Towers, room 724. The meeting was requested by
The Hosiery Association. For additional information contact
Frederica Clair, (301) 504-7896. Posted on Master Calendar
8/21/09. (S)
Thursday, August 27 (Closed to the Public)
Chairman Inez Tenenbaum and staff meeting with Jim
Walter, SVP Product Integrity & Chief Regulatory Officer;
Geoff Massingberd, SVP Corporate Responsibility; Bob
Normile, SVP General Counsel & Secretary; Kitty Pilarz,
Senior Director Product Safety; and Joel Rotenberg, VP
Product Integrity & Consumer Relations, for a meeting with
members of Mattel; 10:00 a.m., Bethesda Towers, room 724.
The meeting was requested by Jim Walter, Mattel. For
additional information contact Frederica Clair, (301) 504-
7896. (The meeting is closed to the public because of the
proprietary information that will be discussed, including
internal operations, testing, quality control activities and
chain management.) For additional information contact
Frederica Clair, (301) 504-7896. Posted on Master Calendar
8/20/09. (S)
