U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission - Bethesda, Maryland 20814
September 26, 2012
Commission Agendas
Listed below is an agenda of a Commission Meeting
scheduled for the week of October 1, 2012. For a recorded message concerning the latest agenda
information call (301) 504-7948.
Decisional Matters:
Bassinets and Cradles – Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking
Consideration of Opportunities to Reduce Third Party
Testing Costs Consistent with Assuring the Compliance of
Children’s Products
Briefing Matter:
Infant Swings – Final Rule
A live webcast of the Meeting can be viewed at
www.cpsc.gov/webcast
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. Individuals requiring reasonable accommodation for a meeting should contact the Office of the Secretary, 301-504-7923 or by email, cpsc-os@cpsc.gov. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.
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 can be found on CPSC's web site at www.cpsc.gov/calendarmast.html. 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 October 1 thru October 7, 2012
Monday, October 1
*Chairman Inez Tenenbaum; Matt Howsare, Chief of Staff
and Chief Counsel; Elliot Kay, Deputy Chief of Staff and
Senior Counsel; Anu Connor, Senior Counsel; Dottie Lee,
Confidential Assistant, will meet with Dave Taylor, newly
elected Chairman of the Juvenile Products Manufacturers
Association (JPMA); Michael Dwyer, JPMA Executive
Director; Lauren Pfeiffer, JPMA Assistant Executive Director;
Julie Vallese, JPMA Managing Director of Government &
Public Affairs; Mark Fellin, JPMA Director of Regulatory &
Legislative Affairs, to discuss proposed topics which will
include CPSIA Section 104 rulemakings, education
campaigns, and product safety certification; 3:00 p.m.,
Bethesda Towers, room 724. For additional information
contact Dottie Lee, (301) 504-7198. Transmitted to the
Office of the Secretary 9/24/12. Posted on Master Calendar
9/24/12. (N)
Monday, October 1
*Commissioner Robert Adler, Jana Fong-Swamidoss and
Jason Levine, Counsel to Commissioner Adler, meeting with
Dave Taylor, Chairman, Juvenile Products Manufacturers
Association, Inc. (JPMA); Michael Dwyer, Executive Director;
Lauren Pfeiffer, Assistant Executive Director; Julie Vallese,
Managing Director of Government & Public Affairs; and
Mark Fellin, Director, Regulatory & Legislative Affairs, to
discuss JPMA’s commitment to children’s and juvenile
product safety and certification; 1:30 p.m., Bethesda Towers,
room 723. The meeting was requested by Julie Vallese. For
additional information contact Ophelia McCardell, (301) 504-
7731. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 9/21/12.
Posted on the Master Calendar 9/24/12. (S)
Wednesday, October 3
*John Boja, Office of Compliance and Field Operations,
Joanna Matheson and Adrienne Layton, Directorate for
Health Sciences, attending the AAPCC Local Symposium on
Detergent Packets; 12:00-1:00 p.m., Las Vegas, NV. For
additional information contact John Boja, (301) 504-7300.
Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 9/20/12. Posted on
the Master Calendar 9/20/12. (N)
Friday, October 5 thru Tuesday, October 9
Jason Goldsmith, Directorate for Health Sciences, attending
National Association of Medical Examiners annual meeting
at the Inner Harbor, Baltimore, MD. For additional
information contact Jason Goldsmith, (301) 504-7262,
jgoldsmith@cpsc.gov. Transmitted to the Office of the
Secretary 9/25/12. Posted on the Master Calendar 9/25/12.
(N)
Future
Tuesday, October 9
Marc J. Schoem, Acting Director, Office of Compliance and
Field Operations, attending and participating in the AHAM
Product Safety and Liability Seminar, Washington, D.C. For
additional information contact Marc Schoem, (301) 504-
7520. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 9/24/12.
Posted on Master Calendar 9/25/12. (N)
Tuesday, October 9
Gregory K. Rea, Directorate for Laboratory Sciences, will
participate in the ASTM D10.32 Consumer, Pharmaceutical,
Medical, and Child Resistant Packaging subcommittee
meeting. This meeting was requested by ASTM. Contact D10
Staff Manager Dianne Trinsey (dtrinsey@astm.org, 610-832-
9661) by Monday, October 8, 2012 to obtain information
about joining the conference call or attending in person, or for
further information regarding the meeting. Transmitted to the
Office of the Secretary 8/29/12. Posted in the Public Calendar
8/29/12. (S)
Thursday, October 11
Richard O’Brien, Director of International Programs, will
speak about international regulatory cooperation in product
safety work at the Consumer Interest Forum of the American
National Standards Institute (ANSI) to be held at the
Newseum Knight Conference Center, 555 Pennsylvania Ave.
NW, Washington DC 20001. The presentation was requested
by ANSI. For additional information, contact Karen Hughes
of ANSI, (212) 642-4992. Email: khughes@ansi.org
Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 9/20/12. Posted on
Master Calendar 9/20/12. (N)
Thursday and Friday, October 11-12
The U .S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is
inviting affected stakeholders and other interested persons to
attend a free, 2-day public ATV Safety Summit, titled,
“Working together to keep families safe on ATVs.” The ATV
Safety Summit will be held October 11-12, 2012. For more
information, please see
http://www.cpsc.gov/meetingsignup.html and click on the link
for ATV Safety Summit. Transmitted to the Office of the
Secretary 8/15/12. Posted in Public Calendar 8/15/12. (S)
Monday, October 15 thru Tuesday, October 23
Chairman Inez Tenenbaum, Kenneth Hinson, Executive
Director, Scott Wolfson, Office of Communications, Marc
Schoem, Office of Compliance and Field Operations, Richard
O’Brien and Tom Phillips, Office of International Programs
and Intergovernmental Affairs, will participate in the ICPHSO
conference to be held in Brussels, Belgium: October 18 – Port
of Rotterdam Tour; October 19 – Stakeholders meeting for
OECD Global Recalls Portal Launch; October 22 - Meeting
with Trading Standards Institute in London, England; October
23 – Meeting with Department for Business Innovation and
Skills, and testing lab tour. For additional information contact
Dottie Lee, (301) 504-7198. Transmitted to the Office of the
Secretary 9/20/12. Posted on Master Calendar 9/20/12. (N)
Monday and Tuesday, October 15-16
Neal S. Cohen (Small Business Ombudsman) speaking to
attendees at the 2012 ABC Kids Expo at the Louisville, KY
Exposition Center.
Monday October 15th 8:15 am – 9 am: Exhibitors: Are you
ready for February 2013? CPSC Update on Product Safety
Rules and Periodic Testing Requirements. In this session
tailored towards manufacturers, importers, private labelers,
and others, we will discuss recent and pending changes to
regulations for durable infant products and other children’s
products. We will also spend a great deal of time discussing
the testing and certification requirements of CPSIA and the
periodic testing requirements that are set to go into effect in
February 8, 2013. See www.cpsc.gov/3PT and
www.cpsc.gov/durableinfantproducts for additional resources
and links.
Tuesday October 16th 8:15 am – 9 am: Retailers & Buyers:
Your Roles in Federal Consumer Product Safety. In this
session tailored towards buyers and retailers, you will learn not
only about a retailer’s responsibilities under federal law but
the tools available to you to protect your customers and
yourselves. Additional information is available at
www.cpsc.gov/retailer. Information may also be relevant for
manufacturers and exhibitors unable to attend the Monday
presentation.
Mr. Cohen will be available all day on Monday and Tuesday
of the Expo to speak and can be reached via Twitter
@CPSCSmallBiz and via email at ncohen@cpsc.gov during
the Expo. The presentation was requested by Neal Cohen to
provide businesses manufacturing, importing, and selling
juvenile products an update of the U.S. regulatory
requirements and to prepare those businesses for the periodic
testing requirements that become effective on February 8,
2013. For additional information, please contact Neal S.
Cohen at ncohen@cpsc.gov. Transmitted to the Office of the
Secretary 9/10/12. Posted on Master Calendar 9/11/12. (N)
Tuesday, October 23
Tim Smith, Engineering Psychologist, Human Factors,
attending a meeting of the ASTM F15.30 Bunk Bed
Subcommittee; 1:30 p.m. EST, at ASTM Headquarters, West
Conshohocken, PA. The meeting was requested by ASTM
International. For additional information contact Tim Smith,
(301) 504-7691, tsmith@cpsc.gov. Transmitted to the Office
of the Secretary 9/6/12. Posted on the Master Calendar
9/6/12. (S)
Wednesday, October 24
Marc J. Schoem, Acting Director, Office of Compliance and
Field Operations attending and participating in the New
Mexico Environmental Conference to discuss CPSC
Compliance Responsibilities and Enforcement of the Virginia
Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Act , Albuquerque, New Mexico.
For additional information contact Marc Schoem, (301) 504-
7520. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 9/24/12.
Posted on Master Calendar 9/25/12. (N)
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 can be found on CPSC's web site at www.cpsc.gov/calendarmast.html.
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.
Monday, September 24
Kristina Hatlelid, Directorate for Health Sciences, participated
in a teleconference of the ASTM Toy Safety Committee
heavy metals work group; 1:00 p.m. The meeting was
requested by the work group chairman. (OGC approved
waiver of seven-day notice.) For additional information
contact Kristina Hatlelid at 301-504-7254 or
khatlelid@cpsc.gov. Transmitted to the Office of the
Secretary 9/21/12. Posted on Master Calendar 9/21/12. (S)
Wednesday, September 26
Chairman Inez Tenenbaum, Matt Howsare, Chief of Staff
and Chief Counsel, Dottie Lee, Confidential Assistant,
meeting with Benjamin Miller, SVP, Product Safety President;
Ann Weeks, VP, Global Government Affairs; Khoi Do, Global
Governmental Affairs Manager; Derek Larson, Global
Government Affairs Specialist, Dave Russel, Bryan Cave,
LLC (Underwriters Laboratories), to discuss standards
development, high-level policy and communication initiatives,
and consumer education; 3:00 p.m., Bethesda Towers, room
724. The meeting was requested by Khoi Do. For additional
information contact Dottie Lee, (301) 504-7198. Transmitted
to the Office of the Secretary. Posted in Public Calendar
9/26/12. (N)
