[Federal Register: November 29, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 228)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
16 CFR Part 1000
Statement of Organization and Functions
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety Commission is amending its
statement of organization and functions to reflect the division of the
Directorate for Epidemiology and Health Sciences into separate
directorates for epidemiology and for health sciences.
EFFECTIVE DATE: November 29, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph F. Rosenthal, Office of the
General Counsel, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, D.C.
20207, telephone 301-504-0980.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission has separated the former
Directorate for Epidemiology and Health Sciences into a separate
Directorate for Epidemiology and a separate Directorate for Health
Sciences. To reflect this change, Sec. 1000.27 is being revised to
remove descriptions of the health sciences functions that have been
incorporated in a new Sec. 1000.28. Some editorial changes have also
been made. Section 1000.12(c), listing the organizational units
reporting to the Assistant Executive Director for Hazard Identification
and Reduction, is being revised to separately list the Directorate for
Epidemiology and the Directorate for Health Sciences.
Since this rule relates solely to internal agency management,
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b), notice and other public procedures are not
required and it is effective immediately upon publication in the
Federal Register. Further, this action is not a rule as defined in the
Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601-612, and, thus, is exempt from
the provisions of the Act.
List of Subjects in 16 CFR Part 1000
Organization and functions (government agencies).
Accordingly, part 1000 is amended as follows:
PART 1000--[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for part 1000 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a).
2. Paragraph (c) of section 1000.12 is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 1000.12 Organizational structure.
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(c) The following units report directly to the Assistant Executive
Director for Hazard Identification and Reduction:
(1) Directorate for Economic Analysis;
(2) Directorate for Epidemiology;
(3) Directorate for Health Sciences;
(4) Directorate for Engineering Sciences;
(5) Directorate for Laboratory Sciences.
Secs. 1000.28 and 1000.29 [Redesignated as Secs. 1000.29 and 1000.30]
3. Sections 1000.28 and 1000.29 are redesignated as sections
1000.29 and 1000.30 respectively.
4. Section 1000.27 is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 1000.27 Directorate for Epidemiology.
The Directorate for Epidemiology, managed by the Associate
Executive Director for Epidemiology, is responsible for the collection
and analysis of data on injuries and deaths associated with consumer
products. The Directorate has two divisions: the Data Systems Division
and the Hazard Analysis Division. The Data Systems Division operates
the national data collection systems which provide the data that serve
as the basis for the Commission's estimates of the numbers of deaths
and injuries associated with consumer products. These data systems
include the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System, a
nationally representative sample of hospital emergency departments; a
death certificate file, which contains data obtained from death
certificates on deaths associated with consumer products; and the
Injury and Potential Injury Incident file, which contains information
on incidents associated with consumer products, based on news clips,
medical examiner reports, hotline reports, internet complaints,
referrals, etc. The Hazard Analysis Division conducts statistical
analysis of these data and conducts epidemiologic studies to estimate
the numbers of injuries and deaths associated with various consumer
products and to examine factors associated with these injuries and
deaths. In addition, staff in
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the Hazard Analysis Division design special studies, design and analyze
data from experiments for testing of consumer products, and provide
statistical expertise and advice to Commission staff in support of
regulation development.
5. Section 1000.28 is added to read as follows:
Sec. 1000.28 Directorate for Health Sciences.
The Directorate for Health Sciences is managed by the Associate
Executive Director for Health Sciences and is responsible for reviewing
and evaluating the human health effects and hazards related to consumer
products and assessing exposure, uptake and metabolism, including
information on population segments at risk. Directorate staff conducts
health studies and research in the field of consumer product-related
injuries. The Directorate performs risk assessments for chemical,
physiological and physical hazards based on methods such as medical
injury modeling, and on injury and incident data for mechanical,
thermal, chemical and electrical hazards in consumer products. It
provides the Commission's primary source of scientific expertise for
implementation of the Poison Prevention Packaging Act and the Federal
Hazardous Substances Act. The Directorate assists in the development
and evaluation of product safety standards and test methods based on
scientific and public health principles. It provides support to the
Commission's regulatory development and enforcement activities. It
manages hazard identification and analysis, and hazard assessment and
reduction projects as assigned. The Directorate provides liaison with
the National Toxicology Program, the Department of Health and Human
Services (including the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health), the
Occupational Health and Safety Administration, the Environmental
Protection Agency, other federal agencies and programs, and other
organizations concerned with reducing the risk to consumers from
exposure to consumer product hazards. The Directorate is responsible
for managing and safeguarding confidential business information
received from the Environmental Protection Agency in accordance with
the requirements of that agency.
Dated: November 23, 1999.
Sadye E. Dunn,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 99-30939 Filed 11-26-99; 8:45 am]
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