[Federal Register: December 28, 1994]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
16 CFR Part 1000
Commission Organization and Functions
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Commission is revising its statement of organization and
functions to reflect the creation of three new organizational units and
the implementation of fax-on-demand and Internet information
dissemination services, and to correct an address.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 28, 1994.
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:
Section 1000.3 has been amended to correct a telephone number and
describe the Commission's fax-on-demand and Internet services.
Section 1000.4 has been amended to correct the address of the
Commission's Eastern Regional Center.
Section 1000.12 has been amended to reflect the new organizational
structure.
Section 1000.19 has been amended to include a new organization
reporting to the Executive Director.
New sections describing the new Office of Human Resources
Management, the new Office of Information Resources Management, and the
new Directorate for Laboratory Sciences have been added.
The sections describing the Office of Information and Public
affairs and the Directorate for Administration have been amended to
reflect the transfer of certain functions from those organizations to
the new Office of Information Services.
The sections describing the Directorate for Engineering Sciences
and the Directorate for Health Sciences have been amended to reflect
the trasfer of certain functions from those organizations to the new
Directorate for Laboratory 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 on the specified effective
date. 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, 16 CFR 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. Section 1000.3 is amended by revising paragraph (b) and adding
paragraphs (c) and (d) to read as follows:
Sec. 1000.3 Hotline.
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(b) The Commission also operates a toll-free Hotline by which
hearing or speech-impaired persons can communicate by teletypewriter
with the Commission. The teletypewriter number for use in all states is
1-800-638-8270.
(c) The Commission also makes information available to the public
product recall information, its public calendar, and other information
through its Internet web site service at Internet address www.cpsc.gov. The
public may also report product hazards or other information to the
Commission at its electronic mail address: info@cpsc.gov.
(d) The Commission also provides a fax-on-demand service from which
the public can request Commission documents by calling 1-301-504-0051
from the handset of a facsimile machine.
3. Section 1000.4 is amended by revising paragraph (b)(2) to read
as follows:
Sec. 1000.4 Commission addresses.
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(b) * * *
(2) Eastern Regional Center, 6 World Trade Center, Vesey Street,
Room 350, New York, New York 10048-0950; Connecticut, Delaware,
District of Columbia, Florida, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Puerto
Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia,
and Virgin Islands.
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4. Section 1000.12 is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 1000.12 Organizational structure.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is composed of the principal
units listed in this section.
(a) The following units report directly to the Chairman of the
Commission:
(1) Office of the General Counsel;
(2) Office of Congressional Relations;
(3) Office of the Secretary;
(4) Office of the Inspector General;
(5) Office of Equal Employment Opportunity and Minority Enterprise;
(6) Office of the Executive Director.
(b) The following units report directly to the Executive Director
of the Commission:
(1) Office of the Budget;
(2) Office of Hazard Identification and Reduction;
(3) Office of Information and Public Affairs;
(4) Office of Compliance and Enforcement;
(5) Office of Planning and Evaluation;
(6) Office of Human Resources Management;
(7) Office of Information Services;
(8) Directorate for Administration;
(9) Directorate for Field Operations.
(c) The following units report directly to the Assistant Executive
Director for Hazard Identification and Reduction:
(1) Directorate for Epidemiology;
(2) Directorate for Economic Analysis;
(3) Directorate for Health Sciences;
(4) Directorate for Engineering Sciences;
(5) Directorate for Laboratory Sciences.
5. Section 1000.19 is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 1000.19 Office of the Executive Director.
The Executive Director with the assistance of the Deputy Executive
Director, under the broad direction of the Chairman and in accordance
with Commission policy, acts as the chief operating manager of the
agency, supporting the development of the agency's budget and operating
plan before and after Commission approval, and managing the execution
of those plans. The Executive Director has direct line authority over
the following directorates and offices: the Directorate for
Administration, the Directorate for Field Operations, the Office of the
Budget, the Office of Hazard Identification and Reduction, the Office
of Information and Public Affairs, the Office of Compliance and
Enforcement, the Office of Planning and Evaluation, the Office of Human
Resources Management, and the Office of Information Services.
6. Section 1000.23 is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 1000.23 Office of Information and Public Affairs.
The Office of Information and Public Affairs, which is managed by
the Director of the Office, is responsible for the development,
implementation, and evaluation of a comprehensive national information
and public affairs program designed to promote product safety. This
includes responsibility for developing and maintaining relations with a
wide range of national groups such as consumer organizations; business
groups; trade associations; state and local government entities; labor
organizations; medical, legal, scientific and other professional
associations; and other Federal health, safety and consumer agencies.
The Office also is responsible for implementing the Commission's media
relations program nationwide. The Office serves as the Commission's
spokesperson to the national print and broadcast media, develops and
disseminates the Commission's news releases, and organizes Commission
news conferences.
7. Sections 1000.25, 1000.26, 1000.27, 1000.28, 1000.29, and
1000.30 are redesignated as sections 1000.27, 1000.28 1000.29, 1000.30,
1000.32, and 1000.33 respectively.
8. Section 1000.25 is added to read as follows:
Sec. 1000.25 Office of Human Resources Management.
The Office of Human Resources Management, which is managed by the
Director of the Office, provides human resources management support to
the Commission in the areas of recruitment and placement, position
classification, training and executive development, employee and labor
relations, employee benefits and retirement assistance, employee
assistance programs, drug testing, leave administration, disciplinary
and adverse actions, grievances and appeals, and performance
management.
9. Section 1000.26 is added to read as follows:
Sec. 1000.26 Office of Information Services.
The Office of Information Services, which is managed by the
Assistant Executive Director for Information Services, is responsible
for general policy, controlling and conducting managerial activities
and operations relating to the collection, use, and dissemination of
information by the agency. The Office manages the Commission's
information system that supports all its program activities. The Office
provides automated data processing and operational support for data
collection, information retrieval, report generation, electronic mail,
and statistical and mathematical operations of the agency. The Office
maintains the agency's local area networks and develops and supports
other network applications. The Office develops plans for improving
agency operations through the use of information technology. The
Office's functional responsibilities include planning, organizing, and
directing information resources management (including records
management and related requirements), and the managing of the agency's
management directives system. The Office manages the headquarters
telecommunications including the agency's toll-free Hotline by which
the public reports hazardous consumer products and receives information
about product recalls and product hazards. It also oversees operation
of the Commission's Internet and fax-on-demand services.
10. Newly redesignated section 1000.29 is revised to read as
follows:
Sec. 1000.29 Directorate for Engineering Sciences.
The Directorate for Engineering Sciences, which is managed by the
Associate Executive Director for Engineering Sciences, is responsible
for developing technical policy for and implementing the Commission's
engineering programs. The Directorate manages hazard assessment and
reduction projects as assigned by the Office of Hazard Identification
and Reduction; develops and evaluates performance criteria, design
specifications, and quality control standards for certain consumer
products; provides scientific and technical expertise to the Commission
and Commission staff; provides advice on proposed mandatory standards
and industry voluntary standard efforts; performs or monitors research
in the engineering sciences; and provides analytical services in
support of the Commission's enforcement activities. It provides
reliability engineering and quality control analysis in support of
standards development, product certification, and compliance product
testing; and provides engineering technical support to all Commission
organizations, activities, and programs. The Directorate analyzes
accident data, develops accident scenarios, and recommends solutions.
11. Newly redesignated section 1000.30 is revised to read as
follows.
Sec. 1000.30 Directorate for Health Sciences
The Directorate for Health Sciences, which is managed by the
Associate Executive Director for Health Sciences, is responsible for
developing science policy and implementing the Commission's Health
Sciences program. The Directorate's functional responsibilities include
development and evaluation of the content of product safety standards
and test methods based on the chemical, biological and medical
sciences. The Directorate also provides health sciences and medical
expertise to the Commission, and develops and evaluates performance
criteria, design specifications, and quality control standards for
certain consumer products. It provides advice on proposed standards. It
collects health sciences, exposure, and medical data, reviews and
evaluates toxicological, medical, and chemical hazards, and determines
exposure, uptake and metabolism, including information on population
segments at risk. It performs risk assessments for chemical hazards,
and physical hazards based on methods such as medical injury modeling,
in consumer products. It provides the Commission's primary source of
technical expertise for implementation of the Poison Prevention
Packaging Act. It provides the expertise on how chemical products are
manufactured and provides scientific support to the Commission's
regulatory development and enforcement activities. It provides health
sciences and medical support to all Commission organizations,
activities, and programs. It manages hazard assessment and reduction
projects as assigned. The Directorate provides scientific liaison with
the National Toxicological Program, the Department of Health and Human
Services, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration, the
Environmental Protection Agency, other federal agencies and programs,
and other organizations concerned with reducing the risks to consumers
from exposure to chemical hazards.
12. Section 1000.31 is added to read as follows:
Sec. 1000.31 Directorate for Laboratory Sciences.
The Directorate for Laboratory Sciences, which is managed by the
Associate Executive Director for Laboratory Sciences, is responsible
for implementing the Commission's engineering and health sciences
laboratories programs. The Directorate's functional responsibilities
include development and evaluation of product safety standards, and
product safety tests and test methods, based on engineering and other
physical sciences, chemical, and biological sciences to support general
agency regulatory activities. The Directorate develops and evaluates
performance criteria, design specifications and quality control
standards for certain consumer products. It provides engineering,
scientific, and technical expertise to the Commission, conducts
engineering tests and studies of the safety of consumer products,
evaluates industry voluntary standards efforts, and participates in the
development of product safety standards. It performs and monitors
research and conducts studies of the safety of, or improving the safety
of, consumer products in engineering, other physical sciences,
chemical, and biological sciences. The Directorate is composed of two
divisions, the Engineering Laboratory Division and the Health Sciences
Laboratory Division. The Directorate provides engineering and
scientific services in support of the Commission's enforcement
activities. It coordinates engineering research, testing, and
evaluation activities with the National Institute of Standards and
Technology and other federal agencies, private industry, and consumer
interest groups. It provides the Commission's expertise and laboratory
support to other laboratories and other chemical and biological testing
facilities. It provides chemical and biological laboratory support to
all Commission organizations, activities, and programs. The Directorate
provides technical supervision and direction of engineering activities
including tests and analyses conducted in the field.
13. Newly redesignated section 1000.32 is revised to read as
follows:
Sec. 1000.32 Directorate for Administration.
The Directorate of Administration, which is managed by the
Associate Executive Director for Administration, is responsible for
formulating general administrative policies supporting the Commission
in the areas of financial management, procurement, and general
administrative support services including property and space
management, physical security, printing, telecommunications, and
warehousing. The Directorate is responsible for the payment,
accounting, and reporting of all expenditures within the Commission and
for operating and maintaining the Commission's accounting system and
subsidiary Management Information System which allocates staff work
time and costs to programs and projects.
Sadye E. Dunn,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 94-31806 Filed 12-27-94;8:45 am]
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