U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission - Bethesda, Maryland 20814
February 3, 2010
Commission Agendas
Listed below is an agenda of a Commission Meeting
scheduled for the week of February 8, 2010. For a recorded message concerning the latest agenda
information call (301) 504-7948.
Commission Meeting: Due to the inclement weather in the Washington DC area, this CPSC public meeting scheduled for February 10 has been cancelled.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Hearing Room 420
Open to the Public
Matter to be Discussed
Unblockable Drains / Minimum State Requirements for
Grants / Public Accommodations – Virginia Graeme
Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act
The staff will brief the Commission on various
compliance matters.
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 on the CPSC 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 February 8 thru February 14, 2010
Thursday, February 11
Jake Miller and Patty Edwards, Directorate for Engineering
Sciences (Mechanical) meeting with Carlton Craig and Kevin
Walker, Stanley Furniture, to discuss manufacturing process
of children’s furniture specifically wood cribs, including a
courtesy plant tour; 1:00 p.m., 1641 Fairystone Park Hwy.,
Stanleytown, VA 24168. The meeting was requested by
CPSC staff. For additional information contact Jake Miller,
(301) 504-6938. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary
1/26/10. Posted on Master Calendar 1/26/10. (N)
Friday, February 12
Jake Miller and Patty Edwards, Directorate for Engineering
Sciences (Mechanical) meeting with Gene Barrow, Bassett
Furniture, to discuss manufacturing process of children’s
furniture specifically wood cribs; 9:00 a.m., 3525 Fairystone
Park Hwy., Bassett, VA 24055. The meeting was requested
by CPSC staff. For additional information contact Jake
Miller, (301) 504-6938. Transmitted to the Office of the
Secretary 1/26/10. Posted on Master Calendar 1/26/10. (N)
Future
Tuesday, February 16
Arthur Lee, Directorate for Engineering Sciences, presenting at
the NFPA SUPDET 2010 Conference. The presentation topic
is “Nuisance Alarms Associated with Cooking;” 11:30 a.m.,
Eastern Standard Time. For additional information contact
Arthur Lee at alee@cpsc.gov or NFPA web site www.nfpa.org.
Submitted to the Office of the Secretary 2/2/10. Posted on
Master Calendar 2/3/10. (S)
Thursday, February 18
Quin Dodd, Of Counsel, Mintz Levin, PC with Satbir Nayar,
Project Manager XOS, Inc. and Berry Buemer, Vice President
of Marketing and Sales of XOS, Inc., will be demonstrating
their updated x-ray fluorescent technology equipment to
CPSC staff. XOS will present their recent developments of
their HD XRF technology from 2:00-2:45 p.m. and conduct a
demonstration of capabilities from 2:45-3:00 p.m.; Bethesda
Towers, Room 834. Seating is limited in meeting room. For
additional information contact Andy Stadnik, P.E., Associate
Executive Director for Laboratory Sciences, (301) 424-6421,
ext. 1, astadnik@cpsc.gov. Transmitted to the Office of the
Secretary 2/2/10. Posted on Master Calendar 2/3/10. (S)
Tuesday, February 23
Commissioner Robert Adler and Jason Levine (Special
Assistant to Commissioner Adler) and Chairman Inez M.
Tenenbaum and Matt Howsare (Special (Legal) Assistant to
Chairman Tenenbaum) meeting with Andy Counts, Exec. VP;
Bill Perdue, VP-Product Standards & Sustainable Growth,
American Home Furnishings Alliance (AHFA); and Mary
Martha McNamara, Counsel to AHFA, to discuss furniture
issues in consumer product safety; 10:00 a.m., Bethesda
Towers, room 723. The meeting was requested by Mary
Martha McNamara. For additional information contact
Ophelia McCardell, (301) 504-7731. Transmitted to the
Office of the Secretary 1/28/10. Posted on the Master
Calendar 1/28/10. (S)
Tuesday, February 23
Commissioner Thomas H. Moore; Pam Weller and Michael
Gougisha (Counselors to Commissioner Moore) meeting with
Andy Counts and Bill Perdue with the American Home
Furnishings Alliance; Mary Martha McNamara, Esq. with
McNamara & L’Heureux, P.C. to discuss furniture issues in
consumer product safety; 3:00 p.m., Bethesda Towers, room
725. The meeting was requested by Laura S. Genuario. For
additional information contact Linda Taylor, (301) 504-7895
or ltaylor@cpsc.gov. Transmitted to the Office of the
Secretary 1/27/10. Posted on the Master Calendar 1/27/10.
(S)
Tuesday, March 23
Michael A. Babich, Directorate for Health Sciences, and other
CPSC staff meeting with representatives from ExxonMobil,
on Cumulative Risk Assessment of Phthalates; 10:00 a.m.,
Bethesda Towers, room 410 B/C. The meeting was requested
by ExxonMobil. For additional information contact Michael
Babich, (301) 504-7253. Transmitted to the Office of the
Secretary 1/25/10. Posted on Master Calendar 1/26/10. (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 can be found on the CPSC 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, February 1
Chairman Tenenbaum and staff met with Jim Neil, RILA to
discuss global harmonization and testing programs; 10:00
a.m., Bethesda Towers, room 724. The meeting was
requested by Jim Neil, RILA. For additional information
contact Emily Schwartz, (301) 504-7900. Transmitted to the
Office of the Secretary 1/28/19. Posted on the Master
Calendar 1/29/10. (S)
Thursday, February 4
Chairman Tenenbaum and staff meeting with the Breast
Cancer Fund to discuss CPSIA phthalates provision and
CHAP timing; 10:00 a.m., Bethesda Towers, Room 724. The
meeting was requested by Emily Napalo, Raben Group. For
additional information contact Emily Schwartz, (301) 504-
7900. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 1/29/10.
Posted on the Master Calendar 1/29/10. (S)
