U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission - Bethesda, Maryland 20814
March 3, 2010
Commission Agendas
Listed below are the agendas of Commission Meetings
scheduled for the week of March 8, 2010. For a recorded message concerning the latest agenda information call
(301) 504-7948.
The staff will brief the Commission on the status of
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 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 of March 8 thru March 14, 2010
Tuesday, March 9
Commissioner Robert Adler meeting with Janet Fox,
Chairman, and Board Members of the U.S. Association of
Importers of Textiles and Apparel (USA-ITA) to discuss the
broad range of issues raised by implementation of the CPSIA
across their global supply chains; 10:00 a.m., Bethesda
Towers, room 410A. The meeting was requested by Julia
Hughes, President, USA-ITA and Brenda A. Jacobs of Sidley
Austin LLP. For additional information contact Ophelia
McCardell, (301) 504-7731. Transmitted to the Office of the
Secretary 2/23/10. Posted on Master Calendar 2/24/10. (S)
Tuesday, March 9
*Commissioner Anne Northup meeting with some members
of the Board of Directors of the U.S. Association of Importers
of Textiles and Apparel (USA-ITA) to discuss the broad range
of issues raised by implementation of the Consumer Product
Safety Improvement Act across their global supply chains;
11:00 a.m., Bethesda Towers, room 834. The meeting was
requested by Brenda Jacobs of USA-ITA. For additional
information contact Catherine Gatewood, (301) 504-7780.
Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 3/2/10. Posted on
Master Calendar 3/2/10. (S)
Future
Monday, March 15 thru Friday, March 19
Patty Edwards, Directorate for Engineering Sciences
(Mechanical), and other EXHR staff meeting with the ASTM
F15 Juvenile Products Standards Subcommittees to discuss
ASTM voluntary standards development; 8:00 a.m., ASTM
Headquarters, West Conshohocken, PA. For additional
information contact Patty Edwards, (301) 504-7577.
Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 2/26/10. Posted on
Master Calendar 2/26/10. (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)
Wednesday, March 31
John Murphy, Directorate for Engineering Sciences, and other
CPSC staff meeting with ASTM 15.10 Flammable Liquid
Containers Subcommittee to discuss various standards written
by the ASTM 15.10 Flammable Liquid Containers
Subcommittee. A tentative agenda for the meeting will be to
discuss the status of the WPI flame arrestor project, proposed
revisions to F839 the Standard Specification for Cautionary
Labeling of Portable Gasoline Containers for Consumer Use
and F2517, Standard Specification for Determination of
Child Resistance of Portable Fuel Containers for Consumer
Use and the status of the draft for portable emergency fuel
containers (PEFC); 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., Bethesda Towers,
room 834. The meeting was requested by ASTM. For
additional information contact John Murphy, (301) 504-
7541. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 3/2/10.
Posted on Master Calendar 3/2/10. (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 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.
