U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission - Bethesda, Maryland 20814
October 28, 2009
Commission Agendas
Listed below are agendas of Commission
briefings/meetings scheduled for the week of November
2, 2009. For a recorded message concerning the latest
agenda information call (301) 504-7948.
Commission Meeting
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
9:00 a.m.
Hearing Room 420
Open to the Public
Pending Decisional Matter:
Brass Lead Exclusions Petition
(Immediately following decision, the Public Hearing on
Unblockable Drains will begin. See notice below under
Future meetings.)
A live webcast of the Meeting can be viewed at
www.cpsc.gov/webcast/index.html
Commission Meeting
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
2:00 p.m.
Hearing Room 420
Closed to the Public
Compliance Weekly Report – Commission Briefing
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 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 November 2 thru November 8
Monday, November 2
*Chairman Inez M. Tenenbaum and staff meeting with the
Society of Plastic for an introductory courtesy meeting
including discussion of how different plastic products are
made; 11:00 a.m., Bethesda Towers, room 724. The meeting
was requested by the Society of Plastics. For additional
information contact Emily Schwartz, (301) 504-7900.
Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 10/26/09. Posted
on Master Calendar 10/26/09. (N)
Monday, November 2
*Chairman Inez M. Tenenbaum, Commissioner Robert S.
Adler and staff meeting with the Power Tool Institute for an
introductory meeting and to discuss matters of mutual interest
for CPSC and PTI; 1:00 p.m., Bethesda Towers, room 714.
The meeting was requested by the Power Tool Institute. For
additional information contact Emily Schwartz, (301) 504-
7900. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 10/26/09.
Posted on Master Calendar 10/26/09. (S)
Monday, November 2
*Commissioner Nancy Nord; Joe Martyak ( Legal Counsel);
Patsy Semple (Senior Policy Advisor); and Commissioner
Anne Northup; Mark Chenoweth (Legal Counsel); Meredith
Mallory (Senior Policy Advisor), meeting with the Power Tool
Institute to discuss matters of mutual interest for both the
CPSC and PTI; 3:00 p.m., Bethesda Towers, room 722. The
meeting was requested by the Power Tool Institute. For
additional information contact Autumn Moore,
amoore@cpsc.gov, (301) 504-7040. Transmitted to the
Office of the Secretary 10/26/09. Posted on Master Calendar
10/26/09. (S)
Tuesday, November 3
*Chairman Inez M. Tenenbaum and staff meeting with the
Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle Association for an
introductory meeting and an overview of standards
development activity; 3:00 p.m., Bethesda Towers, room 724.
The meeting was requested by the Recreational Off-Highway
Vehicle Association. For additional information contact
Emily Schwartz, (301) 504-7900. Transmitted to the Office
of the Secretary 10/27/09. Posted on Master Calendar
10/27/09. (S)
Tuesday, November 3 (Part Open/Part Closed) (Time Change)
Commissioner Robert S. Adler meeting with Kitty Pilarz, Sr.
Director, Product Safety; Jim Walter, Sr. VP, Product Integrity
& Ch. Regulatory Officer; Dan Dzialga, Sr. Counsel and Joel
Rotenberg, VP, Product Integrity and Consumer Relations, of
Mattel to discuss the CPSIA, toy safety certification program,
Mattel’s involvement in the Global Standard Process,
Harmonization, and other strategic objectives; Previously
listed to start at 11:00 a.m.; will now start at 10:00 a.m.,
Bethesda Towers, room 723. The meeting was requested by
Kitty Pilarz of Mattel. (A portion of the meeting will be closed
to the public to discuss Mattel’s proprietary information
relating to its reporting program.) Transmitted to the Office of
the Secretary 10/8/09. Posted on Master Calendar 10/9/09.
(S)
Tuesday, November 3 (Part Open/Part Closed)
*Commissioner Anne Northup meeting with Kitty Pilarz, Sr.
Director, Product Safety; Jim Walter, Sr. VP, Product Integrity
& Ch. Regulatory Officer; Dan Dzialga, Sr. Counsel and Joel
Rotenberg, VP, Product Integrity and Consumer Relations of
Mattel to discuss the CPSIA, toy safety certification program,
Mattel’s involvement in the Global Standard Process,
Harmonization, and other strategic objectives; 11:00 a.m.,
Bethesda Towers, room 720. The meeting was requested by
Kitty Pilarz of Mattel. (A portion of the meeting will be closed
to the public to discuss Mattel’s proprietary information
relating to its reporting program.) For additional information
contact Catherine Gatewood, (301) 504-7780. Transmitted to
the Office of the Secretary 10/26/09. Posted on Master
Calendar 10/26/09. (S)
Wednesday, November 4 (Public Hearing)
The Commission will conduct a public hearing to receive
views from all interested parties about the draft guidance for
industry entitled “July 2009 Staff Draft Technical Guidance
on Unblockable Drains.” The guidance specifies requirement
for a drain cover, such that, when attached to a drain, it
constitutes an unblockable drain. The Commission invites
public participation at the hearing. Oral presentations
concerning the Unblockable Drain guidance should be limited
to approximately ten minutes and will become part of the
public record. The hearing will begin at 9:00 a.m., Bethesda
Towers, Hearing Room 420.
Requests to make oral presentations and the written text of
any oral presentations must be received by the Office of the
Secretary not later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time
(EST) on October 28, 2009. Requests to make oral
presentations and texts of oral presentations should be
captioned “Unblockable Drain Guidance” and sent by
electronic mail (“e-mail”) to cpsc-os@cpsc.gov, or mailed or
delivered to the Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product
Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda,
Maryland 20814, no later than 5:00 p.m. EST on October 28,
2009.
For additional information about the public hearing or to
request an opportunity to make an oral presentation, please
send an e-mail, call, or write Todd A. Stevenson, Office of the
Secretary, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland
20814; e-mail cpsc-os@cpsc.gov; telephone (301) 504-7923;
facsimile (301) 504-0127. Also see Federal Register notice
published on October 21, 2009, page 54031.
Thursday, November 5 (Note: Time Change)
*Commissioner Nancy Nord; Joe Martyak (Legal Counsel);
Patsy Semple (Senior Policy Advisor); and Commissioner
Anne Northup; Mark Chenoweth (Legal Counsel); Meredith
Mallory (Senior Policy Advisor), meeting with Jim Neill and
Stephanie Lester, Retailer Industry Leaders Association
(RILA), to discuss Retail Industry Leaders Association/British
Retail Consortium Global Standard for Consumer Products
Development; 10:00 a.m., Bethesda Towers, room 722. The
meeting was requested by RILA. For additional information
contact Autumn Moore, amoore@cpsc.gov or (301) 504-
7040. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 10/27/09.
Posted on Master Calendar 10/28/09. (S)
Future
Tuesday, November 10 (Public Hearing)
The Commission will conduct a public hearing to receive
views from all interested parties on Section 212 of the
Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008
(CPSIA), Establishment of a Public Consumer Product Safety
Incident Database. Participation by members of the public is
invited. Oral presentations will become part of the public
record. The hearing will begin at 9:00 a.m., Bethesda Towers,
Hearing Room 420.
Requests to make oral presentations and the written text of
any oral presentations must be received by the Office of the
Secretary not later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time
(EST) on November 3, 2009. Requests to make oral
presentations can be made online at
http://www.cpsc.gov/cgibin/dmeeting.aspx or, send an e-mail,
call, or write Todd A. Stevenson, Office of the Secretary,
Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West
Highway, Bethesda, Maryland 20814; e-mail cpsc-
os@cpsc.gov; telephone (301) 504-7923; facsimile (301) 504-
0127 no later than 5:00 p.m. EST on November 3, 2009.
Texts of oral presentations should be captioned
“Establishment of a Public Consumer Product Safety Incident
Database”. Presentations should be limited to approximately
ten minutes. The Commission reserves the right to impose
further time limitations on all presentations and further
restrictions to avoid duplication of presentations. (Also see
Federal Register notice published on October 22, 2009, page
54552.)
Tuesday, November 17
Commissioner Thomas H. Moore; Pam Weller and Michael
Gougisha (Counselors to Commissioner Moore), meeting with
Dan Shine, Marc Tremblay and Tim Fenton with Thermo
Fisher Scientific for a courtesy call for introductory purposes
and discussion of XRF related issues; 2:30 p.m., Bethesda
Towers, room 725. The meeting was requested by Tim
Fenton. For additional information contact Linda Taylor,
(301) 504-7895 or Ltaylor@cpsc.gov. Transmitted to the
Office of the Secretary 10/7/09. (S)
Tuesday, November 17
Commissioner Anne Northup; Meredith Mallory and Mark
Chenoweth, Advisors to Commissioner Northup, meeting with
Dan Shine, Marc Tremblay and Tim Fenton with Thermo
Fisher Scientific for a courtesy meeting for introductory
purposes and discussion of XRF related issues; 1:30 p.m.,
Bethesda Towers, room 720. The meeting was requested by
Tim Fenton. For additional information contact Catherine
Gatewood, (301) 504-7780. Transmitted to the Office of the
Secretary 10/19/09. Posted on Master Calendar 10/20/09.
(S)
Monday, November 30
Commissioner Thomas H. Moore; Pamela Weller and
Michael Gougisha (Counselors to Commissioner Moore),
meeting with Debbie Fanning and Martin Neville, Esq. with
The Art & Creative Materials Institute, Inc. and Mary Martha
McNamara (Legal Counsel), to discuss Consumer Product
Safety Improvement Act and The Labeling of Hazardous Art
Materials Act; 2:30 p.m., Bethesda Towers, room 725. The
meeting was requested by Mary Martha McNamara, Esq. For
additional information contact Linda Taylor, (301) 504-7902
or ltaylor@cpsc.gov. Transmitted to the Office of the
Secretary 10/26/09. Posted on Master Calendar 10/27/09.
(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.
Tuesday, October 27
Commissioner Anne Northup meeting with Ed Desmond and
Betsy Borelli of the Toy Industry Association to discuss the
toy industry and their Toy Safety Certification Program
(TSCP); 1:00 p.m., Bethesda Towers, room 720. The meeting
was requested by Ed Desmond. For additional information
contact Catherine Gatewood, (301) 504-7780. Transmitted to
the Office of the Secretary 10/22/09. Posted on Master
Calendar 10/22/09. (S)
Thursday, October 29
Commissioner Robert S. Adler will be the morning keynote
speaker at the American Apparel and Footwear Association’s
(AAFA) Seminar: “Moving Beyond the CPSIA”; 8:45 a.m.,
New York City, NY. The invitation was extended by AAFA.
For additional information contact Ophelia McCardell, (301)
504-7731. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary
10/22/09. Posted on the Master Calendar 10/23/09. (S)
