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Subject of Closed Meeting: Briefing Matter. Date of Closed Meeting: February 8, 2023; 11:00 a.m. Record of Commission Vote: On February 1, 2023, the Commission voted unanimously (4-0) to close the meeting. Commission’s Explanation of Closing: This meeting may be properly closed under Exemptions 3, 4, 7 and 9; 16 CFR § 1013.4(b)(3), (4), (7), and (9). This meeting will involve discussion of the following: (1) matters specifically exempted from disclosure by statute (other than 5 U.S.C. 552) (Exemption 3); (2) trade secrets and commercial or financial information obtained from a person and privileged or confidential (Exemption 4); (3) investigatory records to the extent that the production of such records or information would (a) interfere with enforcement proceedings and (b) disclose investigative techniques and procedures (Exemption 7); and (4) information the premature disclosure of which is likely to frustrate implementation of a proposed agency action (Exemption 9). In deciding to close the meeting, the Commission has determined that, on balance, considering the relative advantages and disadvantages to the public of conducting the meeting in open or closed session, the public interest would best be served by closing the meeting based on the Exemptions identified. The General Counsel has certified that the meeting may be properly closed to the public under the referenced exemptions. Purpose of this Notice: This document gives notice that the Commission has decided to close the meeting described above. This notice is given pursuant to the Commission’s rules issued under the Government in the Sunshine Act (16 C.F.R. § 1013.4(c)(4)).

All attendees should pre-register for the Commission meeting using the following link: https://cpsc.webex.com/cpsc/onstage/g.php?MTID=e5e8a9ed4e0568f041338861eafb9f5c3 After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. For additional information regarding this meeting, please contact Alberta Mills at amills@cpsc.gov.

Vineed Dayal and Zachary Goldstein, Directorate for Laboratory Sciences, and other CPSC staff will participate in a teleconference on February 8, 2023, from 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM ET with UL STP 3300, Standards Technical Panel for Service, Communication, Information, Education, and Entertainment Robots (SCIEE Robots) task groups. The groups will work on items assigned at the previous standards technical panel meeting to develop a standard for SCIEE Robots. For additional information, including call in information, contact Vineed Dayal (vdayal@cpsc.gov). Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 01/31/2023. Posted in the Public Calendar 01/31/2023.

Chair Hoehn-Saric and his staff will participate in a meeting on Tuesday, February 7, 2023, from 3:30pm ET to 4:30pm ET at the CPSC National Product Testing and Evaluation Center in Rockville, MD. The meeting was requested by IKEA. This meeting is closed due to a discussion on proprietary stock window covering concepts. For additional information contact Annie Campbell at ACampbell@cpsc.gov. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 01/31/2023. Posted in the Public Calendar 01/31/2023.

Scott Ayers of the Directorate for Engineering Sciences will participate in the quarterly ICC Federal Code Users virtual meeting. The meeting discussion will include topics of interest to federal agencies related to the current ICC code cycle. For more information on this meeting, including call in information, please contact Scott Ayers (sayers@cpsc.gov). Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 1/31/2023. Posted in the Public Calendar 1/31/2023.

Daniel Taxier, Directorate for Engineering Sciences, and other CPSC staff will be participating in a conference call with the ASTM F15 Methods for Measuring Re-Breathing Task Group to discuss a proposal from an ASTM member to develop a standard test method for measuring re-breathing in infant bedding materials on Tuesday, February 7, 2023 3:00PM – 4:00PM (ET). This conference call was requested by ASTM. For additional information contact Daniel Taxier at dtaxier@cpsc.gov. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 1/26/2023. Posted in the Public Calendar 1/26/2023.

Rana Balci-Sinha, Engineering Sciences, and other CPSC staff will participate in a closed meeting with representatives from IKEA. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 7, 2023, at 1:00 pm ET at the CPSC National Product Testing and Evaluation Center in Rockville, MD. The meeting will be closed to the public due to a discussion of proprietary stock window covering concepts. The meeting was requested by IKEA. For additional information contact Rana Balci-Sinha, rbalcisinha@cpsc.gov. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 1/30/2023. Posted in the Public Calendar 1/30/2023. Updated 2/7/2023.

Doug Lee and Einstein Miller, Office of Hazard Identification and Reduction, and others participating in an Underwriters Laboratories (UL) Standards Technical Panel (STP 943) task group virtual meeting to discuss ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) performance for frequencies other than 60 Hz; 10am – 12pm pm; The meeting was requested by Roger Pareja, UL Standards Specialist. For additional information contact Doug Lee, (301) 987-2073 or dlee@cpsc.gov. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 01/31/2023. Posted in the Public Calendar 01/31/2023.

Khalisa Phillips, Directorate for Engineering Sciences, and other CPSC Staff, will participate in a teleconference with the ASTM F15.19, Wearable Infant Blankets Task Group on February 06, 2023, from 3-4PM (EST) to develop a standard for wearable infant blankets. For additional information, including call-in information, contact Khalisa Phillips at kphillips@cpsc.gov. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 11/25/2022. Posted in the Public Calendar 11/25/2022.

Daniel Taxier, Directorate for Engineering Sciences, and other CPSC staff will be participating in a conference call with the ASTM F15.78 Motorized Partitions Task Group to discuss the development of a new safety standard for motorized partitions on Monday, February 6, 2023, 10:00 AM – 12:00PM (ET). This conference call was requested by ASTM. For additional information contact Daniel Taxier at dtaxier@cpsc.gov. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 1/19/2023. Posted in the Public Calendar 1/19/2023. Updated on 1/30/2023 to reflect new meeting date.