Public Calendar

Andrew Trotta, Directorate for Engineering Sciences, and other CPSC staff, will present a product safety webinar for Taiwan electrical industry stakeholders — including manufacturers, distributers, and exporters of electrical products.  The webinar, co-hosted by the CPSC and Taiwan’s Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI), will be conducted in Chinese and held from 6:00 a.m.-7:10 a.m., U.S. Eastern time, which is 6:00 p.m.-7:10 p.m., Taipei Time (same date).  The webinar may be viewed at https://www.cpsc.gov/live. For...

Commissioner Dana Baiocco, Chris Hudgins, Director, Office of Legislative Affairs, and Dottie Yahr, Policy Advisor, meeting with representatives from Tile Council of North America:  Eric Astrachan, Executive Director, and Davis Spooner, Counsel, for introductory meeting with the Tile Council and North America and discussion of Petition CP 18-2:  Resubmission of Petition to Mandate a Uniform Labeling Method for Traction of Floor Coverings, Floor Coverings with Coatings, and Treated Floor Coverings; 2:00 p.m., Bethesda Towers, room 720. ...

The Office of Acting Chairman Buerkle meeting with representatives from Tile Council of North America:  Eric Astrachan, Executive Director, Bill Freeman, President of the Resilient Floor Covering Institute, and David Spooner, Counsel, to discuss Petition CP 18-2:  Resubmission of Petition to Mandate a Uniform Labeling Method for Traction of Floor Coverings, Floor Coverings with Coatings, and Treated Floor Coverings; 11:30 a.m., Bethesda Towers, room 724.  The meeting was requested by Rick Brenner.  For additional information...

John Gordon, Directorate for Health Sciences, and other CPSC staff will be participating in a conference call with the EPA Federal Interagency Committee on Indoor Air Quality (CIAQ) and other stakeholders. The conference call was requested by the EPA Committee.  Staff will be updating the Committee on indoor air-related projects that CPSC participates in (1:00pm – 4:00pm). For additional information contact John Gordon, (301) 987-2025 or see the EPA website (https://www.epa.gov/indoor-air-quality-iaq/federal-interagency-committee-indoor-air-quality)....

Commissioner Dana Baiocco and Dottie Yahr, Policy Advisor, meeting with representatives from Promotional Products Association International (PPAI):  Rick Brenner and Anne Lardner-Stone as part of an introductory meeting with representatives of PPAI and to update the Commission on PPAI’s progress on its product safety initiatives, to raise issues from their Product Responsibility Action Group which is the steering committee for product safety for the Association, and to discuss the agenda for their 2019 Product Responsibility Summit in September;...

Scott Ayers, Directorate for Engineering Sciences, will attend the UL/CANENA Working Group 10 teleconference on Flammable Refrigerants from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. EDT.  For more information on this meeting, please contact Scott Ayers (sayers@cpsc.gov).  Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 7/27/18.  Posted in the Public Calendar 7/27/18.  (S)  

Commissioner Robert Adler is giving the keynote address, “Product Safety & Ethics,” at the Promotional Products Association International (PPAI) North American Leadership Conference; 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. at the Mandarin Hotel, 1330 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, D.C. 20024. For more information about the event, go to: https://www.ppai.org/events/north-american-leadership-conference-nalc-2018/ or contact Melissa Weber, PPAI Professional Development Manager at melissaw@ppai.org. For other information contact, Maureen Kentoff at mkentoff@cpsc.gov...