Commissioner Buerkle and Staff Meeting with the Green Science Policy Institute and Others
Commissioner Ann Marie Buerkle, Gib Mullan, Chief Counsel, Nancy Lowery, Special Assistant, and Katelyn Costello, Executive Assistant, meeting with Arlene Blum, Green Science Policy Institute, Malin Nasman, Product Requirements and Compliance Specialist, IKEA, Joseph Fleming, Deputy Chief, Boston Fire Department, and Eddie Kelly, Secretary and Treasurer, International Association of Fire Fighters. The meeting is to discuss the European Furniture Industries Confederation (EFIC) work towards a harmonized flammability standard for furniture, CPSC staff briefing package, "The Feasibility, Benefits and Costs of Adopting TB 117-2013 as a Mandatory National Standard", and a class approach for healthier and safer consumer products. The meeting will be open. 10:00 a.m., Bethesda Towers, room 714. The meeting was requested by Veronica Chin, Green Science Policy Institute. For additional information contact Katelyn Costello, 301-504-7237. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 10/11/16. Posted in the Public Calendar 10/11/16.
Commissioner Ann Marie Buerkle, Gib Mullan, Chief Counsel, Nancy Lowery, Special Assistant, and Katelyn Costello, Executive Assistant, meeting with Arlene Blum, Green Science Policy Institute, Malin Nasman, Product Requirements and Compliance Specialist, IKEA, Joseph Fleming, Deputy Chief, Boston Fire Department, and Eddie Kelly, Secretary and Treasurer, International Association of Fire Fighters. The meeting is to discuss the European Furniture Industries Confederation (EFIC) work towards a harmonized flammability standard for furniture, CPSC staff briefing package, "The Feasibility, Benefits and Costs of Adopting TB 117-2013 as a Mandatory National Standard", and a class approach for healthier and safer consumer products. The meeting will be open. 10:00 a.m., Bethesda Towers, room 714. The meeting was requested by Veronica Chin, Green Science Policy Institute. For additional information contact Katelyn Costello, 301-504-7237. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 10/11/16. Posted in the Public Calendar 10/11/16.