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Feb
29
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM (America/New_York)
Category: Voluntary Standards Meeting
Topics: Swimming Pools/Spas, Drain Entrapment, Swimming Pools/Spas Safety, Vacuum Relief System
Open to the Public
Susan Bathalon and other staff will be participating in a conference call with American National Standard (ANSI)/Pool and Hot Tub Alliance (PHTA) to discuss Aboveground and Onground Residential Swimming Pools The meeting is scheduled for February 29, 2024, at 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm EST. This is a meeting to discuss pool barriers and above ground swimming pool safety. This conference call with participation registration was requested by the Pool and Hot Tub Alliance (PHTA). For additional information contact Susan Bathalon; sbathalon@cpsc.gov. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary and posted in the Public Calendar 2/20/2024.
Feb
29
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM (America/New_York)
Category: Voluntary Standards Meeting
Topics: Other
Open to the Public
Tim Smith, Division of Human Factors, and other CPSC staff will be participating in a virtual, Webex meeting of the ASTM F15.16 Infant Feeding Supports Performance Requirements task group on 2/29/2024 from 11:00 AM to Noon ET. This meeting was requested by ASTM to discuss the performance requirements of the draft voluntary standard for infant feeding supports. For additional information, including the meeting call-in information, contact Tim Smith at tsmith@cpsc.gov. Posted to the public calendar on 2/9/2024.
Feb
29
9:30 AM to 10:30 AM (America/New_York)
Category: Voluntary Standards Meeting
Topics: Other
Open to the Public
Priscilla Verdino of Laboratory Sciences and other CPSC staff are participating virtually in a meeting with an ASTM F15.42 Furniture Safety Subcommittee Storage Ottoman Scope Sub Task Group. The meeting will include a discussion on a newly proposed standard for storage ottomans and discussions regarding the scope of the proposed standard. The meeting will be held on Thursday, February 29, 2024, from 9:30am to 10:30am EST. This meeting was requested by ASTM. For additional information, contact Priscilla Verdino, Pverdino@cpsc.gov, (301) 987-2502. The meeting is open to the public. Posted on the public calendar on 2/9/2024.
Feb
29
8:30 AM to 9:30 AM (America/New_York)
Category: Voluntary Standards Meeting
Topics: Other
Open to the Public
CPSC Office of Import Surveillance Director Jim Joholske, Deputy Director Sabrina Keller, and Supervisory Management and Program Analyst Andrea Rucker-Yarosh will participate in an in-person meeting with representatives from the brokerage firm Expeditors, at their request, to discuss CPSC’s eFiling Pilot. For more information on the meeting, contact skeller@cpsc.gov. For more information on CPSC’s import program and eFiling, visit cpsc.gov/imports and cpsc.gov/efiling. Posted to the public calendar on 2/12/2024.
Feb
28
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM (America/New_York)
Category: Meeting
Topics: Other
Open to the Public
Scott Ayers of the Directorate for Engineering Sciences will participate in a virtual meeting with the ICC Ad-Hoc Battery and Energy Storage Committee on February 28, 2024 from 2pm to 3pm ET. The ad-hoc committee is looking at opportunities to develop new building code requirements to address batteries and energy storage systems. This meeting will discuss micromobility issues that can be addressed by requirements in codes and standards. The meeting was organized by ICC. For more information on this meeting, please contact Scott Ayers (sayers@cpsc.gov, 301-987-2030). Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary and posted in the Public Calendar 2/22/2024.
Feb
28
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM (America/New_York)
Category: Voluntary Standards Meeting
Topics: Other
Open to the Public
Brad Gordon, Directorate of Engineering Sciences, and other CPSC staff will be participating in recurring teleconference meetings with the ASTM F15.59 Standing Tower and Step Stool Performance Task Group Meeting. The Task Group plans to meet on February 28, 2024, from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM (ET), to discuss performance data for children’s step stools and standing towers. This meeting was requested by ASTM. For additional information, including call-in information, contact Brad Gordon at BGordon@cpsc.gov. Transmitted to the office of the Secretary and posted in the Public Calendar 2/21/2024.
Feb
28
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM (America/New_York)
Category: Voluntary Standards Meeting
Topics: Other
Open to the Public
Treye Thomas, Steve Harsanyi, and other CPSC staff will be participating in a series of weekly task group meetings of the standard technical panel (STP) for UL 8400 (Proposed Second Edition of the Standard for Safety for Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Mixed Reality Technology Equipment). The task group meeting will discuss plans and approaches to update specific sections of the recently approved first edition of the UL 8400 standard. The meetings will be held on Wednesdays from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm ET. The meeting series was requested by UL. For additional information, including call-in information, contact Treye Thomas at tthomas@cpsc.gov. Posted to the public calendar on 2/12/2024.
Feb
28
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM (America/New_York)
Category: Meeting
Topics: Clothing Storage Units Tip Overs
Open to the Public
Carolina Abraham, Office of Compliance and Field Operations, and other CPSC staff will be participating in a virtual (Webex) meeting with members of the Parents Against Tip-Overs (PAT) to discuss the requirements for clothing storage units on February 28, 2024, from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM (ET). The meeting was requested by PAT. For additional information contact Carolina Abraham at CAbraham@cpsc.gov. Posted to the public calendar 2/15/2024.
Feb
28
10:30 AM to 11:45 AM (America/New_York)
Category: Voluntary Standards Meeting
Topics: Other
Open to the Public
Jill Hurley, Division of Human Factors, will be participating in a virtual meeting of the ASTM F08.27 subcommittee on hydrogel ball projectiles and warnings on 2/28/2024 from 10:30 AM to 11:45 AM This meeting was requested by ASTM and will discuss the draft proposed standard for hydrogel projectiles. For additional information, including the meeting location/call-in information, contact Jill Hurley at jhurley@cpsc.gov. Transmitted to the office of the Secretary and posted in the Public Calendar 2/20/2024.
Feb
28
10:00 AM to 1:00 PM (America/New_York)
Category: Commission Meeting
Topics: Table Saws
Open to the Public
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) is providing an opportunity for interested parties to present oral comments on the supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPR) the Commission issued regarding a safety standard addressing blade-contact injuries on table saws. Any oral comments will become part of the rulemaking record.The hearing will be hybrid—in person at CPSC’s headquarters located at 4330 East West Highway, 4th Floor- Hearing Room, Bethesda, MD, and remotely via webinar. Individuals who plan to attend the hearing remotely should access the following link on the day of the hearing: https://cpsc.webex.com/cpsc/j.php?MTID=mdfe71b8646e635c40558465d1e662089. Attendance is free of charge. Requests to make oral presentations (in person or remotely) and the text of oral presentations and written comments should be sent by email to: cpsc-os@cpsc.gov, with the subject line, “Table Saws SNPR; Oral Presentation.” Requests to make oral presentations—in person or remotely—and the written text of any oral presentations must be received by the Office of the Secretary not later than 5 p.m. EST on February 21, 2024. The Commission will accept written comments as well. These also must be received by the Office of the Secretary not later than 5 p.m. EST on February 21, 2024.For information about the procedure to make an oral presentation, contact Alberta E. Mills; cpsc-os@cpsc.gov.

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