Public Calendar

Lawrence Mella and Jay Kadiwala of the Office of Hazard Identification and Reduction will present a webinar, “Overviews of Safety Requirements for E-Scooters, E-Bicycles, and Battery-Operated Toys in the United States,” with Taiwan’s Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI), under the auspices of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO). The webinar will start at 8:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time, Thursday, June 30 (8:00 a.m. Taipei Time, Friday, July 1) and last two hours via GoToWebinar. Attendees must pre-register for the webinar: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/324667515462852622. For additional information, contact Sylvia Chen at: scchen@cpsc.gov, (202) 306-6140. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 06/08/2022. Posted in the Public Calendar 06/08/2022.

Daniel Taxier, Directorate for Engineering Sciences, and other CPSC staff will be participating in a conference call with the ASTM F24.61 Trampoline Court Task Group to discuss the latest ballot results and other proposed updates to the F2970 trampoline court voluntary standard on Thursday, June 30, 2022 1PM – 2PM 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 6/22/2022. Posted in the Public Calendar 6/22/2022.

Tim Smith, Division of Human Factors, and other CPSC staff will be participating in a virtual (Webex) meeting of the ASTM Infant Feeding and Support Products Warnings Task Group on June 30, 2022, from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. ET. The meeting will discuss possible warning requirements related to infant feeding and support products, and was requested by ASTM. For additional information, including log-in information, please contact Tim Smith at tsmith@cpsc.gov. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 06/17/2022. Posted in the Public Calendar 06/17/2022.

Samsung Electronics America has requested a closed meeting with Huy Le and other Office of Hazard Identification and Reduction staff on Thursday, Jun 30th, 2022 at 10:00 am, at National Product Testing & Evaluation Center (NPTEC) to discuss their technology for powering remote controls without button cell batteries. Samsung Electronics America requests that the meeting be closed so that they can present their proprietary technology. The meeting will be partially closed to discuss the proprietary technology. For additional information contact Huy Le, (301)987-2307; e-mail: hhle@cpsc.gov. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 6/23/2022. Posted in the Public Calendar 6/23/2022.

Commissioner Baiocco and staff will meet with representatives from Mattel, Inc., for an introductory meeting (open to the public) and to discuss their internal Quality Safety Operating Procedures and Global Quality Manufacturing Policies (closed to the public). This meeting was requested by Heather Bramble. For additional information, please contact Dottie Yahr at dyahr@cpsc.gov. Meeting Location: 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD This meeting is partially closed to the public. Introductions are open to the public; discussions on Mattel Inc.’s internal quality and safety programs are closed to the public. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 6/23/2022. Posted in the Public Calendar 6/22/2022.

Vineed Dayal, Directorate for Laboratory Sciences, and other CPSC staff will participate in a teleconference on June 29, 2022 with the ASTM F15.70, Subcommittee on Adult Safety Products, Revisions Task Group. The Task Group will focus on reviewing and revising language in ASTM F3186-17, Standard Specification for Adult Portable Bed Rails and Related Products. For additional information, including call in information, please contact Vineed Dayal (vdayal@cpsc.gov). Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 6/22/2022. Posted in the Public Calendar 6/22/2022.

Commissioner Feldman and his staff will hold a teleconference with Carol Pollack-Nelson (Independent Safety Consulting, LLC) to discuss recommendations regarding infant sleep safety communications. Expected attendees include Carol Pollack-Nelson, who requested the meeting. The teleconference will occur on Tuesday, June 28 at 1PM EDT. For additional information, please contact Thomas Fuller at: tfuller@cpsc.gov. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 06/17/2022. Posted in the Public Calendar 06/17/2022.

Celestine Kish, Division of Human Factors, and other CPSC staff will be participating in a virtual (Webex) meeting of the ASTM Bedside sleepers task group on Tue Jun 28, 2022 at 10am (ET). The meeting will discuss clarification to the language describing measurement of side height. The meeting was requested by ASTM. For additional information, including log-in information, please contact Celestine Kish at ckish@cpsc.gov. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 06/14/2022. Posted in the Public Calendar 06/14/2022.

Vineed Dayal and Zachary Goldstein, Directorate for Laboratory Sciences, and other CPSC staff will participate in a teleconference on June 28, 2022 from 9:00 am to 11:00 am 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 04/26/2022. Posted in the Public Calendar 04/26/2022.

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 Task Group. The meeting will include an introductory discussion on a newly proposed standard for storage ottomans. The meeting will be held on Monday, June 27, 2021, from 1:30pm to 2:30pm 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. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 6/21/2022. Posted in the Public Calendar 6/21/2022.