-----------NEWS from CPSC-----------

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Office of Communications

4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814

www.cpsc.gov

All notices appear on the Public Calendar on CPSC's website at: http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Newsroom/Public-Calendar/.  This email is sent weekly on Wednesdays.

Items included in this message:

1. Commission Agenda

2. Meetings Between Commission Staff and Outside Parties

3. Meetings for the Week of September 1 thru September 7, 2014

4. Future Meetings

5. Addendum

1. Commission Agendas 

There are no regular Commission briefings or Commission decision meetings scheduled for the week of September 1, 2014.

2. Meetings Between Commission Staff and Outside Parties

All meetings listed below are open to the public unless otherwise stated.  For information on a specific meeting or to attend a meeting, please call the contact person listed for that meeting. Individuals requiring reasonable accommodation for a meeting should contact the Office of the Secretary, 301-504-7923 or by email, cpsc-os@cpsc.gov.  Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.  Abbreviations: we use asterisks (*) to identify meetings for the current week which have not appeared before in the printed Public Calendar.  If the meeting involves discussion of a "substantial interest matter," defined by CPSC's Meetings Policy, we show the date when we posted notice of the meeting on the Master Calendar.   The Master Calendar is on the CPSC Web site at http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Newsroom/Public-Calendar/.  We indicate whether a meeting is of substantial interest by the symbol (S); we use the symbol (N) to indicate non-substantial interest meetings. The Commission offices are located in the Bethesda Towers, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland.  Under the Meetings Policy, a staff person holding or attending a substantial interest meeting must file a log of the meeting with the Office of the Secretary within 20 days.

3. Week of September 1 thru September 7, 2014

Monday, September 1 - Tuesday, September 2

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission staff and staff of the European Commission* will conduct free Product Safety Training for Buyers & Sourcing Professionals dealing in Electrical-Electric-Appliances, Apparel, and Toys.  Training will take place in China (see dates and locations below). Buyers who source consumer products for eventual retail sale are key decision makers at the intersection of the production and retail value chains.  They have the power to ensure products purchased for their companies or clients meet all safety requirements but too often, they lack the knowledge to fulfill their role.  Product Safety Training for Buyers &

Sourcing Professionals can help fill that gap.  Focus is on products for children and on products that have demonstrated high risks of safety violations and hazards.  The three training events will be hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in China.

Target groups for this training are resident-in-China buyers and sourcing professionals who purchase consumer products for major importers located in the United States and European Union.  Many will be direct employees of U.S. or E.U. companies.  Other potential attendees will be from specialized firms that handle purchasing for large global retailers, as well as from small and medium sized trading companies active in the consumer product export business.

English-Chinese interpretation will be provided.

*European Commission presenter will cover toys only.                                                 

Training locations and times:

Shanghai:  August 29, 2014          8:30am-5:30pm

Holiday Day Inn Shanghai Pudong: 899 Dong Fang Road,

Pudong, Shanghai 200122, China

Registration and further information:    

http://www.amcham-shanghai.org/AmChamPortal/Event/EventDetail.aspx?EventId=6336

*Guangzhou:  September 1, 2014     8:30am-5:30pm

AmCham Tower Suite 1801, Guangzhou International Sourcing Center, No. 8

East Pa Zhou Avenue,

Haizhu District Guangzhou, China

Registration and further information:

http://amcham-southchina.org/amcham/event/EventPrint.jsp?eventId=1405911193996

*Shunde:  September 2, 2014      8:30am-5:30pm

Shunde AmCham Tower and Conference Center

20/f, E-World Center, Beijiao New Town

Yihe Rd., Shunde, China

Registration and further information:

http://amcham-southchina.org/amcham/event/EventPrint.jsp?eventId=1406012700741

(N)

4. Future

Monday, September 8

Joel Recht, Associate Executive Director, Directorate for Engineering Sciences, Andrew Trotta and Mark Gill, Directorate for Engineering Sciences, and other CPSC staff will be meeting with Jennifer Cleary, Director, Regulatory Affairs and Wayne Morris, Vice President, Technical Operations & Standards of the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers, AHAM.  The meeting is educational in nature and was requested by Jennifer Cleary.  Representatives from AHAM will inform CPSC staff about developments in portable heaters and concerning AHAM’s voluntary standards activities.  The meeting is being held at 9:00 a.m., in room 103 of CPSC’s National Product Testing and Evaluation Center, 5 Research Place, Rockville, MD 20850.  For additional information contact Joel Recht, (301) 987-2036.  Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 8/12/14.  Posted in the Public Calendar 8/12/14.  (S)

Monday, September 8

George Borlase, Assistant Executive Director, Office of Hazard Identification & Reduction; Joel Recht, Associate Executive Director, Directorate for Engineering Sciences; Andrew Trotta, Director of Electrical Engineering; and Mark Gill, Electrical Engineer, will be meeting with the representatives of Sunbeam Products, Inc.:  David Baker, Legal Counsel; Marc Clements, Vice President of Litigation and Regulatory Affairs; Eric Forti, Manager, Business Development; Mike Fretwell, Vice President & General Manager, Home Environment; Stephen Vernaglia, Director of Program Management, Home Environment, to discuss CPSC’s position on changes to UL 1278 that would permit the remote use of electrical appliances.  This portion of the meeting will be open to the public.  At the conclusion of this discussion, the meeting will be closed to the public for discussions of Sunbeam business proprietary design concepts.  The meeting is being held at 10:30 a.m., at CPSC’s National Product Testing and Evaluation Center in Rockville, MD.  For additional information contact Robert Howell, (301) 504-7621 or rhowell@cpsc.gov.  Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 8/22/14.  Posted in the Public Calendar 8/22/14.  (S)

Tuesday, September 9

Commissioner Joseph Mohorovic and Special Assistant Bryce Dustman meeting with Express Association of America Executive Director Mike Mullen to discuss import surveillance and the CPSC clearance process at ports and U.S. borders; 2:00 p.m., Bethesda Towers, room 722.  The meeting was requested by Mike Mullen.  For additional information contact Stephen McGoogan, (301) 504-7588.  Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 8/26/14.  Posted in the Public Calendar 8/26/14.  (S)

Thursday, September 11

Chairman Elliot Kaye delivering the keynote presentation and the CPSC Small Business Ombudsman and staff from the Office of Compliance and Field Operations attending and participating in the ICPHSO International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization) Midwest Regional Product Safety Training Workshop, Minneapolis, Minnesota.  For additional information, contact Marc Schoem, Deputy Director, Office of Compliance and Field Operations, (301) 504-7520 or at mschoem@cpsc.gov.  Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 8/1/14.  Posted in the Public Calendar 8/4/14.  (N)

Wednesday and Thursday, October 8-9

Mark Gill, Directorate for Engineering Sciences, attending UL 1042 (UL 1278) Standards Technical Panel Meeting to discuss proposed requirements for smart enabled movable and wall-or ceiling hung electric room heaters for UL 1278 electric heater standard; 9:00 a.m., Underwriters Laboratories, 12 Laboratory Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC.  The meeting was requested by the UL 1278 Chair.  For additional information contact Mark Gill, (301) 987-2039; e-mail:  mgill@cpsc.gov.  Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 8/25/14.  Posted in the Public Calendar 8/25/14.  (S)

5. Addendum

Meeting notices printed in this section did not reach the Office of the Secretary in time to meet the Tuesday noon deadline for the previously printed Public Calendar.  Under the CPSC Meetings Policy, however, staff persons, including Commissioners, can meet the seven-day notice requirement by placing notice of meeting on the Master Calendar at least seven

days before  the  meeting.  The Master Calendar can be found on the CPSC Web Site at http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Newsroom/Public-Calendar/.

In addition, the policy allows the Office of the General Counsel to waive the seven-day notice requirement of meetings of the staff personnel, and individual Commissioners can waive the requirement for themselves and their personal staff.

Thursday, August 28

Celestine Kish, Directorate for Engineering Sciences/Human Factors, will be participating in an ASTM task group conference call for Toddler Beds; 11:00 AM Eastern Time.  The meeting is requested by ASTM.  You may contact Celestine Kish, ckish@cpsc.gov, for the call in information.  (OGC approved waiver of seven-day notice.)  Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 8/27/14.  Posted in the Public Calendar 8/27/14.  (S)

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