-----------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 July 7 thru July 13, 2014
4. Future Meetings
5. Addendum
1. Commission Agendas
There are no regular Commission briefings or Commission meetings scheduled for the week of July 7, 2014. For a recorded message concerning the latest agenda information call (301) 504-7948.
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 July 7 thru July 13, 2014
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Arthur Lee, Office of Hazard Identification and Reduction, will be attending an Underwriters Laboratories (UL) task group for UL 858 Standard for Household Electric Ranges held by GE Appliance, 4000 Buechel Bank Road, Louisville, KY 40218. For additional information contact Robert Della Valle, Principal Engineer - Cooking Appliances, Product Safety, UL T: 631-546-2918 e-mail: Robert.G.Dellavalle@ul.com . Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 6/30/14. (S)
Wednesday and Thursday, July 9 – 10
*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; 8am, 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 6/30/14. Posted in the Public Calendar 6/30/14. (S)
Thursday, July 10
Perry Sharpless, Directorate for Laboratory Sciences/Mechanical Division, and other Commission staff, will be participating in the ASTM Gravity 15.51 Consumer Products, Suction Limited Gravity Flow Systems task group meeting; 1:30 p.m. This meeting was requested by ASTM. For information, please contact Len Morrissey of ASTM at 610-832-9719 or lmorriss@astm.org. (S)
4. Future
Tuesday, July 15
Rick McCallion, Office of Hazard Identification and Reduction, will be attending the 2014 Hit Count Symposium at the, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA. This symposium is being hosted by the Sports Legacy Institute. For additional information, contact Rick McCallion , (301) 987-2222; email: rmccallion@cpsc.gov. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 6/25/14. Posted in the Public Calendar 6/25/14. (S)
Tuesday, July 22
Robert Howell, Deputy Executive Director, Safety Operations; George Borlase, Assistant Executive Director, Office of Hazard Identification and Reduction; Andy Stadnik, Associate executive Director, Laboratory Sciences; Rohit Khanna, Fire Prevention Engineer; Hyun Kim, General Attorney, Office of the General Counsel; and Patricia Pollitzer, Supervisory General Attorney, Office of the General Counsel, will be meeting with representatives of the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Representing the NRDC are Veena Singla, Staff Scientist; Daniel Rosenberg, Senior Attorney; and Avinash Kar, Attorney. The NRDC representatives will share information about their work on furniture flammability standards in California and the coalition of public health, environmental, and firefighter groups engaged on the furniture flammability issue. They will also share information about health concerns associated with the use of flame retardant chemicals in furniture. To the extent possible, CPSC staff will discuss the agency’s ongoing work to develop furniture flammability performance standards. The meeting was requested by the NRDC. The meeting is being held at 4:00 pm, CPSC’ headquarters, Bethesda Towers, room 836-C. Those attending the meeting should present themselves no later than 3:45 pm to the CPSC security personnel on the 4th floor of the Bethesda Towers, Building 4330, Bethesda, MD. For additional information contact Robert Howell, (301) 504-7621 or rhowell@cpsc.gov. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 7/1/14. Posted to the Public Calendar 7/1/14. (S)
Thursday, July 24
Perry Sharpless, Directorate for Laboratory Sciences/Mechanical Division, and other Commission staff, will be participating in the ASTM Gravity 15.51 Consumer Products, Suction Limited Gravity Flow Systems task group meeting; 1:30 p.m. This meeting was requested by ASTM. For information, please contact Len Morrissey of ASTM at 610-832-9719 or lmorriss@astm.org. (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.
Wednesday, July 2
Doug Lee, Directorate for Engineering Sciences, participating in an ASTM workgroup for battery operated toys via teleconference to review negative comments for requirements for ASTM F963 to address battery ingestion and high energy battery hazards; 1:00 pm. The teleconference was requested by the ASTM Workgroup chair. For additional information contact Doug Lee,(301)987-2073; e-mail: dlee@cpsc.gov. Transmitted to the Office of the Secretary 6/25/14. Posted in the Public Calendar 6/25/14. (S)
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