[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 28, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-31806]


[Federal Register: December 28, 1994]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

16 CFR Part 1000


Commission Organization and Functions

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

 ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission is revising its statement of organization and 
functions to reflect the creation of three new organizational units and 
the implementation of fax-on-demand and Internet information 
dissemination services, and to correct an address.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 28, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph F. Rosenthal, Office of the 
General Counsel, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, D.C. 
20207, telephone 301-504-0980.

 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Section 1000.3 has been amended to correct a telephone number and 
describe the Commission's fax-on-demand and Internet services.
    Section 1000.4 has been amended to correct the address of the 
Commission's Eastern Regional Center.
    Section 1000.12 has been amended to reflect the new organizational 
structure.
    Section 1000.19 has been amended to include a new organization 
reporting to the Executive Director.
    New sections describing the new Office of Human Resources 
Management, the new Office of Information Resources Management, and the 
new Directorate for Laboratory Sciences have been added.
    The sections describing the Office of Information and Public 
affairs and the Directorate for Administration have been amended to 
reflect the transfer of certain functions from those organizations to 
the new Office of Information Services.
    The sections describing the Directorate for Engineering Sciences 
and the Directorate for Health Sciences have been amended to reflect 
the trasfer of certain functions from those organizations to the new 
Directorate for Laboratory Sciences.
    Since this rule relates solely to internal agency management, 
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b), notice and other public procedures are not 
required and it is effective immediately on the specified effective 
date. Further, this action is not a rule as defined in the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601-612 and, thus, is exempt from the 
provisions of the Act.

List of Subjects in 16 CFR Part 1000

    Organization and functions (government agencies).
    Accordingly, 16 CFR part 1000 is amended as follows:

PART 1000--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for part 1000 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a).

    2. Section 1000.3 is amended by revising paragraph (b) and adding 
paragraphs (c) and (d) to read as follows:


Sec. 1000.3  Hotline.

* * * * *
    (b) The Commission also operates a toll-free Hotline by which 
hearing or speech-impaired persons can communicate by teletypewriter 
with the Commission. The teletypewriter number for use in all states is 
1-800-638-8270.
    (c) The Commission also makes information available to the public 
product recall information, its public calendar, and other information 
through its Internet gopher service at Internet address cpsc.gov. The 
public may also report product hazards or other information to the 
Commission at its electronic mail address: [email protected].
    (d) The Commission also provides a fax-on-demand service from which 
the public can request Commission documents by calling 1-301-504-0051 
from the handset of a facsimile machine.

    3. Section 1000.4 is amended by revising paragraph (b)(2) to read 
as follows:


Sec. 1000.4  Commission addresses.

* * * * *
    (b) * * *
    (2) Eastern Regional Center, 6 World Trade Center, Vesey Street, 
Room 350, New York, New York 10048-0950; Connecticut, Delaware, 
District of Columbia, Florida, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New 
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Puerto 
Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, 
and Virgin Islands.
* * * * *

    4. Section 1000.12 is revised to read as follows:


Sec. 1000.12  Organizational structure.

    The Consumer Product Safety Commission is composed of the principal 
units listed in this section.
    (a) The following units report directly to the Chairman of the 
Commission:
    (1) Office of the General Counsel;
    (2) Office of Congressional Relations;
    (3) Office of the Secretary;
    (4) Office of the Inspector General;
    (5) Office of Equal Employment Opportunity and Minority Enterprise;
    (6) Office of the Executive Director.
    (b) The following units report directly to the Executive Director 
of the Commission:
    (1) Office of the Budget;
    (2) Office of Hazard Identification and Reduction;
    (3) Office of Information and Public Affairs;
    (4) Office of Compliance and Enforcement;
    (5) Office of Planning and Evaluation;
    (6) Office of Human Resources Management;
    (7) Office of Information Services;
    (8) Directorate for Administration;
    (9) Directorate for Field Operations.
    (c) The following units report directly to the Assistant Executive 
Director for Hazard Identification and Reduction:
    (1) Directorate for Epidemiology;
    (2) Directorate for Economic Analysis;
    (3) Directorate for Health Sciences;
    (4) Directorate for Engineering Sciences;
    (5) Directorate for Laboratory Sciences.

    5. Section 1000.19 is revised to read as follows:


Sec. 1000.19  Office of the Executive Director.

    The Executive Director with the assistance of the Deputy Executive 
Director, under the broad direction of the Chairman and in accordance 
with Commission policy, acts as the chief operating manager of the 
agency, supporting the development of the agency's budget and operating 
plan before and after Commission approval, and managing the execution 
of those plans. The Executive Director has direct line authority over 
the following directorates and offices: the Directorate for 
Administration, the Directorate for Field Operations, the Office of the 
Budget, the Office of Hazard Identification and Reduction, the Office 
of Information and Public Affairs, the Office of Compliance and 
Enforcement, the Office of Planning and Evaluation, the Office of Human 
Resources Management, and the Office of Information Services.

    6. Section 1000.23 is revised to read as follows:


Sec. 1000.23  Office of Information and Public Affairs.

    The Office of Information and Public Affairs, which is managed by 
the Director of the Office, is responsible for the development, 
implementation, and evaluation of a comprehensive national information 
and public affairs program designed to promote product safety. This 
includes responsibility for developing and maintaining relations with a 
wide range of national groups such as consumer organizations; business 
groups; trade associations; state and local government entities; labor 
organizations; medical, legal, scientific and other professional 
associations; and other Federal health, safety and consumer agencies. 
The Office also is responsible for implementing the Commission's media 
relations program nationwide. The Office serves as the Commission's 
spokesperson to the national print and broadcast media, develops and 
disseminates the Commission's news releases, and organizes Commission 
news conferences.

    7. Sections 1000.25, 1000.26, 1000.27, 1000.28, 1000.29, and 
1000.30 are redesignated as sections 1000.27, 1000.28 1000.29, 1000.30, 
1000.32, and 1000.33 respectively.

    8. Section 1000.25 is added to read as follows:


Sec. 1000.25  Office of Human Resources Management.

    The Office of Human Resources Management, which is managed by the 
Director of the Office, provides human resources management support to 
the Commission in the areas of recruitment and placement, position 
classification, training and executive development, employee and labor 
relations, employee benefits and retirement assistance, employee 
assistance programs, drug testing, leave administration, disciplinary 
and adverse actions, grievances and appeals, and performance 
management.

    9. Section 1000.26 is added to read as follows:


Sec. 1000.26  Office of Information Services.

    The Office of Information Services, which is managed by the 
Assistant Executive Director for Information Services, is responsible 
for general policy, controlling and conducting managerial activities 
and operations relating to the collection, use, and dissemination of 
information by the agency. The Office manages the Commission's 
information system that supports all its program activities. The Office 
provides automated data processing and operational support for data 
collection, information retrieval, report generation, electronic mail, 
and statistical and mathematical operations of the agency. The Office 
maintains the agency's local area networks and develops and supports 
other network applications. The Office develops plans for improving 
agency operations through the use of information technology. The 
Office's functional responsibilities include planning, organizing, and 
directing information resources management (including records 
management and related requirements), and the managing of the agency's 
management directives system. The Office manages the headquarters 
telecommunications including the agency's toll-free Hotline by which 
the public reports hazardous consumer products and receives information 
about product recalls and product hazards. It also oversees operation 
of the Commission's Internet and fax-on-demand services.

    10. Newly redesignated section 1000.29 is revised to read as 
follows:


Sec. 1000.29  Directorate for Engineering Sciences.

    The Directorate for Engineering Sciences, which is managed by the 
Associate Executive Director for Engineering Sciences, is responsible 
for developing technical policy for and implementing the Commission's 
engineering programs. The Directorate manages hazard assessment and 
reduction projects as assigned by the Office of Hazard Identification 
and Reduction; develops and evaluates performance criteria, design 
specifications, and quality control standards for certain consumer 
products; provides scientific and technical expertise to the Commission 
and Commission staff; provides advice on proposed mandatory standards 
and industry voluntary standard efforts; performs or monitors research 
in the engineering sciences; and provides analytical services in 
support of the Commission's enforcement activities. It provides 
reliability engineering and quality control analysis in support of 
standards development, product certification, and compliance product 
testing; and provides engineering technical support to all Commission 
organizations, activities, and programs. The Directorate analyzes 
accident data, develops accident scenarios, and recommends solutions.

    11. Newly redesignated section 1000.30 is revised to read as 
follows.


Sec. 1000.30  Directorate for Health Sciences

    The Directorate for Health Sciences, which is managed by the 
Associate Executive Director for Health Sciences, is responsible for 
developing science policy and implementing the Commission's Health 
Sciences program. The Directorate's functional responsibilities include 
development and evaluation of the content of product safety standards 
and test methods based on the chemical, biological and medical 
sciences. The Directorate also provides health sciences and medical 
expertise to the Commission, and develops and evaluates performance 
criteria, design specifications, and quality control standards for 
certain consumer products. It provides advice on proposed standards. It 
collects health sciences, exposure, and medical data, reviews and 
evaluates toxicological, medical, and chemical hazards, and determines 
exposure, uptake and metabolism, including information on population 
segments at risk. It performs risk assessments for chemical hazards, 
and physical hazards based on methods such as medical injury modeling, 
in consumer products. It provides the Commission's primary source of 
technical expertise for implementation of the Poison Prevention 
Packaging Act. It provides the expertise on how chemical products are 
manufactured and provides scientific support to the Commission's 
regulatory development and enforcement activities. It provides health 
sciences and medical support to all Commission organizations, 
activities, and programs. It manages hazard assessment and reduction 
projects as assigned. The Directorate provides scientific liaison with 
the National Toxicological Program, the Department of Health and Human 
Services, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration, the 
Environmental Protection Agency, other federal agencies and programs, 
and other organizations concerned with reducing the risks to consumers 
from exposure to chemical hazards.

    12. Section 1000.31 is added to read as follows:


Sec. 1000.31  Directorate for Laboratory Sciences.

    The Directorate for Laboratory Sciences, which is managed by the 
Associate Executive Director for Laboratory Sciences, is responsible 
for implementing the Commission's engineering and health sciences 
laboratories programs. The Directorate's functional responsibilities 
include development and evaluation of product safety standards, and 
product safety tests and test methods, based on engineering and other 
physical sciences, chemical, and biological sciences to support general 
agency regulatory activities. The Directorate develops and evaluates 
performance criteria, design specifications and quality control 
standards for certain consumer products. It provides engineering, 
scientific, and technical expertise to the Commission, conducts 
engineering tests and studies of the safety of consumer products, 
evaluates industry voluntary standards efforts, and participates in the 
development of product safety standards. It performs and monitors 
research and conducts studies of the safety of, or improving the safety 
of, consumer products in engineering, other physical sciences, 
chemical, and biological sciences. The Directorate is composed of two 
divisions, the Engineering Laboratory Division and the Health Sciences 
Laboratory Division. The Directorate provides engineering and 
scientific services in support of the Commission's enforcement 
activities. It coordinates engineering research, testing, and 
evaluation activities with the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology and other federal agencies, private industry, and consumer 
interest groups. It provides the Commission's expertise and laboratory 
support to other laboratories and other chemical and biological testing 
facilities. It provides chemical and biological laboratory support to 
all Commission organizations, activities, and programs. The Directorate 
provides technical supervision and direction of engineering activities 
including tests and analyses conducted in the field.

    13. Newly redesignated section 1000.32 is revised to read as 
follows:


Sec. 1000.32  Directorate for Administration.

    The Directorate of Administration, which is managed by the 
Associate Executive Director for Administration, is responsible for 
formulating general administrative policies supporting the Commission 
in the areas of financial management, procurement, and general 
administrative support services including property and space 
management, physical security, printing, telecommunications, and 
warehousing. The Directorate is responsible for the payment, 
accounting, and reporting of all expenditures within the Commission and 
for operating and maintaining the Commission's accounting system and 
subsidiary Management Information System which allocates staff work 
time and costs to programs and projects.

Sadye E. Dunn,

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 94-31806 Filed 12-27-94;8:45 am]
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