[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 17 (Thursday, January 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2233-2234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1231]



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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION


Carbon Monoxide Detectors; Public Hearing

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice of rescheduled public hearing.

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SUMMARY: The Commission has rescheduled a public hearing concerning 
carbon monoxide (CO) detectors to February 21 and 22, 1996. The purpose 
of the hearing, originally scheduled for January 23 and 24, 1996, is to 
receive scientific, medical, and other technical information about CO 
detectors and a voluntary standard for CO detectors.

DATES: The hearing will begin at 9:30 a.m. on February 21, 1996, and 
will conclude on February 22, 1996. Additional written comments and new 
requests to make oral presentations must be received by the Office of 
the Secretary not later than February 1, 1996. Persons who submit a new 
request to make an oral presentation must submit a brief written 
summary of that presentation not later than February 1, 1996. Persons 
who submitted a request to make an oral presentation at this hearing 
and a summary in response to the Federal Register notice of October 24, 
1995, need not submit another request or summary. Individuals planning 
to testify at the hearing should submit 10 copies of the entire text of 
their prepared remarks to the Commission on or before February 7, 1996, 
and provide an additional 50 copies for dissemination on the date of 
the hearing. The Commission reserves the right to limit the number of 
persons who testify and the duration of their testimony.

ADDRESSES: The hearing will be in room 420 of the East-West Towers 
Building, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland. Written comments, 
new requests to make oral presentations, and summaries of oral 
presentations should be captioned ``Carbon Monoxide Detectors'' and 
mailed to the Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, Washington, DC 20207, or delivered to that office, room 
502, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland.


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about the purpose or 
subject matter of the hearing, call or write Elizabeth Leland, 
Directorate for Economic Analysis, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 
Washington, DC 20207; telephone (301) 504-0962, extension 1321. For 
information about the schedule for submission of written comments, 
requests to make oral presentations, and submission of summaries of 
oral presentations and the text of prepared remarks, call or write 
Rockelle Hammond, Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, Washington, DC 20207; telephone (301) 504-0800, extension 
1232.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of October 24, 1995 
(60 FR 54478) the Commission announced that it would conduct a public 
hearing on January 23, and 24, 1996, to receive scientific, medical, 
and other technical information about carbon monoxide (CO) detectors 
and a voluntary standard for CO detectors.
    Because of the government shutdown, the Commission has rescheduled 
that hearing to February 21, and 22, 1996. The Commission has extended 
the date to request opportunity to make oral presentations and to 
submit written comments concerning CO detectors to February 1, 1996. 
Persons who have submitted requests to make an oral presentation and a 
summary of the presentation in response to that notice need not submit 
a new request and summary.
    The Commission seeks information relevant to several unresolved 
questions about CO detectors, including:
     What is the appropriate scope and purpose of a voluntary 
standard for CO detectors?
     What are the effects of exposure to CO, including exposure 
at low levels, to healthy individuals and to individuals who might be 
especially susceptible to the effects of CO?
     What are the anticipated ``normal'' levels of CO in the 
ambient air inside and outside the home?
     What factors should determine the mandatory activation and 
mandatory resistance level of CO for CO detectors; what level of CO 
should activate a detector's alarm; at what level of CO should a CO 
detector resist activation of the alarm?
     What is the relative reliability of the various CO sensor 
technologies now available?
    For additional information about the purpose and scope of the 
hearing and the kinds of information sought by the Commission, see the 
Federal Register notice of October 24, 1995.
    The Commission will establish time limits for all presentations, 
and may impose further limitations on presentations to avoid 
duplication. At the conclusion of each oral presentation, the 
Commissioners and selected staff members may question speakers.

    Dated: January 19, 1996.
Sadye E. Dunn,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 96-1231 Filed 1-24-96; 8:45 am]
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