[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 10 (Thursday, January 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 2367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1076]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

[CPSC Docket No. 98-1]


Black & Decker Corporation, et al.; Prehearing Conference

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice of first prehearing conference.

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DATES: This notice announces a prehearing conference to be held in the 
matter of The Black & Decker Corporation, et al. on January 29, 1998, 
at 10:00 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The prehearing conference will be in hearing room 420 of the 
East-West Towers Building, 4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland 
20814.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information contact 
Sadye E. Dunn, Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 
Washington, D.C.; telephone (301) 504-0500; telefax (301) 504-0127.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This public notice is issued pursuant to 16 
CFR 1025.21(b) of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's Rules 
of Practice for Adjudicative Proceedings to inform the public that a 
prehearing conference will be held in an administrative proceeding 
under Section 15 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA) captioned 
CPSC Docket No. 98-1, In the Matter of The Black & Decker Corporation; 
and Charles E. Fenton, Barbara B. Lucas, and Thomas M. Schoewe, 
Directors, Black & Decker (U.S.) Inc.; and Black & Decker (U.S.) Inc. 
The Presiding Officer in the proceeding is United States Administrative 
Law Judge William B. Moran. The Presiding Officer has determined that, 
for good and sufficient cause, the time period for holding this first 
prehearing conference had to be extended to the date announced above, 
which date is beyond the fifty (50) day period referenced in 16 CFR 
1025.21(a).
    The public is referred to the Code of Regulations citation listed 
above for identification of the issues to be raised at the conference 
and is advised that the date, time and place of the hearing also will 
be established at the conference.
    Substantively, the issue being litigated in this proceeding is 
described by the Presiding Officer as whether the Black and Decker 
Spacemaker Toaster, Model T1000, Type 1, (``Spacemaker Toaster'') 
presents a fire hazard as a consequence of an allegedly defective 
electronic timer; whether the allegedly defective timer constitutes a 
design defect under 15 U.S.C. 2064; whether the allegedly defective 
timer creates a substantial risk of injury to consumers within the 
meaning of Section 15(a)(2), (c) and (d) of the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. 
2064(a)(2), (c) and (d); and whether, consequently, the Spacemaker 
Toaster presents a substantial product hazard, as described in sections 
15(a)(2), (c) and (d) of the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. 2064(a)(2), (c) and (d). 
Should the allegations be proven, Complaint Counsel for the Office of 
Compliance of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission seeks a 
finding that the product presents a substantial product hazard and that 
public notification be made pursuant to section 15(c) of the CPSA and 
that other appropriate relief be directed, as set forth in the 
Complaint.

    Dated: January 12, 1998.
Sadye E. Dunn,
Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 98-1076 Filed 1-14-98; 8:45 am]
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