[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 203 (Thursday, October 22, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54552-54553]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-25420]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION


Establishment of a Public Consumer Product Safety Incident 
Database; Notice of Hearing

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice of public hearing.

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SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission) will 
conduct a public hearing to receive views from all interested parties 
on Section 212 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 
(CPSIA), Establishment of a Public Consumer Product Safety Incident 
Database. Participation by members of the public is invited. Oral 
presentations concerning the Commission's implementation of Section 212 
of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA), 
Establishment of a Public Consumer Product Safety Incident Database, 
will become part of the public record.

DATES: The hearing will begin at 9 a.m. on November 10, 2009. Requests 
to make oral presentations and the written text of any oral 
presentations must be received by the Office of the Secretary not later 
than 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on November 3, 2009.

ADDRESSES: The hearing will be in the Hearing Room, 4th Floor of the 
Bethesda Towers Building, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland 
20814. Requests to make oral presentations can be made online at http://www.cpsc.gov/cgibin/dbmeeting.aspx or, send an e-mail, call, or write 
Todd A. Stevenson, Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland 20814; e-mail 
[email protected]; telephone (301) 504-7923; facsimile (301) 504-0127 
not later than 5 p.m. EST on November 3, 2009. Texts of oral 
presentations should be captioned ``Establishment of a Public Consumer 
Product Safety Incident Database'' and sent by electronic mail (e-mail) 
to [email protected], or mailed or delivered to the Office of the 
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, 
Bethesda, Maryland 20814, not later than 5 p.m. EST on November 3, 
2009.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about the hearing or 
to request an opportunity to make an oral presentation, please register 
online at http://www.cpsc.gov/cgibin/dbmeeting.aspx or, send an e-mail, 
call, or write Todd A. Stevenson, Office of the Secretary, Consumer 
Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland 
20814; e-mail [email protected]; telephone (301) 504-7923; facsimile 
(301) 504-0127. An electronic copy of the CPSC ``Report to Congress 
Pursuant to Section 212 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act 
of 2008, Implementation of a Searchable Consumer Product Safety 
Incident Database'' can be found at http://www.cpsc.gov/about/cpsia/sect212.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 14, 2008, the Consumer Product 
Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-314) became law. Section 
212 of the CPSIA amended the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA) to 
create a new section 6A, titled ``Publicly Available Consumer Product 
Safety Information Database.'' Section 6A(a)(1) of the CPSA states that 
the Commission, subject to appropriations, shall ``establish and 
maintain a database on the safety of consumer products, and other 
products or substances'' regulated by the Commission. The statute 
declares that the database must be publicly available, searchable, and 
accessible through the Commission's Web site.
    The Commission will conduct a public hearing on November 10, 2009, 
to hear oral comments from interested parties concerning the 
Commission's establishment of a searchable consumer product safety 
incident database.
    Persons who desire to make oral presentations at the hearing on 
November 10, 2009, should register online at http://www.cpsc.gov/cgibin/dbmeeting.aspx or, send an e-mail, call, or write Todd A. 
Stevenson, Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 
4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, e-mail [email protected], telephone (301) 504-7923, facsimile (301) 504-0127 not 
later than 5 p.m. EST on November 3, 2009. Presentations should be 
limited to approximately ten minutes.
    Persons desiring to make presentations must submit the text of 
their presentations to the Office of the Secretary not later than 5 
p.m. EST on November 3, 2009. The Commission reserves the right to 
impose further time limitations on all presentations and further 
restrictions to avoid duplication of presentations. The hearing will 
begin at 9 a.m. EST on November 10, 2009, and will conclude the same 
day.

    Dated: October 16, 2009.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. E9-25420 Filed 10-21-09; 8:45 am]
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