[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 107 (Monday, June 4, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32951-32952]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13429]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION


Commission Agenda and Priorities; Notice of Hearing

AGENCY: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice of public hearing.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (``Commission'') 
will conduct a public hearing to receive views from all interested 
parties about its agenda and priorities for fiscal year 2014, which 
begins on October 1, 2013. Participation by members of the public is 
invited. Written comments and oral presentations concerning the 
Commission's agenda and priorities for fiscal year 2014 will become 
part of the public record.

DATES: The hearing will begin at 10 a.m. on June 20, 2012. 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 Daylight Time (``EDT'') on June 13, 2012.

ADDRESSES: The hearing will be in the Hearing Room, 4th Floor of the 
Bethesda Towers Building, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814. 
Requests to make oral presentations and texts of oral presentations 
should be captioned, ``Agenda and Priorities FY 2014,'' and sent by 
electronic mail (``email'') to: [email protected], or mailed or 
delivered to the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814, no later than 5 
p.m. EDT on June 13, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about the hearing, or 
to request an opportunity to make an oral presentation, please send an 
email to, call, or write: Todd A. Stevenson, Office of the Secretary, 
Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, 
MD 20814; email: [email protected]; telephone (301) 504-7923; facsimile 
(301) 504-0127. An electronic copy of the CPSC's budget request for 
fiscal year 2013 can be found at: www.cpsc.gov/about/budperf.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 4(j) of the Consumer Product Safety 
Act (``CPSA'') (15 U.S.C. 2053(j)) requires the Commission to establish 
an agenda for action under the laws it administers and, to the extent 
feasible, to select priorities for action at least 30 days before the 
beginning of each fiscal year. Section 4(j) of the CPSA provides 
further that before establishing its agenda and priorities, the 
Commission conduct a public hearing and provide an

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opportunity for the submission of comments.
    The Commission is in the process of preparing its fiscal year 2014 
Congressional Budget Request. Fiscal year 2014 begins on October 1, 
2013. Through this notice, the Commission invites the public to comment 
on the following questions:
    1. What are the priorities the Commission should consider 
emphasizing and dedicating resources toward in the fiscal year 2014 
Congressional Budget Request?
    2. What activities should the Commission consider deemphasizing in 
the fiscal year 2014 Congressional Budget Request?
    3. How should the Commission consider measuring its progress toward 
achieving its priorities in the fiscal year 2014 Congressional Budget 
Request?
    Persons who desire to make oral presentations at the hearing on 
June 20, 2012, should send an email, call, or write Todd A. Stevenson, 
Office of the Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 
East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; email: [email protected], 
telephone (301) 504-7923, facsimile (301) 504-0127, not later than 5 
p.m. EDT on June 13, 2012. Presentations should be limited to 
approximately 10 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. EDT on June 13, 2012. 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 10 
a.m. on June 20, 2012, and it will conclude the same day.

    Dated: May 30, 2012.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2012-13429 Filed 6-1-12; 8:45 am]
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