[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 20 (Wednesday, February 1, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
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[FR Doc No: 2017-02061]


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 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of 
 the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these 
 notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in 
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

16 CFR Part 1240

[CPSC Docket No. CPSC-2006-0057]


Portable Generators; Notice of Opportunity for Oral Presentation 
of Comments

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice of opportunity for oral presentation of comments.

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SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC, Commission) 
announces that there will be an opportunity for interested persons to 
present oral comments on the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) the 
Commission issued proposing a standard that limits carbon monoxide (CO) 
emissions from operating portable generators. Any oral comments will be 
part of the rulemaking record.

DATES: The meeting will begin at 10 a.m., March 8, 2017, in the Hearing 
Room, 4th Floor of the Bethesda Towers Building, 4330 East-West 
Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814. 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 March 1, 2017.

ADDRESSES: The meeting 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: ``Portable Generator NPR; Oral Presentation'' and 
submitted by email to [email protected], or mailed or delivered to the 
Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East-
West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814, not later than 5 p.m. EST on March 1, 
2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about the purpose or 
subject matter of this meeting, contact Janet Buyer, Project Manager, 
Directorate for Engineering Sciences, Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, 5 Research Place, Rockville, MD 20850; telephone (301) 987-
2293; [email protected]. For information about the procedure to make an 
oral presentation, contact Rockelle Hammond, Office of the Secretary, 
Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, 
MD 20814; telephone (301) 504-7923.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Background

    In December 2006, the Commission issued an advance notice of 
proposed rulemaking (ANPR) to consider whether there may be an 
unreasonable risk of injury and death associated with portable 
generators (71 FR 74472 (December 12, 2006)). On November 21, 2016, the 
Commission published an NPR that would limit the CO emissions from 
operating generators. Specifically, the NPR would require that portable 
generators powered by handheld spark-ignition (SI) engines and Class I 
SI engines not exceed a weighted CO emission rate of 75 grams per hour 
(g/hr); generators powered by one-cylinder, Class II SI engines must 
not exceed a weighted CO emission rate of 150 g/hr; and generators 
powered by Class II SI engines with two cylinders must not exceed a 
weighted emission rate of 300 g/hr. 81 FR 83556 (November 21, 2016). 
These requirements would be issued under the Consumer Product Safety 
Act (CPSA). The NPR is available at: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-11-21/pdf/2016-26962.pdf. The staff's briefing package is 
available at: https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/Proposed_Rule_Safety_Standard_for_Portable_Generators_October_5_2016.pdf
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B. The Public Meeting

    The CPSA requires that the Commission provide an opportunity for 
the ``oral presentation of data, views, or arguments,'' in addition to 
written comments, when the Commission develops a consumer product 
safety standard. 15 U.S.C. 2058(d)(2). Thus, the Commission is 
providing this forum for oral presentations concerning the proposed 
portable generator standard. See the information under the headings 
DATES and ADDRESSES at the beginning of this notice for information on 
making requests to give oral presentations at the meeting.
    Participants should limit their presentations to approximately 10 
minutes, exclusive of any periods of questioning by the Commissioners 
or CPSC staff. To prevent duplicative presentations, groups will be 
directed to designate a spokesperson. The Commission reserves the right 
to limit the time further for any presentation and impose restrictions 
to avoid excessive duplication of presentations, if necessary.

    Dated: January 26, 2017.

Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2017-02061 Filed 1-31-17; 8:45 am]
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