[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 127 (Wednesday, July 5, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 31035-31036]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-14035]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

16 CFR Part 1245

[Docket No. CPSC-2011-0074]


Safety Standard Addressing Blade-Contact Injuries on Table Saws; 
Notice of Opportunity for Oral Presentation of Comments

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

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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 to address blade-contact injuries on table saws. The 
NPR proposed a standard that requires table saws limit the depth of cut 
to 3.5 millimeters when a test probe, acting as surrogate for a human 
body/finger, contacts the spinning blade at a radial approach rate of 1 
meter per second (m/s). Any oral comments will be part of the 
rulemaking record.

DATES: The meeting will begin at 10 a.m., August 9, 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 August 2, 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: ``Table Saws 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 August 
2, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about the purpose or 
subject matter of this meeting, contact Caroleene Paul, Project 
Manager, Directorate for Engineering Sciences, Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, 5 Research Place, Rockville, MD 20850; telephone (301) 987-
2225; [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

    On October 11, 2011, the Commission published an advance notice of 
proposed rulemaking (ANPR) to consider whether there may be an 
unreasonable risk of blade-contact injuries associated with table saws. 
76 FR 62678. On May 12, 2017, the Commission published an NPR finding 
preliminarily that there is an unreasonable risk of blade-contact 
injuries associated with table saws. 82 FR 22190. To address the risk, 
the NPR proposed a performance requirement for table saws that would 
limit the depth of cut to 3.5 mm or less, when a test probe, acting as 
surrogate for a human body/finger, contacts the spinning blade at a 
radial approach rate of 1 m/s. The proposed requirement would be issued 
under the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA). The NPR is available at: 
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-05-12/pdf/2017-09098.pdf. The 
staff's briefing package is available at: https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/Proposed%20Rule%20-%20Safety%20Standard%20for%20Blade-Contact%20Injuries%20on%20Table%20Saws%20-%20January%2017%202017.pdf.

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 
standard addressing blade-contact injuries on table saws. See the 
information under the headings DATES and ADDRESSES at the beginning of 
this document 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: June 29, 2017.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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