[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 187 (Thursday, September 30, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 54171]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-21224]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

[CPSC Docket No. 21.2]


Notice of Prehearing Conference

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice of prehearing conference for In the Matter of 
Amazon.com, Inc.; CPSC Docket No. 21-2.

DATES:  Friday, October 15, 2021 at 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

ADDRESSES: This event will be held remotely; video teleconference.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Benjamin Ristau, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of Administrative Law Judges, U.S. Securities and Exchange 
Commission, 202-551-5201.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of the Presiding Officer's 
September 24, 2021, Order Scheduling Prehearing Conference appears 
below.
    Authority: Consumer Product Safety Act, 15 U.S.C. 2064.

    Dated: September 24, 2021.
Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.

United States of America

Consumer Product Safety Commission

In the Matter of Amazon.com., Inc.
CPSC Docket No. 21-2

September 24, 2021

Order Scheduling Prehearing Conference

    This proceeding commenced with the filing of a complaint on July 
14, 2021. The complaint was published in the Federal Register on July 
21, 2021. 86 FR 38,450. On August 23, 2021, the Acting Chairman of the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission appointed me as the presiding 
officer for this proceeding. An interagency agreement for the loan of 
my services to the CPSC was finalized on September 22, 2021.
    Under 16 CFR 1025.21, an initial prehearing conference shall be 
held within fifty days of the publication of the complaint in the 
Federal Register unless ``unusual circumstances would render it 
impractical or valueless'' to do so. Due to the timing of my 
appointment and the interagency agreement, holding a prehearing 
conference within fifty days of publication is impossible, and 
therefore impractical. A prehearing conference shall be held as 
follows:

Date: Friday, October 15, 2021
Time: 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time
Means: Video teleconference
    Before the prehearing conference, the parties must confer and 
discuss the issues listed in 16 CFR 1025.21(a)(1) through (14). The 
parties should also discuss a plan for discovery and whether there are 
issues as to preservation, retrieval, review, disclosure, or production 
of discoverable information, including issues as to the disclosure or 
discovery of electronically stored information. The parties must submit 
by October 12, 2021, a joint letter summarizing the result of their 
discussion and proposing the procedures for resolving this proceeding, 
including proposed deadlines. If the parties are unable to reach 
agreement about proposed procedures and deadlines, their letter should 
describe their disagreements. The parties should also report whether 
they have discussed settlement and, if so, whether they believe 
settlement is possible or likely.
    The Consumer Products Safety Commission should arrange for a court 
reporter for the prehearing conference. I direct that notice of this 
conference be published in the Federal Register. 16 CFR 1025.21(b).


/s/James E. Grimes

Administrative Law Judge


[FR Doc. 2021-21224 Filed 9-29-21; 8:45 am]
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