[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 27 (Thursday, February 8, 2024)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 8583-8584]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02563]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

16 CFR Part 1408

[Docket No. CPSC-2019-0020]


Safety Standard for Residential Gas Furnaces and Boilers; Notice 
of Opportunity for Oral Presentations

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; opportunity for oral 
presentation.

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SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) 
will be providing an opportunity for interested parties to make oral 
presentations on the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) the Commission 
issued regarding a safety standard for residential gas furnaces and 
boilers. Presentations will be part of the rulemaking record.

DATES: A hybrid hearing will be held in person at CPSC's headquarters 
and remotely via webinar and will begin at 10 a.m. Eastern Standard 
Time (EST) on February 21, 2024.

ADDRESSES: This hearing will be held as a hybrid hearing--in person at 
CPSC's headquarters and remotely via webinar. For individuals attending 
in person, the meeting will be held at CPSC's headquarters, located at 
4330 East West Highway, 4th Floor--Hearing Room, Bethesda, MD 20814. 
Individuals who plan to attend the meeting remotely should pre-register 
for the webinar at cpsc.webex.com/cpsc/j.php?MTID=m950b2d5a6084894ff5d11b07f635114b. Attendance is free of 
charge. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email 
containing information about joining the webinar. In person attendees 
do not need to register for the hearing. Requests to make oral 
presentations (in person or remotely) and the text of oral 
presentations and written comments should be sent by email to: [email protected], with the subject line, ``Residential Gas Furnaces and 
Boilers NPR; Oral Presentation.'' Requests to make oral presentations--
in person or remotely--and the written text of any oral presentations 
must be received by the Office of the Secretary no later than 5 p.m. 
EST on February 14, 2024. The Commission will accept written comments 
as well. These also must be received by the Office of the Secretary no 
later than 5 p.m. EST on February 14, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about the subject 
matter of this hearing, contact Ronald A. Jordan, Mechanical 
Engineering, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 5 Research Place, 
Rockville, MD 20850; telephone: 301-987-2219; email: [email protected]. 
For information about the procedure to make an oral presentation, 
contact Alberta E. Mills, Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product 
Safety Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; 
telephone: 301-504-7479; [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background 1
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    \1\ The Commission voted 4-0 to publish this notice.
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    On October 25, 2023, the Commission published an NPR in the Federal 
Register, proposing to issue a safety standard for residential gas 
furnaces and boilers under the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA; 15 
U.S.C. 2051-2089), and seeking written comments. 88 FR 73272. The 
proposed rule seeks to address the risk of injuries and death 
associated with residential gas fired central furnaces, boilers, wall 
furnaces, and floor furnaces (gas furnaces and boilers). To address 
this risk, the Commission has proposed a rule to detect and prevent 
dangerous levels of carbon monoxide (CO) production and leakage from 
residential gas furnaces and boilers.
    The NPR is available at: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/10/25/2023-23302/safety-standard-for-residential-gas-furnaces-and-boilers, and CPSC staff's briefing package for the NPR is available at: 
https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/Notice-of-Proposed-Rulemaking-Safety-Standard-for-Residential-Gas-Furnaces-and-Boilers-COMBINED-PDFS.pdf?VersionId=7BJ3c6EeDF78nHorx2mCEr94XygwgeQV.

II. The Public Hearing

    The Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 551-559) and section 9 
of the CPSA require the Commission to provide interested parties with 
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opportunity to submit ``written data, views, or arguments'' regarding a 
proposed rule. 5 U.S.C. 553(c); 15 U.S.C. 2058(d)(2). The NPR invited 
such written comments. In addition, section 9 of the CPSA requires the 
Commission to provide interested parties ``an opportunity for oral 
presentation of data, views, or arguments.'' 15 U.S.C. 2058(d)(2). The 
Commission must keep a transcript of such oral presentations. Id. In 
accordance with this requirement, the Commission is providing a forum 
for oral presentations concerning the proposed standard for residential 
gas furnaces and boilers.
    To request the opportunity to make an oral presentation, see the 
information under the DATES and ADDRESSES sections of this notice. 
Participants should limit their presentations to approximately 10 
minutes, excluding time for questions from the Commission or staff. To 
avoid duplicate presentations, groups should designate a spokesperson, 
and the Commission reserves the right to limit presentation times or 
impose further restrictions, as necessary.

Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2024-02563 Filed 2-7-24; 8:45 am]
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