CPSC to Hold Roundtable on Lead Issues, Legislation
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a notice announcing that it will hold a public one-day roundtable on understanding the pending lead legislation and the use of lead in consumer products on May 13, 2008 in Bethesda, MD.
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Roundtable to Focus on Pending Bills and Lead in Children's Products
CPSC states that its roundtable is intended to provide stakeholders with an understanding of the pending Congressional action on lead and the use of lead in consumer products, especially children's products.
(The House and Senate have each passed different versions of H.R. 4040, the Consumer Product Safety Commission Reform Act of 2008, in order to establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and to reauthorize and modernize the CPSC. As the House and Senate have passed different versions of H.R. 4040, a House-Senate conference may be convened to resolve differences between the two versions.)
CPSC Staff to Discuss Current Issues, Hold Q & A Session
CPSC staff will discuss pending lead legislation and enforcement issues, current events abroad, and laboratory testing procedures for lead. Industry representatives will discuss the use of lead in consumer products (for example, paints and coatings, toys, plastics, jewelry, electronics, batteries and textiles), potential substitutes for lead in their products, best practices that can be implemented to eliminate or reduce the use of lead, and differences between domestic manufacturing plants and their practices and those outside the U.S.
The roundtable will include question and answer sessions and discussions led by the CPSC staff. A wrap-up session for final comments and questions and answers will conclude the day.
Although pre-registration is a not mandatory, CPSC staff request that attendees pre-register online at http://www.cpsc.gov/cgibin/lead.aspx. (Hard copies available, see notice for details.)
(See ITT's Online Archives or 03/19/08 news, 08031915, for BP summary of the Senate passing its version H.R. 4040. See ITT's Online Archives or 01/07/08 news, 08010710, for BP summary of the House passing its own version on H.R. 4040.)
CPSC contact- Lori Saltzman (301) 504-7238
CPSC notice (FR Pub 04/17/08) available at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-8285.pdf
Roundtable draft agenda available at http://www.cpsc.gov/cgibin/agenda.pdf