CPSC to Hold Public Hearing on FY 2011 Priorities, Current Strategic Plan
The Consumer Product Safety Commission will conduct a public hearing on August 25, 2009 in Bethesda, Maryland to receive views from all interested parties about its agenda and priorities for fiscal year 2011 (which begins October 1, 2010) and about its current strategic plan.
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Requests to make oral presentations must be received by August 18, 2009.
CPSC Hearing is in Response to Requests
CPSC states it will hold the public hearing as it received several requests for one during its June 2009 request for comments on its agenda and priorities for FY 2011 and its current strategic plan.
(CPSC has previously stated that its current Strategic Plan is only the agency's second, dates to September 2003, and focuses mainly on reducing the death rate from fires by 20% and reducing the death rate from consumer product related carbon monoxide poisonings by 20%. Revisions to the Strategic Plan were delayed for several reasons including the lack of a full quorum of five CPSC Commissioners for extended periods; the lack of a permanent CPSC Chairman; and the enactment of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) on August 14, 2008.
CPSC has also previously outlined certain goals and priorities for FY 2010 (though not yet for FY 2011). (See ITT's Online Archives or 06/05/09 news, 09060515, for BP summary of CPSC's plans for 2010 which include screening 500 models of children's products for lead, considering the use of labels to show compliance with CPSIA certification, etc.)
(See ITT's Online Archives or 06/10/09 news, 09061010, for BP summary of CPSC seeking comments on revisions to its strategic plan and priorities for FY 2011.)
CPSC contact - Todd Stevenson (301) 504-7923
CPSC notice (FR Pub 08/11/09) available at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-19114.pdf