81 FR 28053 - Commission Agenda and Priorities; Notice of Hearing

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 89 (May 9, 2016)

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (``Commission'') will conduct a public hearing to receive views from all interested parties about the Commission's agenda and priorities for fiscal year 2017, which begins on October 1, 2016, and for fiscal year 2018, which begins on October 1, 2017. We invite members of the public to participate. Written comments and oral presentations concerning the Commission's agenda and priorities for fiscal years 2017 and 2018 will become part of the public record.

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Commission Agenda and Priorities; Notice of Hearing

AGENCY: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice of public hearing.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (``Commission'') 
will conduct a public hearing to receive views from all interested 
parties about the Commission's agenda and priorities for fiscal year 
2017, which begins on October 1, 2016, and for fiscal year 2018, which 
begins on October 1, 2017. We invite members of the public to 
participate. Written comments and oral presentations concerning the 
Commission's agenda and priorities for fiscal years 2017 and 2018 will 
become part of the public record.

DATES: The hearing will begin at 10 a.m. on June 15, 2016, and will 
conclude the same day. 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 Daylight Time (``EDT'') 
on June 1, 2016.

ADDRESSES: The hearing 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, (along with the texts of oral 
presentations) and written comments should be captioned, ``Agenda and 
Priorities FY 2017 and/or 2018,'' and sent by electronic mail (email) 
to: [email protected], or mailed or delivered to the Office of the 
Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West 
Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814. Requests and comments must be received no 
later than 5 p.m. EDT on June 1, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about the hearing, or 
to request an opportunity to make an oral presentation, please send an 
email, call, or write Todd A. Stevenson, Office of the Secretary, U.S. 
Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, 
MD 20814; email: [email protected]; telephone: (301) 504-7923; 
facsimile: (301) 504-0127. An electronic copy of the CPSC's budget 
request for fiscal year 2017 can be found at: www.cpsc.gov/performance-and-budget.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    Section 4(j) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (``CPSA'') (15 
U.S.C. 2053(j)) requires the Commission to establish an agenda for 
action under the laws the Commission administers, and to the extent 
feasible, select priorities for action at least 30 days before the 
beginning of each fiscal year. Section 4(j) of the CPSA provides 
further that before establishing its agenda and priorities, the 
Commission conduct a public hearing and provide an opportunity for the 
submission of comments.
    The Commission is in the process of preparing the agency's fiscal 
year 2017 Operating Plan and fiscal year 2018 Congressional Budget 
Request. Fiscal year 2017 begins on October 1, 2016, and fiscal year 
2018 begins on October 1, 2017. The Commission's priorities for fiscal 
years 2017 and 2018 will align with the CPSC's 2016--2020 Strategic 
Plan, which was released for public comment in February 2016. Through 
this notice, the Commission invites the public to comment on the 
following questions:
    1. What are the priorities the Commission should consider 
emphasizing and dedicating resources toward in the fiscal year 2017 
Operating Plan and/or the fiscal year 2018 Congressional Budget 
Request?
    2. What activities should the Commission consider deemphasizing in 
the fiscal year 2017 Operating Plan and/or the fiscal year 2018 
Congressional Budget Request?
    3. Should the Commission consider making any changes or adjustments 
to the agency's proposed or ongoing education, safety standards 
activities, regulation, and enforcement efforts in fiscal years 2017 
and/or 2018, keeping in mind the CPSC's existing policy on establishing 
priorities for Commission action (16 CFR 1009.8)? The CPSC's budget 
request for fiscal year 2017 can be found at: www.cpsc.gov/performance-and-budget. Comments are welcome on whether particular action items 
should be higher priority than others, should not be included, or 
should be added to the fiscal year 2017 and/or fiscal year 2018 
agendas.
    4. Which candidates should the Commission consider for 
retrospective review of existing rules for fiscal year

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2017 and/or 2018 agendas? This is intended to facilitate the 
identification of rules that warrant repeal or modification, including 
rules that would benefit from strengthening, complementing, or 
modernizing. Consistent with Executive Orders (``E.O.'') 13579, 13563, 
and 13610 and the Regulatory Flexibility Act (``RFA''), the CPSC 
systematically reviews its regulations to ensure consistency among all 
regulations in accomplishing program goals. The CPSC's latest 
Semiannual Regulatory Agenda, which was issued in December 2015, can be 
found at: www.federalregister.gov/articles/2015/12/15/2015-30672/semiannual-regulatory-agenda.

II. Requests To Make Presentations or Submit Written Comments

    Persons who desire to make oral presentations at the hearing on 
June 15, 2016 should submit their request, including the text of their 
oral presentation, by email to: [email protected], or by mail or 
delivery to the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone: 
(301) 504-7923; facsimile (301) 504-0127. Requests to make oral 
presentations and texts of the presentation must be received no later 
than 5 p.m. EDT on June 1, 2016. Presentations should be limited to 
approximately 10 minutes. The Commission reserves the right to impose 
further time limitations on all presentations and further restrictions 
to avoid duplication of presentations.
    If you do not want to make an oral presentation, but would like to 
provide written comments, you may do so. Please submit written comments 
in the manner described in the previous paragraph. Written comments 
must be received no later than 5 p.m. EDT on June 1, 2016.

    Dated: May 4, 2016.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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‘‘Service Contract Inventory following link: http://www.cpsc.gov/ cpsc-os@cpsc.gov; telephone: (301) 504–
Requirement,’’ requires agencies to About-CPSC/Agency-Reports/Service- 7923; facsimile: (301) 504–0127. An
submit to the Office of Management and Contract-Inventory/. electronic copy of the CPSC’s budget
Budget (‘‘OMB’’), an annual inventory of Dated: May 4, 2016. request for fiscal year 2017 can be found
service contracts awarded or extended Todd A. Stevenson,
at: www.cpsc.gov/performance-and-
through the exercise of an option on or budget.
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
after April 1, 2010, and describes the Commission. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
contents of the inventory. The contents
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of the inventory must include: I. Background
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(A) A description of the services Section 4(j) of the Consumer Product
purchased by the executive agency and Safety Act (‘‘CPSA’’) (15 U.S.C. 2053(j))
the role the services played in achieving requires the Commission to establish an
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agency objectives, regardless of whether agenda for action under the laws the
COMMISSION
such a purchase was made through a Commission administers, and to the
contract or task order; Commission Agenda and Priorities; extent feasible, select priorities for
(B) The organizational component of Notice of Hearing action at least 30 days before the
the executive agency administering the beginning of each fiscal year. Section
contract, and the organizational AGENCY: U.S. Consumer Product Safety
4(j) of the CPSA provides further that
component of the agency whose Commission.
before establishing its agenda and
requirements are being met through ACTION: Notice of public hearing. priorities, the Commission conduct a
contractor performance of the service; public hearing and provide an
(C) The total dollar amount obligated The U.S. Consumer Product
SUMMARY:
Safety Commission (‘‘Commission’’) opportunity for the submission of
for services under the contract and the comments.
funding source for the contract; will conduct a public hearing to receive
views from all interested parties about The Commission is in the process of
(D) The total dollar amount invoiced preparing the agency’s fiscal year 2017
for services under the contract; the Commission’s agenda and priorities
for fiscal year 2017, which begins on Operating Plan and fiscal year 2018
(E) The contract type and date of Congressional Budget Request. Fiscal
award; October 1, 2016, and for fiscal year
2018, which begins on October 1, 2017. year 2017 begins on October 1, 2016,
(F) The name of the contractor and
We invite members of the public to and fiscal year 2018 begins on October
place of performance;
participate. Written comments and oral 1, 2017. The Commission’s priorities for
(G) The number and work location of
presentations concerning the fiscal years 2017 and 2018 will align
contractor and subcontractor employees,
Commission’s agenda and priorities for with the CPSC’s 2016—2020 Strategic
expressed as full-time equivalents for
fiscal years 2017 and 2018 will become Plan, which was released for public
direct labor, compensated under the
part of the public record. comment in February 2016. Through
contract;
this notice, the Commission invites the
(H) Whether the contract is a personalDATES: The hearing will begin at 10 a.m.
public to comment on the following
services contract; and on June 15, 2016, and will conclude the
(I) Whether the contract was awarded questions:
same day. Requests to make oral 1. What are the priorities the
on a noncompetitive basis, regardless of presentations and the written text of any
date of award. Commission should consider
oral presentations must be received by emphasizing and dedicating resources
Section 743(a)(3)(A) through (I) of the the Office of the Secretary not later than toward in the fiscal year 2017 Operating
Consolidated Appropriations Act. 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (‘‘EDT’’) Plan and/or the fiscal year 2018
Section 743(c) of the Consolidated on June 1, 2016. Congressional Budget Request?
Appropriations Act requires agencies to ADDRESSES: The hearing will be in the 2. What activities should the
‘‘publish in the Federal Register a Hearing Room, 4th Floor of the Bethesda Commission consider deemphasizing in
notice that the inventory is available toTowers Building, 4330 East West the fiscal year 2017 Operating Plan and/
the public.’’ Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814. or the fiscal year 2018 Congressional
Consequently, through this notice, we Requests to make oral presentations, Budget Request?
are announcing that the CPSC’s service (along with the texts of oral 3. Should the Commission consider
contract inventory for FY 2015 is presentations) and written comments making any changes or adjustments to
available to the public. The inventory should be captioned, ‘‘Agenda and the agency’s proposed or ongoing
provides information on service contract Priorities FY 2017 and/or 2018,’’ and education, safety standards activities,
actions of more than $25,000 that CPSC sent by electronic mail (email) to: cpsc- regulation, and enforcement efforts in
made in FY 2015. The information is os@cpsc.gov, or mailed or delivered to fiscal years 2017 and/or 2018, keeping
organized by function to show how the Office of the Secretary, U.S. in mind the CPSC’s existing policy on
contracted resources are distributed Consumer Product Safety Commission, establishing priorities for Commission
throughout the CPSC. We developed the 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD action (16 CFR 1009.8)? The CPSC’s
inventory in accordance with guidance 20814. Requests and comments must be budget request for fiscal year 2017 can
issued on December 19, 2011 by the received no later than 5 p.m. EDT on be found at: www.cpsc.gov/
OMB. (The OMB guidance is available June 1, 2016. performance-and-budget. Comments are
at: https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/ FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For welcome on whether particular action
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default/files/omb/procurement/memo/ information about the hearing, or to items should be higher priority than
service-contract-inventory-guidance.pdf) request an opportunity to make an oral others, should not be included, or
The CPSC’s Division of Procurement presentation, please send an email, call, should be added to the fiscal year 2017
Services has posted its inventory (which or write Todd A. Stevenson, Office of and/or fiscal year 2018 agendas.
is identified as ‘‘Appendix B’’), along the Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product 4. Which candidates should the
with other related materials required by Safety Commission, 4330 East West Commission consider for retrospective
OMB on CPSC’s homepage at the Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; email: review of existing rules for fiscal year

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2017 and/or 2018 agendas? This is scheduled meeting. The meeting will be written comments online at http://
intended to facilitate the identification open to the public. energy.gov/qer or by U.S. mail to the
of rules that warrant repeal or DATES: The meeting will be held on Office of Energy Policy and Systems
modification, including rules that Tuesday, May 31, 2016, from 1:00 p.m. Analysis, EPSA–60, QER Meeting
would benefit from strengthening, to 5:00 p.m. and on Wednesday, June 1, Comments, U.S. Department of Energy,
complementing, or modernizing. 2016, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. 1000 Independence Avenue SW.,
Consistent with Executive Orders Members of the public should submit Washington, DC 20585–0121.
(‘‘E.O.’’) 13579, 13563, and 13610 and their comments in advance of the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
the Regulatory Flexibility Act (‘‘RFA’’), meeting to the meeting Point of Contact. Richards, EPSA–60, U.S. Department of
the CPSC systematically reviews its ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at Energy, Office of Energy Policy and
regulations to ensure consistency among 4100 Fairfax Drive, Suite 800, Arlington, Systems Analysis, 1000 Independence
all regulations in accomplishing VA, 22203. Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585–
program goals. The CPSC’s latest FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: CDR 0121. Telephone: 202–586–0507 Email:
Semiannual Regulatory Agenda, which Joel W. Feldmeier, Office of Naval John.Richards@Hq.Doe.Gov.
was issued in December 2015, can be Research, 875 North Randolph Street, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
found at: www.federalregister.gov/ Suite 1425, Arlington, VA 22203–1995, January 9, 2014, President Obama
articles/2015/12/15/2015-30672/ telephone 706–696–5121. issued a Presidential Memorandum
semiannual-regulatory-agenda. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This —Establishing a Quadrennial Energy
II. Requests To Make Presentations or notice of open meeting is provided in Review. To accomplish this review, the
Submit Written Comments accordance with the Federal Advisory Presidential Memorandum establishes a
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2). The Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force
Persons who desire to make oral
meeting will include discussions on to be co-chaired by the Director of the
presentations at the hearing on June 15,
ocean research, resource management, Office of Science and Technology
2016 should submit their request,
and other current issues in the ocean Policy, and the Director of the Domestic
including the text of their oral
science and management communities. Policy Council. Under the Presidential
presentation, by email to: cpsc-os@
Dated: May 3, 2016. Memorandum, the Secretary of Energy
cpsc.gov, or by mail or delivery to the
N.A. Hagerty-Ford,
shall provide support to the Task Force,
Office of the Secretary, U.S. Consumer
including support for coordination
Product Safety Commission, 4330 East Commander, Judge Advocate General’s Corps,
U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison Officer.
activities related to the preparation of
West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814;
the Quadrennial Energy Review (QER)
telephone: (301) 504–7923; facsimile [FR Doc. 2016–10857 Filed 5–6–16; 8:45 am]
Report, policy analysis and modeling,
(301) 504–0127. Requests to make oral BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P
and stakeholder engagement.
presentations and texts of the The Quadrennial Energy Review
presentation must be received no later process itself involves robust
than 5 p.m. EDT on June 1, 2016. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY engagement of federal agencies and
Presentations should be limited to outside stakeholders, and further
approximately 10 minutes. The Quadrennial Energy Review: Notice of
enables the federal government to
Commission reserves the right to impose Public Meetings
translate policy goals into a set of
further time limitations on all AGENCY: Office of Energy Policy and analytically based, integrated actions for
presentations and further restrictions to Systems Analysis, Secretariat, proposed investments over a four year
avoid duplication of presentations. Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force, planning horizon. Unlike traditional
If you do not want to make an oral
Department of Energy. federal Quadrennial Review processes,
presentation, but would like to provide
ACTION: Notice of public meetings and the QER is conducted in a multi-year
written comments, you may do so.
updating meeting start time. installment series to allow for more
Please submit written comments in the
focused analysis on particular sub-
manner described in the previous SUMMARY: At the direction of the sectors of the energy system. The initial
paragraph. Written comments must be President, the U.S. Department of focus for the Quadrennial Energy
received no later than 5 p.m. EDT on Energy (DOE or Department), as the Review was our Nation’s transmission,
June 1, 2016. Secretariat for the Quadrennial Energy storage and distribution infrastructures
Dated: May 4, 2016. Review Task Force (QER Task Force), that link energy supplies to intermediate
Todd A. Stevenson, will convene public meetings for the and end users, because these capital-
Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety second installment of the Quadrennial intensive infrastructures tend to set
Commission. Energy Review, an integrated study of supply and end use patterns,
[FR Doc. 2016–10804 Filed 5–6–16; 8:45 am] the U.S. electricity system from investments and practices in place for
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generation through end use. A mixture decades. On April 21, 2015, the
of panel discussions and a public Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force
comment period will frame multi- released its first Quadrennial Energy
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE stakeholder discourse around Review installment report entitled,
deliberative analytical questions relating ‘‘Energy Transmission, Storage, and
Department of the Navy to the intersection of electricity and its Distribution Infrastructure’’. Among the
role in promoting economic issues highlighted by the analysis in the
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Meeting of the Ocean Research competitiveness, energy security, and first installment of the QER were the
Advisory Panel environmental responsibility. growing dependencies of all critical
AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. DATES: See the SUPPLEMENTARY infrastructures and economic sectors on
INFORMATION section for meeting dates electricity, as well as, the increasing
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
and locations. interdependence of the various energy
SUMMARY: The Ocean Research Advisory ADDRESSES: Between February 4, 2016 subsectors. In response to these
Panel (ORAP) will hold a regularly and July 1, 2016, you may submit findings, and to provide an appropriate

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Section		Notices
Action		Notice of public hearing.
Dates		The hearing will begin at 10 a.m. on June 15, 2016, and will conclude the same day. 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 Daylight Time (``EDT'') on June 1, 2016.
Contact		For information about the hearing, or to request an opportunity to make an oral presentation, please send an email, call, or write Todd A. Stevenson, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; email: [email protected]; telephone: (301) 504-7923; facsimile: (301) 504-0127. An electronic copy of the CPSC's budget request for fiscal year 2017 can be found at: www.cpsc.gov/performance- and-budget.
FR Citation		81 FR 28053