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Consumer Product Safety Commission

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DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of roundtable to be held by Consumer Product Safety (Commission or CPSC) staff.

SUBJECT CATEGORY: Understanding the Pending Lead Legislation and the Use of Lead in Consumer Products; Notice of Roundtable To Be Held by CPSC Staff

DATES: The roundtable will be held on May 13, 2008, from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

DOCUMENT SUMMARY: On May 13, 2008, the staff of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) will hold a oneday roundtable on understanding the pending lead legislation and the use of lead in consumer products.

SUMMARY: Understanding the Pending Lead Legislation and the Use of Lead in Consumer Products,

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

The staff is holding a one-day roundtable, ``Understanding the Pending Lead Legislation and the Use of Lead in Consumer Products.'' This 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.

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 wrapup session for final comments and questions and answers will conclude the day.

The roundtable is a public event open to anyone interested in lead issues. Although preregistration is not mandatory, CPSC staff request that attendees preregister online at http://www.cpsc.gov/cgibin/ lead.aspx. For a hard copy of the registration form, contact Todd Stevenson, telephone 3015046836, email tstevenson@cpsc.gov.

Dated: April 11, 2008.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. E88285 Filed 41608; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Lori Saltzman, Director, Division of Health Sciences, telephone (301) 5047238, email lsaltzman@cpsc.gov; or Kris Hatlelid, telephone (301) 5047254, email khatlelid@cpsc.gov.