DATES: The meeting will begin at 10 a.m., September 14, 2017. 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 August 31, 2017
Additional Information: The CPSC received a petition from Earthjustice and the Consumer Federation of America asking that the CPSC initiate rulemaking to ban products containing Organohalogen Flame Retardants. Joining in the petition were the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Medical Women’s Association, Consumers Union, Green Science Policy Institute, International Association of Fire Fighters, Kids in Danger, Philip Landrigan, M.D., M.P.H., League of United Latin American Citizens, Learning Disabilities Association of America, and Worksafe.
The Commission staff has prepared a briefing package on the issues.
