Possible Improvements to SaferProducts.gov; Request for Information and Notice of Public Hearing
| Published date | 11 February 2019 |
| Citation | 84 FR 3134 |
| Record Number | 2019-01817 |
| Section | Proposed rules |
| Court | Consumer Product Safety Commission |
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Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 28 / Monday, February 11, 2019 / Proposed Rules
Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on January
31, 2019.
Melvin J. Johnson,
Aircraft Certification Service, Deputy
Director, Policy and Innovation Division,
AIR–601.
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[Docket No. CPSC–2019–0001]
Possible Improvements to
SaferProducts.gov; Request for
Information and Notice of Public
Hearing
AGENCY
: U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
ACTION
: Request for written comments
and notice of public hearing.
SUMMARY
: The U.S. Consumer Product
Safety Commission (CPSC) will hold a
public hearing to receive information
from interested parties about possible
changes to CPSC’s Publicly Available
Consumer Product Safety Information
Database, www.SaferProducts.gov, to
improve the website’s usefulness and
ease of use. CPSC also requests written
comments.
DATES
: The public hearing will begin at
10 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on
March 6, 2019. The Division of the
Secretariat must receive requests to
make oral presentations, along with the
written text of oral presentations, no
later than 5 p.m., on February 20, 2019.
CPSC will accept written comments
through April 3, 2019.
ADDRESSES
: The public hearing will be
in the Hearing Room, on the 4th Floor
of the Bethesda Towers Building, 4330
East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD
20814. You may submit a request to
make an oral presentation, along with
the written text of the oral presentation,
to the Division of the Secretariat, with
the caption, ‘‘Improvements to
SaferProducts.gov,’’ by email to cpsc-
os@cpsc.gov, or by mail to the Division
of the Secretariat, U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission, 4330 East-
West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814.
You may submit written comments,
identified by Docket No. CPSC–2019–
0001, using the methods described
below. CPSC encourages you to submit
comments electronically, rather than in
hard copy.
Electronic Submissions: Submit
electronic comments to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at:
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments
provided on the website. CPSC does not
accept written comments submitted by
email.
Written Submissions: Submit written
comments by mail, hand delivery, or
courier to: Division of the Secretariat,
U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission, Room 820, 4330 East-West
Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814;
telephone (301) 504–7923.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and docket
number for this notice. CPSC may post
all comments, without change,
including any personal identifiers,
contact information, or other personal
information provided, to: http://
www.regulations.gov. Do not submit
confidential business information, trade
secret information, or other sensitive or
protected information that you do not
want to be available to the public. If
furnished at all, such information
should be submitted by mail, hand
delivery, or courier.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments, go to: www.regulations.gov,
and insert the docket number, CPSC–
2019–0001, into the ‘‘Search’’ box, and
follow the prompts.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
: Ian
Elkin, Project Manager, Directorate for
Epidemiology, U.S. Consumer Product
Safety Commission, 4330 East-West
Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814;
telephone: (301) 504–7078; email:
IElkin@cpsc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
I. Background
The Consumer Product Safety
Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA; Pub.
L. 110–314, 122 Stat. 3016) requires the
Commission to establish and maintain a
database on the safety of consumer
products, and other products or
substances the Commission regulates,
that is publicly available, searchable,
and accessible through CPSC’s website.
15 U.S.C. 2055a(a)(1). The CPSIA
includes specific content, procedural,
and search requirements for the
database. Id. 2055a(b), (c). In 2010, the
Commission issued regulations
regarding the database in 16 CFR part
1102, and in 2011, Congress added
additional requirements to the database
provisions. 75 FR 76832 (Dec. 9, 2010)
(adopting 16 CFR part 1102); Sec. 7,
Public Law 112–28, 125 Stat. 273
(amending 15 U.S.C. 2055a(c)).
To comply with these requirements,
CPSC created the website
www.SaferProducts.gov. The website
allows consumers and others to submit
reports of harm relating to the use of
consumer products, and other products
or substances the Commission regulates;
allows businesses to comment on such
reports; and allows users to search the
database for product recalls and reports
of harm that are published on
www.SaferProducts.gov.
II. Request for Information
CPSC is considering improvements to
www.SaferProducts.gov to make the
website easier to understand, navigate,
and interact with, as well as more useful
for submitting and obtaining desired
information. CPSC seeks stakeholders’
recommendations and intends to use the
information it receives to determine
how to update and upgrade the website.
CPSC is particularly interested in
information about how the website
could be more user-friendly, and
possible modifications to make the
searching, reporting, and commenting
tools more useful. CPSC requests
comments and suggestions to improve
the usability of the website. In
particular, CPSC seeks comments on the
following topics:
1. How can the overall design of
SaferProducts.gov be improved?
2. Have you attempted to visit
SaferProducts.gov using a mobile
device? What suggestions would you
have to make that experience better?
3. Please describe any problems you
encountered when using
SaferProducts.gov. Please be as specific
as possible.
4. How can the process of reporting
on SaferProducts.gov be improved?
5. How can the instructions for
submitting a report be improved?
6. Business users: How can the
processes of registering, accessing, and
responding to reports of products or
other substances the Commission
regulates on SaferProducts.gov be
improved?
7. How can searching for recalls and
reports on the website be improved?
8. What other information would be
useful to publish or provide with the
recall and incident report data?
9. Have you encountered any
difficulty attempting to upload photos
or videos with a report you may have
submitted? Please describe what
happened.
10. If CPSC were to create a data
visualization tool (a tool to help people
understand data by placing it in a visual
context) to help consumers and
businesses better understand the data
captured through SaferProducts.gov,
would that kind of tool be useful to you?
11. Currently, submitters of
information to the website must check
a box to consent to CPSC publishing
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their report on the website. CPSC is
exploring whether this extra step in the
submission process may decrease the
number of published reports. CPSC is
considering whether to move to a pre-
checked box where permission to
publish is granted by the submitter
automatically unless the submitter
explicitly opts out by checking a box.
CPSC staff believes this could increase
the number of published reports and
increase awareness of potentially unsafe
products. The reports that CPSC
publishes on Saferproducts.gov are
prohibited by law from including
personal information, such as name,
address, and contact information. Do
you have suggestions or concerns about
making this change?
12. Given the growth of online retail
sales since the launch of
SaferProducts.gov and that online retail
sales platforms usually include an
ability for consumers to provide a
product rating or other feedback, how
might CPSC motivate the provision of
safety-related feedback to
SaferProducts.gov as a primary, or at
least additional, mechanism for
capturing information on consumer
product-related incidents?
13. How can the agency encourage the
use of SaferProducts.gov among eligible
reporters other than consumers, such as
physicians, medical examiners, and first
responders?
III. Options for Providing Input
Interested parties may provide the
requested information through written
comments or through oral presentations
at a public hearing, or through both
methods. Written comments and oral
presentations will become part of the
public record. To submit written
comments, see the information under
the
DATES
and
ADDRESSES
sections of
this document.
At the public hearing, interested
parties will have an opportunity to
discuss their comments. To request the
opportunity to make an oral
presentation at the public hearing, see
the information under the
DATES
and
ADDRESSES
sections of this document.
Participants should limit their
presentations to approximately 10
minutes, excluding time for questioning
by the Commissioners. To avoid
duplicate presentations, groups should
designate a spokesperson, and the
Commission reserves the right to limit
presentation times, or impose further
restrictions, as necessary.
Interested parties who do not attend
the public hearing in person will be able
to view the public hearing through a
webcast, but they will not be able to
interact with the panels and presenters.
Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Bureau of Indian Education Standards,
Assessments, and Accountability
System Negotiated Rulemaking
Committee; Notice of Meeting
AGENCY
: Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION
: Notice of public meeting.
SUMMARY
: In accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, the
Bureau of Indian Education (BIE)
Standards, Assessments, and
Accountability System Negotiated
Rulemaking Committee (Committee),
will hold a public meeting to continue
the work to advise the Secretary of the
Interior (Secretary) through the BIE on
a proposed rule to revise the Adequate
Yearly Progress regulation. This notice
announces the date and location of a
fourth in-person Committee meeting.
DATES
: The meeting is open to the
public and will be held Tuesday, March
12, 2019, through Thursday, March 14,
2019; from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Mountain Time.
ADDRESSES
: The meeting will be held at
the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 2600 North
Central Avenue, 4th Floor Eagle Room,
Phoenix, Arizona 85004. Members of
the public will need to bring proper
identification to enter the Federal
building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
: The
Designated Federal Officer, Ms. Sue
Bement, Education Program Specialist,
BIE, by any of the following methods:
•(Preferred method) Email to:
BIEcomments@bia.gov;
•Mail, hand-carry or use an
overnight courier service to the
Designated Federal Officer, Ms. Sue
Bement, C/O The Office of Regulatory
Affairs and Collaborative Action, 1001
Indian School Road NW, Suite 229,
Albuquerque, NM 87104.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
: This
meeting is being held under the
Elementary and Secondary Education
Act, as amended by the Every Student
Succeeds Act (ESSA), the Negotiated
Rulemaking Act, and the Federal
Advisory Committee Act. The
Committee is to negotiate and reach
consensus on recommendations for a
proposed rule that will replace the
existing regulations at 25 CFR part 30.
The Secretary, using a negotiated
rulemaking process to develop
regulations for implementation, shall
define the standards, assessments, and
accountability system consistent with
section 1111 of the ESEA, for schools
funded by the BIE on a national,
regional, or Tribal basis, as appropriate,
taking into account the unique
circumstances and needs of such
schools and the students served by such
schools. The Federal Register (83 FR
16806) notice published on April 17,
2018, discussed the issues to be
negotiated and the interest group
representatives proposed as members of
the Committee.
The first three in-person meetings and
spring 2019 webinar were announced in
the Federal Register (83 FR 37822)
notice published on August 2, 2018. The
BIE is announcing a fourth in-person
meeting. The following items will be on
the agenda:
•Focus on the draft proposed rule for
publication;
•Seek consensus on the draft;
•Schedule government-to-
government consultations including
what key information will be shared
during consultation; and
•Public comment.
Detailed information about Committee
meetings, including detailed agendas,
can be accessed at https://www.bie.edu/
Resources/NRMC/index.htm. Written
comments may be sent to the Designated
Federal Official listed in the
FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section
above. All meetings are open to the
public; however, transportation,
lodging, and meals are the responsibility
of the participating public.
Authority: The Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965, as amended, 20
U.S.C. 6301 et seq.
Dated: January 25, 2019.
Tara Sweeney,
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.
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