62044 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 194 / Thursday, October 6, 2011 / Notices 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Kathy Pereira at 

the Council (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 

working days prior to the meeting. 

Dated: October 3, 2011. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–25840 Filed 10–5–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS 

Notice of Meeting 

The next meeting of the U.S. 

Commission of Fine Arts is scheduled 

for 20 October 2011, at 10 a.m. in the 

Commission offices at the National 

Building Museum, Suite 312, Judiciary 

Square, 401 F Street, NW., Washington 

DC 20001–2728. Items of discussion 

may include buildings, parks and 

memorials. 

Draft agendas and additional 

information regarding the Commission 

are available on our Web site: http:// 

www.cfa.gov. Inquiries regarding the 

agenda and requests to submit written 

or oral statements should be addressed 

to Thomas Luebke, Secretary, U.S. 

Commission of Fine Arts, at the above 

address; by e-mailing staff@cfa.gov; or 

by calling 202–504–2200. Individuals 

requiring sign language interpretation 

for the hearing impaired should contact 

the Secretary at least 10 days before the 

meeting date. 

Dated: September 27, 2011 in Washington 

DC. 

Thomas Luebke, 

Secretary 

[FR Doc. 2011–25408 Filed 10–5–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6330–01–M 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

[ Docket No. CPSC–2011–0070] 

Alternative Testing Requirements for 

Small Batch Manufacturers 

AGENCY: U.S. Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of public hearing. 

SUMMARY: Section 14(i)(4)(A)(i) of the 

Consumer Product Safety Act, 15 U.S.C. 

2063(i)(4)(A)(i), provides that the 

Commission, in implementing third 

party testing requirements, under 

certain circumstances, may allow small 

batch manufacturers to use alternative 

testing requirements in lieu of testing 

prescribed in an applicable consumer 

product safety rule, ban, standard, or 

regulation. If, however, the Commission 

determines that no alternative testing 

requirement is available or 

economically practicable, it shall 

exempt eligible small batch 

manufacturers from third party testing 

requirements. Through this notice, the 

Commission is announcing that it will 

conduct a public hearing to receive 

views from all interested parties about 

whether such alternative testing 

requirements are available or 

economically practicable or, in the 

absence of economically practicable 

alternatives, whether an exemption from 

third party testing is appropriate. 

DATES: The public hearing will begin at 

10 a.m. EST on October 26, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be 

held in the Hearing Room, 4th Floor of 

the Bethesda Towers Building, 4330 

East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 

20814. 

Online Registration and Webcast: 

Members of the public who wish to 

attend the public hearing are requested 

to preregister online at: http://www/ 

cpsc.gov. You may preregister until 5 

p.m. EST on October 25, 2011. This 

public hearing also will be available live 

via webcast on October 26, 2011, at: 

http://www/cpsc.gov/webcast. 

Registration is not necessary to view the 

webcast. A transcript will be made of 

the proceedings of the public hearing. 

Oral Presentations and Written 

Comments: To make oral presentations, 

participants must preregister online. 

Presenters must also submit a request to 

make an oral presentation, and the 

written text of such presentation, 

captioned ‘‘Alternative Testing 

Requirements for Small Batch 

Manufacturers Public Hearing,’’ by 

electronic mail (e-mail) to: cpscos@cpsc.gov, or mailed or delivered to 

the Office of the Secretary, Consumer 

Product Safety Commission, 4330 East 

West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814, no 

later than 5 p.m. EST on October 21, 

2011. Commenters should limit their 

presentations to 15 minutes, exclusive 

of questioning by the Commissioners or 

CPSC staff. We may limit the time 

further for any presentation and impose 

other restrictions to avoid excessive 

duplication of presentations. 

Participants who are unable to make 

an oral presentation may submit written 

comments regarding the issues outlined 

under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

captioned, ‘‘Alternative Testing 

Requirements for Small Batch 

Manufacturers Public Hearing’’ by 

electronic mail (e-mail) to: cpscos@cpsc.gov, or mailed or delivered to 

the Office of the Secretary, Consumer 

Product Safety Commission, 4330 East 

West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814, no 

later than 5 p.m. EST on October 21, 

2011. Any information submitted in 

writing or presented orally to the CPSC 

at the public hearing will become part 

of the public record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Concerning requests and procedures for 

oral presentations of comments, contact: 

Rockelle Hammond, Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, Bethesda, MD 

20814; telephone: (301) 504–6833; email: cpsc-os@cpsc.gov. For all other 

matters, contact: Robert Howell, Deputy 

Executive Director, Safety Operations, 

Consumer Product Safety Commission, 

Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone: (301) 

504–7621; e-mail: rhowell@cpsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

14(a)(2)(A) of the Consumer Product 

Safety Act, 15 U.S.C. 2063(a)(2)(A), 

provides that every manufacturer of a 

children’s product that is subject to a 

children’s product safety rule shall 

submit sufficient samples of the 

children’s product, or samples that are 

identical in all material respects to the 

product, to a CPSC-approved third party 

conformity assessment body to be tested 

for compliance with such children’s 

product safety rule. Further, section 

14(i)(2) requires continued testing of 

children’s products, directing the 

Commission to, by regulation, establish 

protocols and standards— 

(i) For ensuring that a children’s 

product tested for compliance with an 

applicable children’s product safety rule 

is subject to testing periodically and 

when there has been a material change 

in the product design or manufacturing 

process, including the sourcing of 

component parts; 

(ii) For the testing of representative 

samples to ensure continued 

compliance; 

(iii) For verifying that a children’s 

product tested by a conformity 

assessment body complies with 

applicable children’s product safety 

rules; and 

(iv) For safeguarding against the 

undue influence on a third party 

conformity assessment body by a 

manufacturer or private labeler. 

The Commission has been working to 

adopt a testing and certification rule 

that sets forth the continued testing 

requirements mandated by section 14(i). 

In this context, we have explored 

possible alternatives for small batch 

manufacturers to reduce the burden and 

cost of third party testing on such 

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