Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 107 / Tuesday, June 4, 2013 / Notices 33393 

that the inventory is available to the 

public.’’ 

Consequently, through this notice, we 

are announcing that the CPSC’s service 

contract inventory for FY 2012 is 

available to the public. The inventory 

provides information on service contract 

actions over $25,000 that CPSC made in 

FY 2012. The information is organized 

by function to show how contracted 

resources are distributed throughout the 

CPSC. We developed the inventory in 

accordance with guidance issued on 

December 19, 2011 by the OMB. (The 

OMB guidance is available at: http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/ 

omb/procurement/memo/servicecontract-inventories-guidance11052010.pdf.) The CPSC’s Division of 

Procurement Services has posted its 

inventory, and a summary of the 

inventory can be found at our homepage 

at the following link: http:// 

www.cpsc.gov/About-CPSC/AgencyReports/Service-Contract-Inventory/. 

Dated: May 30, 2013. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2013–13164 Filed 6–3–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. CPSC–2013–0022] 

Petition Requesting a Ban or Standard 

on Adult Portable Bed Rails 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety 

Commission (CPSC or Commission) has 

received two requests, asking that the 

Commission initiate proceedings under 

section 8 of the Consumer Product 

Safety Act (CPSA) to determine that 

adult portable bed rails pose an 

unreasonable risk of injury and initiate 

related rulemaking under section 9 of 

the CPSA. Because both requests ask for 

rulemaking concerning the same 

product, CPSC is considering the 

requests as a single petition (CP13–1). 

The Commission invites written 

comments concerning the petition. 

DATES: The Office of the Secretary must 

receive comments on the petition by 

August 5, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CPSC–2013– 

0022, by any of the following methods: 

Electronic Submissions: Submit 

electronic comments to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

The Commission does not accept 

comments submitted by electronic mail 

(email), except through 

www.regulations.gov. The Commission 

encourages you to submit electronic 

comments by using the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal, as described above. 

Written Submissions: Submit written 

submissions in the following way: Mail/ 

Hand delivery/Courier (for paper, disk, 

or CD–ROM submissions), preferably in 

five copies, to: Office of the Secretary, 

Consumer Product Safety Commission, 

Room 820, 4330 East West Highway, 

Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301) 

504–7923. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number for this notice. All 

comments received may be posted 

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 in 

writing. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to: http:// 

www.regulations.gov, and insert the 

docket number, CPSC–2013–0022, into 

the ‘‘Search’’ box, and follow the 

prompts. A copy of the petition is 

available at http://www.regulations.gov 

under Docket No. CPSC–2013–0022, 

Supporting and Related Materials. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rockelle Hammond, Office of the 

Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, Room 820, 4330 

East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 

20814; telephone (301) 504–6833. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commission received two requests to 

initiate proceedings under section 8 of 

the Consumer Product Safety Act 

(CPSA) to determine that adult portable 

bed rails pose an unreasonable risk of 

injury and initiate related rulemaking 

under section 9 of the CPSA. See 15 

U.S.C. 2057 and 2058. Gloria Black, the 

Consumer Federation of America, and 

60 other organizations (Consumer 

Group) made one request; Public Citizen 

made the other request (collectively 

referred to as petitioners). The CPSC has 

docketed the requests as a single 

petition. 

Petitioners assert that adult portable 

bed rails currently on the market are 

responsible for many injuries and 

deaths among users, particularly the 

elderly and frail. Petitioners state that 

many of these deaths result from 

asphyxiation caused by entrapment 

within openings of the rail or between 

the rail and the mattress or bed frame. 

In addition, petitioners claim that 

individuals who attempt to climb over 

bed rails may be at greater risk of injury 

or death than they would be if no rail 

were used at all. In support of their 

request, petitioners cite a CPSC 

memorandum dated October 11, 2012, 

‘‘Adult Portable Bed Rail-Related 

Deaths, Injuries, and Potential Injuries: 

January 2003 to September 2012.’’ 

According to petitioners, the CPSC’s 

data showed that there were 155 

fatalities, of which 129 involved victims 

ages 60 years and over; most of the 

fatalities related to rail entrapment. In 

addition, petitioners state that the CPSC 

found an estimated 36,900 adult 

portable bed rail-related injuries that 

were treated in U.S. hospital emergency 

departments from January 2003 to 

December 2011. 

Petitioners request that the CPSC 

initiate proceedings under section 8 of 

the CPSA that would ban all adult 

portable bed rails because, they assert, 

the product presents an unreasonable 

risk of injury and no feasible consumer 

product safety standard would 

adequately protect the public from these 

products. Public Citizen contends that 

no mandatory standard or warnings 

could be developed that would 

adequately protect against the hazards 

presented by adult portable bed rails. 

The Consumer Group, however, states 

that if the CPSC does not pursue a ban, 

the Commission should initiate a 

rulemaking to promulgate mandatory 

standards under section 9 of the CPSA, 

to reduce the unreasonable risk of 

asphyxiation and the entrapment 

hazards posed by adult portable bed 

rails, and to include warning labels in 

the standards. The Consumer Group 

also requests action under section 27(e) 

of the CPSA to require manufacturers of 

adult portable bed rails to provide 

performance and technical data 

regarding the safety of their products. 

In addition, petitioners request a 

public recall notice and refund for all 

adult portable bed rails under section 15 

of the CPSA. However, the Commission 

may docket as petitions only requests 

for action that the Commission is 

authorized to take through the issuance, 

amendment, or revocation of rules. 16 

CFR 1051.2(a). Accordingly, the recall 

and refund requested by petitioners are 

outside the scope of a rulemaking 

proceeding and will be forwarded to the 

CPSC Office of Compliance and Field 

Operations for review. 


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By this notice, the Commission seeks 

comments concerning this petition. 

Interested parties may obtain a copy of 

the petition by writing or calling the 

Office of the Secretary, U.S. Consumer 

Product Safety Commission, Room 820, 

4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 

20814; telephone (301) 504–7923. A 

copy of the petition also will be made 

available for viewing under ‘‘Supporting 

and Related Materials’’ in 

www.regulations.gov under this docket 

number. www.regulations.gov. 

Dated: May 29, 2013 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2013–13000 Filed 6–3–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Notice To Extend Submittal Date for 

Scoping Comments for United States 

Air Force Main Operating Base 2 for 

the Beddown of the KC–46A Tanker 

Aircraft Environmental Impact 

Statement 

AGENCY: U.S. Air Force, DOD. 

ACTION: Notification of Extension for 

Submittal of Scoping Comments. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Air Force is issuing 

this notice to advise the public of an 

extension to submit scoping comments. 

The initial Notice of Availability 

published in the Federal Register on 

May 17, 2013 (Vol. 78, No. 96/Notices/ 

29120), requested public scoping 

comments no later than June 10, 2013. 

The Air Force has extended the 

deadline for submitting public 

comments to July 5, 2013. All 

substantive scoping comments received 

during the public scoping period will be 

considered in the preparation of the 

Draft EIS. 

Point of Contact: Please direct any 

written comments or requests for 

information to KC–46A EIS Project 

Manager, National Guard Bureau, NGB/ 

A7AM, 3501 Fetchet Avenue, Joint Base 

Andrews, Maryland, 20762–5157. 

Henry Williams Jr., 

Acting Air Force Federal Register Liaison 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2013–13135 Filed 6–3–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Meeting of the National Commission 

on the Structure of the Air Force 

AGENCY: Director of Administration and 

Management, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee 

Meeting. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as 

amended), the Government in the 

Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as 

amended), and 41 CFR 102–3.150, the 

Department of Defense (DoD) announces 

that the following Federal advisory 

committee meeting of the National 

Commission on the Structure of the Air 

Force (‘‘the Commission’’) will take 

place. 

DATES: Date of Meeting, including 

Hearing and Commission Discussion: 

Monday, June 17, 2013, from 1:00 p.m. 

to 5:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Ballroom of the Drury Inn & 

Suites Greenville, 10 Carolina Point 

Parkway, Greenville, SC, 29607. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. 

Marcia Moore, Designated Federal 

Officer, National Commission on the 

Structure of the Air Force, 1950 Defense 

Pentagon, Room 3A874, Washington, 

DC 20301–1950. Email: 

dfoafstrucomm@osd.mil. Desk (703) 

571–7057. Facsimile (703) 692–5625. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of Meetings: The members of 

the Commission will hear testimony 

from a panel of witnesses and the 

public. The members will convene 

immediately after their hearings to 

discuss the hearings. 

Agenda: 

June 17, 2013—Public Hearing: State 

and local leaders, private citizens and 

professional military associations are 

invited to speak at the public hearing on 

June 17, 2013 and are asked to address 

matters pertaining to the U.S. Air Force, 

the Air National Guard, and the U.S. Air 

Force Reserve such as their common 

and unique interests, roles, history, 

organizational structure, and 

operational factors influencing decisionmaking. These witnesses are also asked 

to address the evaluation factors under 

consideration by the Commission for a 

U.S. Air Force structure that—(A) Meets 

current and anticipated requirements of 

the combatant commands; (B) achieves 

an appropriate balance between the 

regular and reserve components of the 

Air Force, taking advantage of the 

unique strengths and capabilities of 

each; (C) ensures that the regular and 

reserve components of the Air Force 

have the capacity needed to support 

current and anticipated homeland 

defense and disaster assistance missions 

in the United States; (D) provides for 

sufficient numbers of regular members 

of the Air Force to provide a base of 

trained personnel from which the 

personnel of the reserve components of 

the Air Force could be recruited; (E) 

maintains a peacetime rotation force to 

support operational tempo goals of 1:2 

for regular members of the Air Forces 

and 1:5 for members of the reserve 

components of the Air Force; and (F) 

maximizes and appropriately balances 

affordability, efficiency, effectiveness, 

capability, and readiness. Individual 

Commissioners will also report their 

activities, information collection, and 

analyses to the full Commission. 

Meeting Accessibility: Pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552b, as amended, and 41 CFR 

102–3.140 through 102–3.165, and the 

availability of space, the meeting is 

open to the public. Seating is limited 

and pre-registration is strongly 

encouraged for all attendees. Media 

representatives are also encouraged to 

register. The meeting facility is 

handicap accessible. 

Written Comments: Pursuant to 41 

CFR 102–3.105(j) and 102–3.140 and 

section 10(a)(3) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, the public or interested 

organizations may submit written 

comments to the Commission in 

response to the stated agenda of the 

open meeting or the Commission’s 

mission. The Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO) will review all submitted written 

statements. Written comments should 

be submitted to Mrs. Marcia Moore, 

DFO, via facsimile or electronic mail, 

the preferred modes of submission. Each 

page of the comment must include the 

author’s name, title or affiliation, 

address, and daytime phone number. 

Mailed written comments will be given 

to the Commission before or after the 

meeting if postmarked by June 14, 2013. 

All contact information may be found in 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section. 

Oral Comments: In addition to written 

statements, one hour will be reserved 

for individuals or interested groups to 

address the Commission. Oral 

commenters must summarize their oral 

statement in writing and submit with 

their registration. The Commission’s 

staff will assign time to oral commenters 

at the meeting, for no more than 5 

minutes each. While requests to make 

an oral presentation to the Commission 

will be honored on a first come, first 

served basis, other opportunities for oral 


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