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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. CPSC–2010–0080] 

Children’s Products Containing Lead; 

Technological Feasibility of 100 ppm 

for Lead Content; Request for 

Comments and Information 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice 

SUMMARY: Section 101(a) of the 

Consumer Product Safety Improvement 

Act (‘‘CPSIA’’) provides that, as of 

August 11, 2011, children’s products 

may not contain more than 100 parts per 

million (‘‘ppm’’) of lead, unless the 

Consumer Product Safety Commission 

(‘‘CPSC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’), determines 

that it is not technologically feasible, 

after notice and a hearing and after 

analyzing the public health protections 

associated with substantially reducing 

lead in children’s products. The 

reduction can be for a product or 

product category. This notice requests 

comment and information on the 

technological feasibility of meeting the 

100 ppm lead content limit for 

children’s products. 

DATES: Written comments and 

submissions in response to this notice 

must be received by September 27, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CPSC–2010– 

0080, by any of the following methods: 

Electronic Submissions 

Submit electronic comments in the 

following way: Federal eRulemaking 

Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments. To ensure timely processing 

of comments, the Commission is no 

longer accepting comments submitted 

by electronic mail (e-mail) except 

through http://www.regulations.gov. 

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 502, 

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 

electronically. 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kristina Hatlelid, PhD, M.P.H., 

Directorate for Health Sciences, 

Consumer Product Safety Commission, 

4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, 

Maryland 20814; e-mail 

khatlelid@cpsc.gov; telephone (301) 

504–7254. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Section 101(a) of the CPSIA (15 U.S.C. 

1278a(a)) provides that, for products 

designed or intended primarily for 

children 12 years old and younger, the 

total lead content limit by weight in any 

part of a children’s product is limited to 

300 ppm as of August 14, 2009, and 100 

ppm of lead as of August 14, 2011, 

unless the Commission determines that 

it is not technologically feasible to have 

this lower limit for a product or product 

category. The Commission may make 

such a determination only after notice 

and a hearing and after analyzing the 

public health protections associated 

with substantially reducing lead in 

children’s products. If the Commission 

determines that the 100 ppm lead 

content limit is not technologically 

feasible for a product or product 

category, the Commission shall, by 

regulation, establish the lowest amount 

below 300 ppm that it determines is 

technologically feasible. 

Unless granted a specific exclusion or 

determination under the Commission’s 

regulations at 16 CFR 1500.87 through 

1500.91, children’s products, including 

the components parts of children’s 

products, are subject to the lead limits 

and also to the testing and certification 

requirements of section 14(a)(2) of the 

Consumer Product Safety Act (‘‘CPSA’’). 

(15 U.S.C. 2063(a)(2)). 

Through this notice, the Commission 

invites comment and seeks information 

concerning the technological feasibility 

of meeting the 100 ppm lead content 

limit for children’s products that are not 

otherwise excluded from the lead limits. 

Section 101(d) of the CPSIA (15 U.S.C 

1278a(d)) provides that a lead limit shall 

be deemed technologically feasible with 

regard to a product or product category 

if: 

(1) a product that complies with the limit 

is commercially available in the product 

category; 

(2) technology to comply with the limit is 

commercially available to manufacturers or is 

otherwise available within the common 

meaning of the term; 

(3) industrial strategies or devices have 

been developed that are capable or will be 

capable of achieving such a limit by the 

effective date of the limit and that 

companies, acting in good faith, are generally 

capable of adopting; or 

(4) alternative practices, best practices, or 

other operational changes would allow the 

manufacturer to comply with the limit. 

Request for Comments and Information 

The Commission requests information 

on the technological feasibility for 

manufacturers to meet the 100 ppm lead 

content limit for specific children’s 

products or product categories. The 

comments should address products or 

materials that currently comply with 

300 ppm lead content limit which are 

required to meet the 100 ppm lead 

content limit effective August 14, 2011. 

Specifically, information is requested on 

the following: 

1. For products and materials that 

currently meet the 100 ppm lead 

content limit, provide: 

(i) information and test data regarding 

products or materials, including metals, 

plastics, glass, or recycled materials that 

are at or below the 100 ppm lead 

content limit (specify which materials 

were tested, the number of tests 

conducted for each material and, for 

each material, the percentage of tests 

that exceed 100 ppm, if any); 

(ii) information and data on industrial 

strategies or devices, if any, that have 

enabled the manufacturer to comply 

with the 100 ppm lead content limit 

(specify the methodologies used for 

each material); 

(iii) information and data on the 

impact, if any, the use of materials that 

are compliant with the 100 ppm lead 

content limit, has on the functional or 

safety requirements specified for the 

product or product category (specify 

which materials were used); and 

2. For products and materials that 

currently do not meet the 100 ppm lead 

content limit, but do meet the 300 ppm 

lead content limit, provide: 

(i) information and test data showing 

the lead content of such products or 

materials, including metals, plastics, 

glass, or recycled materials (specify 

which materials were tested, the 

number of tests conducted for each 

material and, for each material, the lead 

content of the material, and the 

percentage of tests that are at or below 

100 ppm, if any); 

(ii) information and data on whether 

such products or materials could be 

made compliant with the 100 ppm lead 

content limit through the use of 

different products or materials; 


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(iii) information and data on the 

strategies or devices, alternative 

practices, best practices, or other 

operational changes that may be used to 

enable the manufacturer to comply with 

the 100 ppm lead content limit; 

(iv) information and data on the 

lowest lead content limit under 300 

ppm that is technologically feasible for 

such products or materials; and 

(v) the date(s) by which such products 

and materials could be expected to meet 

the 100 ppm lead content limits. 

The Commission also seeks comment 

on any other factors that could affect 

compliance with this requirement. 

Dated: July 21, 2010. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Defense Science Board; Task Force on 

Nuclear Treaty Monitoring and 

Verification 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice of advisory committee 

meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board 

Task Force on Nuclear Treaty 

Monitoring and Verification will meet 

in closed session September 13–14, and 

25–26, 2010, in Arlington, VA. 

DATES: The meetings will be held 

September 13–14, and 25–26, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at 

Science Applications International 

Corporation, 4001 North Fairfax Drive, 

Suite 300, Arlington, VA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maj. 

Michael Warner, USAF Military 

Assistant, Defense Science Board, 3140 

Defense Pentagon, Room 3B888A, 

Washington, DC 20301–3140, via e-mail 

at michael.warner@osd.mil, or via 

phone at (703) 571–0081. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

mission of the Defense Science Board is 

to advise the Secretary of Defense and 

the Under Secretary of Defense for 

Acquisition, Technology & Logistics on 

scientific and technical matters as they 

affect the perceived needs of the 

Department of Defense. These meetings 

will research and summarize 

anticipated directions in 

nonproliferation and arms control 

agreements and the environments in 

which they might be implemented. 

The task force’s findings and 

recommendations, pursuant to 41 CFR 

102–3.140 through 102–3.165, will be 

presented and discussed by the 

membership of the Defense Science 

Board prior to being presented to the 

Government’s decision maker. 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.120 and 

102–3.150, the Designated Federal 

Officer for the Defense Science Board 

will determine and announce in the 

Federal Register when the findings and 

recommendations of the September 13– 

14 and 25 and 26 meetings are 

deliberated by the Defense Science 

Board. 

Interested persons may submit a 

written statement for consideration by 

the Defense Science Board. Individuals 

submitting a written statement must 

submit their statement to the Designated 

Federal Official (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT), at any point, 

however, if a written statement is not 

received at least 10 calendar days prior 

to the meeting, which is the subject of 

this notice, then it may not be provided 

to or considered by the Defense Science 

Board. The Designated Federal Official 

will review all timely submissions with 

the Defense Science Board Chairperson, 

and ensure they are provided to 

members of the Defense Science Board 

before the meeting that is the subject of 

this notice. 

Dated: July 22, 2010. 

Mitchell S. Bryman, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Defense Science Board; Task Force on 

Counter Insurgency (COIN) 

Intelligence, Surveillance and 

Reconnaissance (ISR) Operations 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice of advisory committee 

meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board 

Task Force on Counter Insurgency 

(COIN) Intelligence, Surveillance and 

Reconnaissance (ISR) Operations will 

meet in closed session on August 24–26, 

and September 21–23, 2010, in 

Arlington, VA. 

DATES: The meetings will be held 

August 24–26, and September 21–23, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at 

Science Applications International 

Corporation, 4001 North Fairfax Drive, 

Suite 300, Arlington, VA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maj 

Michael Warner, USAF Military 

Assistant, Defense Science Board, 3140 

Defense Pentagon, Room 3B888A, 

Washington, DC 20301–3140, via e-mail 

at michael.warner@osd.mil, or via 

phone at (703) 571–0081. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

mission of the Defense Science Board is 

to advise the Secretary of Defense and 

the Under Secretary of Defense for 

Acquisition, Technology & Logistics on 

scientific and technical matters as they 

affect the perceived needs of the 

Department of Defense. These meetings 

will identify how DoD intelligence can 

most effectively support COIN 

operations and what emerging science 

and technology would have the greatest 

intelligence potential in this type of 

warfare. 

The task force’s findings and 

recommendations, pursuant to 41 CFR 

102–3.140 through 102–3.165, will be 

presented and discussed by the 

membership of the Defense Science 

Board prior to being presented to the 

Government’s decision maker. 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.120 and 

102–3.150, the Designated Federal 

Officer for the Defense Science Board 

will determine and announce in the 

Federal Register when the findings and 

recommendations of the August 24–26 

and September 21–23 meetings are 

deliberated by the Defense Science 

Board. 

Interested persons may submit a 

written statement for consideration by 

the Defense Science Board. Individuals 

submitting a written statement must 

submit their statement to the Designated 

Federal Official (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT), at any point, 

however, if a written statement is not 

received at least 10 calendar days prior 

to the meeting, which is the subject of 

this notice, then it may not be provided 

to or considered by the Defense Science 

Board. The Designated Federal Official 

will review all timely submissions with 

the Defense Science Board Chairperson, 

and ensure they are provided to 

members of the Defense Science Board 

before the meeting that is the subject of 

this notice. 

Dated: July 22, 2010. 

Mitchell S. Bryman, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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