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(d) Notice. The Authority must 

provide advance notice to Commission 

staff of all significant Authority-planned 

events (e.g., press conferences, media 

events, summits, etc.) via a calendar, a 

list, email, or some other reasonable 

means. The Authority must also 

summarize key aspects of all such 

events on its website within a 

reasonable timeframe. The Authority 

must also give Commission staff prompt 

notice after it has been alerted to 

significant, adverse events in the 

horseracing industry (e.g., adverse safety 

or medical events that might reasonably 

lead to sanctions, track closures, etc.). 

§ 1.155 Other best practices. 

(a) Regular monitoring meetings. The 

Commission recommends that the 

Authority hold regular meetings with 

Commission staff to discuss upcoming 

or potential risks, challenges, and 

opportunities for improvement. 

(b) Records and information 

management. The Commission 

recommends that the Authority 

maintain records and information in 

sufficient detail to support the 

Authority’s programs and operations, as 

well as any records relating to its 

information management policies or 

procedures. The Commission expects 

that the Authority will make any of 

these records available to Commission 

staff upon request, to allow the 

Commission to carry out its statutorily 

mandated oversight. 

(c) Treatment of confidential 

information. The Commission 

recommends that the Authority’s 

submissions to the Commission not 

include any SHI, PII, or SPII, such as a 

Social Security number; date of birth; 

driver’s license number or other state 

identification number, or foreign 

country equivalent; passport number; 

financial account number; or credit or 

debit card number. If the Authority 

submits documents to the Commission 

containing confidential commercial or 

financial information, it should so 

designate that material and request 

confidential treatment pursuant to 

§ 4.10(g). 

(d) Standing data requests. The 

Commission recommends that the 

Authority submit Board of Directors 

minutes to the Commission’s Office of 

the Secretary within 15 days following 

each Board meeting. 

(e) Personnel and compensation. The 

Commission recommends that the 

Authority develop compensation 

policies and practices with the primary 

objective of attracting, developing, and 

retaining high-performing individuals 

capable of achieving the Authority’s 

mission. The Authority should strive to 

recruit a diverse team of industry 

leaders whose unique backgrounds, 

education, cultures, and perspectives 

help position the Authority as an 

effective and innovative self-regulatory 

organization. The Commission also 

recommends that the Authority conduct 

periodic salary benchmarks to ensure 

that employee compensation is in line 

with other like organizations. 

(f) Customer service. The Commission 

recommends that the Authority 

maintain publicly accessible points of 

contact (e.g., email addresses, phone 

numbers) and monitor the timeliness 

with which it responds to inquiries. In 

this regard, the Commission urges the 

Authority to develop a policy and 

associated metrics covering its customer 

service activities, to be incorporated 

into its strategic plan and its regular 

reporting to the Commission. 

(g) Travel. The Commission 

recommends that the Authority use 

standard, GSA-established, published 

per diem rates when determining how 

much a person may spend on lodging, 

meals, and incidental expenses. 

Nevertheless, actual subsistence 

expenses may be authorized under 

unusual circumstances with 

justification and prior approval from the 

appropriate approving official. The 

Commission urges the Authority to 

prohibit the use of first-class travel 

(defined as the highest and most 

expensive class of service) by 

employees, except when no other option 

is available or when a disability or 

exceptional security conditions require 

it. The Commission also recommends 

that the Authority not reimburse its 

contractors for first-class travel unless 

exceptional circumstances warrant. 

§ 1.156 Severability. 

The provisions of this Subpart are 

separate and severable from one 

another. If any provision is stayed or 

determined to be invalid, it is the 

Commission’s intention that the 

remaining provisions shall continue in 

effect. 

By direction of the Commission, 

Joel Christie, 

Acting Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6750–01–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

16 CFR Part 1264 

[Docket No. CPSC–2011–0074] 

Safety Standard Addressing BladeContact Injuries on Table Saws; Notice 

of Opportunity for Oral Presentations 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Supplemental notice of 

proposed rulemaking; opportunity for 

oral presentations. 

SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety 

Commission (Commission or CPSC) will 

be providing an opportunity for 

interested parties to make oral 

presentations on the supplemental 

notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPR) 

the Commission issued regarding a 

safety standard addressing blade-contact 

injuries on table saws. Presentations 

will be part of the rulemaking record. 

DATES: A hybrid hearing will be held in 

person at CPSC’s headquarters and 

remotely via webinar and will begin at 

10 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 

February 28, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: This hearing will be held as 

a hybrid hearing—in person at CPSC’s 

headquarters and remotely via webinar. 

For individuals attending in person, the 

meeting will be held at CPSC’s 

headquarters, located at 4330 East West 

Highway, 4th Floor—Hearing Room, 

Bethesda, MD 20814. Individuals who 

plan to attend the meeting remotely 

should pre-register for the webinar at 

https://cpsc.webex.com/cpsc/j.php?

MTID=mdfe71b8646e635

c40558465d1e662089. Attendance is 

free of charge. After registering, you will 

receive a confirmation email containing 

information about joining the webinar. 

In person attendees do not need to 

register for the hearing. Requests to 

make oral presentations (in person or 

remotely) and the text of oral 

presentations and written comments 

should be sent by email to: cpsc-os@

cpsc.gov, with the subject line, ‘‘Table 

Saws SNPR; Oral Presentation.’’ 

Requests to make oral presentations—in 

person or remotely—and the written 

text of any oral presentations must be 

received by the Office of the Secretary 

not later than 5 p.m. EST on February 

21, 2024. The Commission will accept 

written comments as well. These also 

must be received by the Office of the 

Secretary not later than 5 p.m. EST on 

February 21, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information about the subject matter of 

this hearing, contact Caroleene Paul, 


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1The Commission voted unanimously to publish 

this notice. 

1The Commission voted 4–0 to publish this 

notice. 

Director, Mechanical Engineering 

Division, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, 5 Research Place, 

Rockville, MD 20850; email: cpaul@

cpsc.gov. For information about the 

procedure to make an oral presentation, 

contact Alberta E. Mills, Office of the 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, 

Bethesda, MD 20814; cpsc-os@cpsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 1

On November 1, 2023, the

Commission published an SNPR in the 

Federal Register, proposing to issue a 

safety standard addressing blade-contact 

injuries on table saws under the 

Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA; 15 

U.S.C. 2051–2089), and seeking written 

comments. 88 FR 74909. To address the 

risk of blade-contact injuries on table 

saws, the Commission proposes a rule 

that would establish a performance 

standard that requires table saws to 

limit the depth of cut to no more than 

3.5 millimeters when a test probe, acting 

as surrogate for a human finger or other 

body part, approaches the spinning 

blade at a rate of 1 meter per second 

(m/s). The SNPR is available at: 88 FR 

74909—Safety Standard Addressing 

Blade-Contact Injuries on Table Saws— 

Content Details—2023–23898 

(govinfo.gov), and CPSC staff’s briefing 

package for the SNPR is available at: 

https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/ 

Federal-Register-Notice-SafetyStandard-Addressing-Blade-ContactInjuries-on-Table-SawsSNPR.pdf?VersionId=Ce3FOVBmbG0_

.8j.gd1h0k3VWHZZ.URw. 

II. The Public Hearing

The Administrative Procedure Act (5

U.S.C. 551–562) and section 9 of the 

CPSA require the Commission to 

provide interested parties with an 

opportunity to submit ‘‘written data, 

views, or arguments’’ regarding a 

proposed rule. 5 U.S.C. 553(c); 15 U.S.C. 

2058(d)(2). The SNPR invited such 

written comments. In addition, section 

9 of the CPSA requires the Commission 

to provide interested parties ‘‘an 

opportunity for oral presentation of 

data, views, or arguments.’’ 15 U.S.C. 

2058(d)(2). The Commission must keep 

a transcript of such oral presentations. 

Id. In accordance with this requirement, 

the Commission is providing a forum for 

oral presentations concerning the 

proposed standard. 

To request the opportunity to make an 

oral presentation, see the information 

under the DATES and ADDRESSES sections 

of this notice. Participants should limit 

their presentations to approximately 10 

minutes, excluding time for questioning 

by the Commissioners or CPSC staff. 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. 

Alberta E. Mills, 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

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16 CFR Part 1408 

[Docket No. CPSC–2019–0020] 

Safety Standard for Residential Gas 

Furnaces and Boilers; Notice of 

Opportunity for Oral Presentations 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; 

opportunity for oral presentation. 

SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety 

Commission (Commission or CPSC) will 

be providing an opportunity for 

interested parties to make oral 

presentations on the notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPR) the Commission 

issued regarding a safety standard for 

residential gas furnaces and boilers. 

Presentations will be part of the 

rulemaking record. 

DATES: A hybrid hearing will be held in 

person at CPSC’s headquarters and 

remotely via webinar and will begin at 

10 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 

February 21, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: This hearing will be held as 

a hybrid hearing—in person at CPSC’s 

headquarters and remotely via webinar. 

For individuals attending in person, the 

meeting will be held at CPSC’s 

headquarters, located at 4330 East West 

Highway, 4th Floor—Hearing Room, 

Bethesda, MD 20814. Individuals who 

plan to attend the meeting remotely 

should pre-register for the webinar at 

cpsc.webex.com/cpsc/ 

j.php?MTID=m950b2d5a6084894ff5d

11b07f635114b. Attendance is free of

charge. After registering, you will

receive a confirmation email containing

information about joining the webinar.

In person attendees do not need to

register for the hearing. Requests to

make oral presentations (in person or

remotely) and the text of oral

presentations and written comments

should be sent by email to: cpsc-os@

cpsc.gov, with the subject line, 

‘‘Residential Gas Furnaces and Boilers 

NPR; Oral Presentation.’’ Requests to 

make oral presentations—in person or 

remotely—and the written text of any 

oral presentations must be received by 

the Office of the Secretary no later than 

5 p.m. EST on February 14, 2024. The 

Commission will accept written 

comments as well. These also must be 

received by the Office of the Secretary 

no later than 5 p.m. EST on February 14, 

2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information about the subject matter of 

this hearing, contact Ronald A. Jordan, 

Mechanical Engineering, Consumer 

Product Safety Commission, 5 Research 

Place, Rockville, MD 20850; telephone: 

301–987–2219; email: rjordan@cpsc.gov. 

For information about the procedure to 

make an oral presentation, contact 

Alberta E. Mills, Office of the Secretary, 

Consumer Product Safety Commission, 

4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD 

20814; telephone: 301–504–7479; cpscos@cpsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 1

On October 25, 2023, the Commission

published an NPR in the Federal 

Register, proposing to issue a safety 

standard for residential gas furnaces and 

boilers under the Consumer Product 

Safety Act (CPSA; 15 U.S.C. 2051– 

2089), and seeking written comments. 

88 FR 73272. The proposed rule seeks 

to address the risk of injuries and death 

associated with residential gas fired 

central furnaces, boilers, wall furnaces, 

and floor furnaces (gas furnaces and 

boilers). To address this risk, the 

Commission has proposed a rule to 

detect and prevent dangerous levels of 

carbon monoxide (CO) production and 

leakage from residential gas furnaces 

and boilers. 

The NPR is available at: https://

www.federalregister.gov/documents/ 

2023/10/25/2023-23302/safetystandard-for-residential-gas-furnacesand-boilers, and CPSC staff’s briefing 

package for the NPR is available at: 

https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/ 

Notice-of-Proposed-Rulemaking-SafetyStandard-for-Residential-Gas-Furnacesand-Boilers-COMBINED-PDFS.pdf?

VersionId=7BJ3c6EeDF78n

Horx2mCEr94XygwgeQV. 

II. The Public Hearing

The Administrative Procedure Act (5

U.S.C. 551–559) and section 9 of the 

CPSA require the Commission to 

provide interested parties with an 


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