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Addition 

If the Committee approves the 

proposed addition, the entities of the 

Federal Government identified in this 

notice will be required to furnish the 

service listed below from the nonprofit 

agency employing persons who are 

blind or have other severe disabilities. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

I certify that the following action will 

not have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The major factors considered for this 

certification were: 

1. If approved, the action will not 

result in any additional reporting, 

recordkeeping or other compliance 

requirements for small entities other 

than the small organization that will 

provide the service to the Government. 

2. If approved, the action will result 

in authorizing small entities to provide 

the service to the Government. 

3. There are no known regulatory 

alternatives which would accomplish 

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in 

connection with the service proposed 

for addition to the Procurement List. 

Comments on this certification are 

invited. Commenters should identify the 

statement(s) underlying the certification 

on which they are providing additional 

information. 

End of Certification 

The following service is proposed for 

addition to the Procurement List for 

production by the nonprofit agency 

listed: 

Service 

Service Type/Location: Grounds 

Maintenance, Beale AFB, CA. 

NPA: Crossroads Diversified Service, Inc., 

Sacramento, CA. 

Contracting Activity: 9th Contracting 

Squadron, Beale AFB, CA. 

Patricia Briscoe, 

Deputy Director, Business Operations, Pricing 

and Information Management. 

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BILLING CODE 6353–01–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Teleconference of the 

Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel on 

Phthalates and Phthalate Substitutes 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety 

Commission (‘‘CPSC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’) 

is announcing a teleconference of the 

Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel (CHAP) 

on phthalates and phthalate substitutes. 

The Commission appointed this CHAP 

on April 14, 2010, to study the effects 

on children’s health of all phthalates 

and phthalate alternatives, as used in 

children’s toys and child care articles, 

pursuant to section 108 of the Consumer 

Product Safety Improvement Act of 

2008 (CPSIA) (Pub. L. 110–314). The 

CHAP will discuss its progress toward 

completing its analysis of potential risks 

from phthalates and phthalate 

substitutes. 

DATES: The teleconference will take 

place from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. EST 

(15:30 to 17:00 GMT) on Monday, 

December 19, 2011. Interested members 

of the public may listen to the CHAP’s 

discussion. Members of the public will 

not have the opportunity to ask 

questions, comment, or otherwise 

participate in the teleconference. 

Interested parties should contact the 

CPSC project manager, Michael Babich, 

by email (mbabich@cpsc.gov) for call-in 

instructions no later than Wednesday, 

December 14, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request access to the teleconference, 

contact the project manager by email at 

mbabich@cpsc.gov, no later than 

Wednesday, December 14, 2011. For all 

other questions, contact: Michael 

Babich, Directorate for Health Sciences, 

Consumer Product Safety Commission, 

Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301) 

504–7253; email mbabich@cpsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

108 of the CPSIA permanently prohibits 

the sale of any ‘‘children’s toy or child 

care article’’ containing more than 0.1 

percent of each of three specified 

phthalates: Di- (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 

(DEHP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP), and 

benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP). Section 

108 of the CPSIA also prohibits, on an 

interim basis, the sale of any ‘‘children’s 

toy that can be placed in a child’s 

mouth’’ or ‘‘child care article’’ 

containing more than 0.1 percent of 

each of three additional phthalates: 

diisononyl phthalate (DINP), diisodecyl 

phthalate (DIDP), and di-n-octyl 

phthalate (DnOP). 

Moreover, section 108 of the CPSIA 

requires the Commission to convene a 

CHAP ‘‘to study the effects on children’s 

health of all phthalates and phthalate 

alternatives as used in children’s toys 

and child care articles.’’ The CPSIA 

requires the CHAP to complete an 

examination of the full range of 

phthalates that are used in products for 

children and: 

• Examine all of the potential health 

effects (including endocrine-disrupting 

effects) of the full range of phthalates; 

• Consider the potential health effects 

of each of these phthalates, both in 

isolation and in combination with other 

phthalates; 

• Examine the likely levels of 

children’s, pregnant women’s, and 

others’ exposure to phthalates, based 

upon a reasonable estimation of normal 

and foreseeable use and abuse of such 

products; 

• Consider the cumulative effect of 

total exposure to phthalates, both from 

children’s products and from other 

sources, such as personal care products; 

• Review all relevant data, including 

the most recent, best-available, peerreviewed, scientific studies of these 

phthalates and phthalate alternatives 

that employ objective data-collection 

practices or employ other objective 

methods; 

• Consider the health effects of 

phthalates not only from ingestion, but 

also as a result of dermal, hand-tomouth, or other exposure; 

• Consider the level at which there is 

a reasonable certainty of no harm to 

children, pregnant women, or other 

susceptible individuals and their 

offspring, considering the best available 

science, and using sufficient safety 

factors to account for uncertainties 

regarding exposure and susceptibility of 

children, pregnant women, and other 

potentially susceptible individuals; and 

• Consider possible similar health 

effects of phthalate alternatives used in 

children’s toys and child care articles. 

The CPSIA contemplates completion 

of the CHAP’s examination within 18 

months of the panel’s appointment on 

April 14, 2010. The CHAP must review 

prior work on phthalates by the 

Commission, but it is not to be 

considered determinative because the 

CHAP’s examination must be conducted 

de novo. 

The CHAP must make 

recommendations to the Commission 

regarding any phthalates (or 

combinations of phthalates), in addition 

to those identified in section 108 of the 

CPSIA or phthalate alternatives that the 

panel determines should be prohibited 

from use in children’s toys or child care 

articles or otherwise restricted. The 

CHAP members were selected by the 

Commission from scientists nominated 

by the National Academy of Sciences. 

See 15 U.S.C. 2077, 2030(b). 

The CHAP met previously in April, 

July, and December 2010, and in March, 

July, and November 2011, at the CPSC’s 

offices in Bethesda, MD, and by 

teleconference in November 2010 and 

September 2011. The CHAP heard 


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testimony from interested parties at the 

July 2010 and the November 2011 

meetings. The December 2011 

conference call will include discussion 

of the CHAP’s progress in preparing a 

final report. There will not be any 

opportunity for public comment during 

the conference call. 

Dated: November 29, 2011. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

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BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meeting Notice 

TIME AND DATE: Wednesday, December 7, 

2011; 10 a.m.–11 a.m. 

PLACE: Hearing Room 420, Bethesda 

Towers, 4330 East West Highway, 

Bethesda, Maryland. 

STATUS: Closed to the Public. 

MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: Compliance 

Status Report. 

The Commission staff will brief the 

Commission on the status of compliance 

matters. 

For a recorded message containing the 

latest agenda information, call (301) 

504–7948. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Todd A. Stevenson, Office of the 

Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, 4330 East West 

Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814, (301) 

504–7923. 

Dated: November 30, 2011. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–31078 Filed 11–30–11; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Notice of Closed Meetings of the 

Department of Defense Wage 

Committee 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice of closed meetings. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of 

section 10 of Public Law 92–463, the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice 

is hereby given that closed meeting of 

the Department of Defense Wage 

Committee will be held: 

DATES: Tuesday, January 24, 2012, at 10 

a.m. 

ADDRESSES: 1400 Key Boulevard, Level 

A, Room A101, Rosslyn, Virginia 22209. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Additional information concerning the 

meetings may be obtained by writing to 

the Chairman, Department of Defense 

Wage Committee, 4000 Defense 

Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301–4000. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

provisions of section 10(d) of Public 

Law 92–463, the Department of Defense 

has determined that the meetings meet 

the criteria to close meetings to the 

public because the matters to be 

considered are related to internal rules 

and practices of the Department of 

Defense and the detailed wage data to be 

considered were obtained from officials 

of private establishments with a 

guarantee that the data will be held in 

confidence. 

However, members of the public who 

may wish to do so are invited to submit 

material in writing to the chairman 

concerning matters believed to be 

deserving of the Committee’s attention. 

Dated: November 29, 2011. 

Morgan F. Park, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2011–30985 Filed 12–1–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Notice of Closed Meetings of the 

Department of Defense Wage 

Committee 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice of closed meetings. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of 

section 10 of Public Law 92–463, the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice 

is hereby given that closed meeting of 

the Department of Defense Wage 

Committee will be held. 

DATES: Tuesday, February 21, 2012, at 

10 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: 1400 Key Boulevard, Level 

A, Room A101, Rosslyn, Virginia 22209. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Additional information concerning the 

meetings may be obtained by writing to 

the Chairman, Department of Defense 

Wage Committee, 4000 Defense 

Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301–4000. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

provisions of section 10(d) of Public 

Law 92–463, the Department of Defense 

has determined that the meetings meet 

the criteria to close meetings to the 

public because the matters to be 

considered are related to internal rules 

and practices of the Department of 

Defense and the detailed wage data to be 

considered were obtained from officials 

of private establishments with a 

guarantee that the data will be held in 

confidence. 

However, members of the public who 

may wish to do so are invited to submit 

material in writing to the chairman 

concerning matters believed to be 

deserving of the Committee’s attention. 

Dated: November 29, 2011. 

Morgan F. Park, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–30987 Filed 12–1–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Notice of Closed Meetings of the 

Department of Defense Wage 

Committee 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice of closed meetings. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of 

section 10 of Public Law 92–463, the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice 

is hereby given that closed meeting of 

the Department of Defense Wage 

Committee will be held. 

DATES: Tuesday, February 7, 2012, at 10 

a.m. 

ADDRESSES: 1400 Key Boulevard, Level 

A, Room A101, Rosslyn, Virginia 22209. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Additional information concerning the 

meetings may be obtained by writing to 

the Chairman, Department of Defense 

Wage Committee, 4000 Defense 

Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301–4000. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

provisions of section 10(d) of Public 

Law 92–463, the Department of Defense 

has determined that the meetings meet 

the criteria to close meetings to the 

public because the matters to be 

considered are related to internal rules 

and practices of the Department of 

Defense and the detailed wage data to be 

considered were obtained from officials 

of private establishments with a 

guarantee that the data will be held in 

confidence. 

However, members of the public who 

may wish to do so are invited to submit 

material in writing to the chairman 

concerning matters believed to be 

deserving of the Committee’s attention. 


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