Commissioners set strategic goals for 2004.As noted in January's CPSC CPSC Consumer Product Safety Commission (US) CPSC Computer Science (course) CPSC Canadian Plastics Sector Council (Ottawa, ON, Canada) CPSC Chemical Processing Safety Committee Monitor, Chairman Hal Stratton Hal Stratton is a former chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. He was appointed in 2002 by President George W. Bush. Stratton resigned as chair and commissioner in July 2006, three months before his term officially expired. mentioned, among others, three strategic goals for the agency in 2004. They are: (1) reducing residential fires, (2) reducing childhood drownings in and around the home, and (3) reducing the number of carbon monoxide carbon monoxide, chemical compound, CO, a colorless, odorless, tasteless, extremely poisonous gas that is less dense than air under ordinary conditions. It is very slightly soluble in water and burns in air with a characteristic blue flame, producing carbon dioxide; deaths. The strategic goals are reflected in the new Fiscal 2004 Operating and Performance Plan the Commission adopted in February. Under the Residential Fires Strategic Goal, CPSC plans to accelerate its work on upholstered furniture and mattress/bedding projects. It will also continue work on smoke alarm research, including contractor work on wireless technology for smoke alarms. CPSC will also work on a review of electrical codes and standards, fire/gas codes and standards, fire death and fire injury reports, and clothing textile flammability. Under Child Drownings, the agency plans regional meetings to gather information on addressing child drowning hazards. The agency will also work on studies of new sensor technologies that can help prevent young children from accessing backyard pools. Baby Bath Seat studies will be continued, analyzing public comments on a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking A notice of proposed rulemaking or NPRM is issued by law when a regulatory agency of the United States Federal Government wishes to add, remove, or change a rule (or regulation) as part of the rulemaking process. Outside the USA. (NPR NPR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Nepal Rupee. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ). The agency is also considering a proposal to recommend a change to the current UL standard on carbon monoxide alarms. |
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