The Consumer Product Safety Commission has updated its list of meetings between CPSC and industry stakeholders that are open to the public, unless otherwise stated (partial list):

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has published notice of the following voluntary recall:

The Consumer Product Safety Commission announces a closed meeting on May 19, 2010, in which the staff will brief the Commission on various compliance matters. (CPSC notice, FR Pub 05/14/10, available at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-11728.pdf)

The Department of Energy is extending the comment period to May 17, 2010 on its proposed rule and preliminary technical support document on energy conservation standards for central air conditioners and heat pumps. (D/N EE-2008-BT-STD-0006, FR Pub 05/14/10, available at http://www.federalregister.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2010-11571_PI.pdf)

The Department of Energy has issued a final rule, effective June 1, 2010, which implements the Compliance and Certification Management System, which will be the preferred mechanism for submitting compliance and certification reports; allows compliance and certification reports to be submitted via email; etc. (D/N EERE-2010-BT-CRT-0017, FR Pub 05/14/10, available at http://www.federalregister.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2010-11584_PI.pdf)

The Department of Energy has issued a determination that energy conservation standards for non-Class A external power supplies are technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result in significant energy savings; therefore, DOE is initiating the process of establishing energy conservation standards for these products. (D/N EERE-2009-BT-DET-0005, FR Pub 05/14/10, available at http://www.federalregister.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2010-11592_PI.pdf)

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has issued a proposed rule to amend certain test protocols and standards, etc. to enhance the integrity of inner packagings or receptacles of combination packagings containing liquid hazardous material by ensuring they remain intact in air transportation. Comments are due by July 13, 2010. (D/N PHMSA-07-29364(HM-231A), FR Pub 05/14/10, available at http://www.federalregister.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2010-11384_PI.pdf)

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has issued a proposed rule to, among other things, provide for the importation of Hass avocados from Mexico into Puerto Rico under the same current systems for U.S. import from Michoacán, Mexico, which include orchard certification, trace back labeling, port-of-arrival inspection, etc. Comments are due by July 13, 2010. (D/N APHIS-2008-0060, FR Pub 05/14/10, available at http://www.federalregister.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2010-11598_PI.pdf)

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has posted the statements of Chairman Tenenbaum and Commissioners Nord and Northup on the recently approved "15 Month" proposed rule on testing and labeling for product certification. Though the rule was unanimously approved, Tenenbaum and Northup's statements are more supportive than Nord's. (Comments, posted 05/12/10, available at http://www.cpsc.gov/pr/statements.html)

The Census Bureau has announced that the U.S. international trade deficit in goods and services increased to $40.4 billion in March from $39.4 billion (revised) in February, as imports increased more than exports.(Notice, posted 05/12/10, available at http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/data/