[Federal Register: September 5, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 172)]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

 
Petition Requesting Performance Standards for a System To Reduce 
or Prevent Injuries From Contact With the Blade of a Table Saw 
(Petition No. CP 03-2); Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice of extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: By notice in the Federal Register of July 9, 2003, 68 FR 
40912, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) 
invited comment on Petition No. CP 03-2, Petition Requesting 
Performance Standards for a System to Reduce or Prevent Injuries from 
Contact with the Blade of a Table Saw. In response to a request by the 
Power Tool Institute, Inc. to extend the comment period on the petition 
by 60 days, the Commission is extending it through Friday, November 7, 
2003.

DATES: The Office of the Secretary must receive any comments on the 
petition not later than November 7, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be mailed, preferably in five copies, to the 
Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 
Washington, DC 20207-0001, or delivered to the Office of the Secretary, 
Consumer Product Safety Commission, Room 502, 4330 East-West Highway, 
Bethesda, Maryland 20814; telephone (301) 504-0800. Comments also may 
be filed by facsimile to (301) 504-0127 or by e-mail to cpsc-
os@cpsc.gov. Comments should be captioned ``Petition CP 03-2, Petition 
for Performance Standards for Table Saws.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rockelle Hammond, Office of the 
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC 20207; 
telephone (301) 504-6833, e-mail rhammond@cpsc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of the petition may be obtained from 
the Office of the Secretary. A copy of the petition is available for 
inspection at the Commission's Public Reading Room, Room 419, 4330 
East-West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland. The petition is also available 
on the CPSC World Wide Web site at: http://www.cpsc.gov/library/foia/foia03/petition/peti.html
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    Comments on the petition must be received by the Office of the 
Secretary not later than Friday, November 7, 2003.

    Dated: August 28, 2003.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 03-22586 Filed 9-4-03; 8:45 am]

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