[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR1000.24]

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                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1000--COMMISSION ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1000.24  Office of Compliance.

    The Office of Compliance, which is managed by the Assistant 
Executive Director for Compliance, conducts or supervises the conduct of 
compliance and administrative enforcement activity under all 
administered acts, provides advice and guidance to regulated industries 
on complying with all administered acts and reviews proposed standards 
and rules with respect to their enforceability. The Office's 
responsibility also includes identifying and acting on safety hazards in 
consumer products already in distribution, promoting industry compliance 
with existing safety rules, and conducting litigation before an 
administrative law judge relative to administrative complaints. It 
directs the enforcement efforts of the field offices and provides 
program guidance, advice, and case guidance to field offices and 
participates in the development of standards before their promulgation 
to assure enforceability of the final product. It enforces the Consumer 
Product Safety Act requirement that firms identify and report product 
defects which could

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present possible substantial hazards, violations of consumer product 
safety rules, violations of standards relied upon by the Commission, or 
unreasonable risk of serious injury or death, and the requirement that 
firms report certain lawsuit information. It reviews consumer 
complaints, in-depth investigations, and other data to identify those 
consumer products containing such hazards or which do not comply with 
existing safety requirements. The Office negotiates and subsequently 
monitors corrective action plans designed to give public notice of 
hazards and recall defective or non-complying products subject to the 
Commission's jurisdiction, gives public warning to consumers where 
appropriate, and provides guidelines and directs the field in 
negotiating and monitoring corrective action plans designed to recall 
products which fail to comply with specific regulations. It gathers 
information on generic product hazards which may lead to subsequent 
initiation of safety standard setting procedures. The Office develops 
surveillance strategies and programs designed to assure compliance with 
Commission standards and regulations. It originates instructions to 
field offices and provides subsequent interpretations or guidance for 
field surveillance and enforcement activities.

[56 FR 30496, July 3, 1991, as amended at 60 FR 26825, May 19, 1995]