[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: 16CFR1101.12]

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                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1101--INFORMATION DISCLOSURE UNDER SECTION 6(b) OF THE CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY ACT--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart B--Information Subject to Notice and Analysis Provisions of 
                             Section 6(b)(1)
 
Sec. 1101.12  Commission must disclose information to the public.

    Public. For the purposes of section 6(b)(1), the public includes any 
person except:
    (a) Members, employees, agents, representatives and contractors of 
the Commission, in their official capacity.
    (b) State officials who are commissioned officers under section 
29(a)(2) of the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. 2078(a)(2), to the extent that the 
Commission furnishes them information necessary for them to perform 
their duties under that section. Such officials may not release to the 
public copies of such information unless the Commission has complied 
with section 6(b) or the information falls within an exception to 
section 6(b).
    (c) Members of a Commission Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel 
established under section 28 of the CPSA (15 U.S.C. 2077). However, 
disclosures of information by such a Panel are subject to section 6(b).
    (d) The persons or firms to whom the information to be disclosed 
pertains, or their legal representatives.
    (e) The persons or firms who provided the information to the 
Commission, or their legal representatives.
    (f) Other Federal agencies or state or local governments to whom 
accident and investigation reports are provided pursuant to section 
29(e) of the CPSA (15 U.S.C. 2078(e)). However, as required by that 
section, employees of Federal agencies or state or local governments may 
not release to the public copies of any accident or investigation report 
made under the CPSA by an officer, employee or agent of the Commission 
unless CPSC has complied with the applicable requirements of section 
6(b).
    (g) The Chairman or ranking minority member of a committee or 
subcommittee of Congress acting pursuant to committee business and 
having jurisdiction over the matter which is the subject of the 
information requested.