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August 29, 2008

Consumer Products Agency Faces Looming Deadlines on Rules

By Melanie Trottman
Wall Street Journal, August 29, 2008

Acting Chairman Nancy Nord of the Consumer Product Safety Commission was the focus of storm of criticism last year for her handling of problems that led Congress to overhaul product-safety rules.

Now Ms. Nord is leading a 420-person staff in trying to put into effect a multitude of new testing requirements, labeling rules and manufacturing standards - many of them vague and some of them with deadlines as soon as next month. The agency says it will need added funding and staff to complete the job.

"It will be challenging even with the new resources, assuming Congress gives them to us," Ms. Nord said in an interview.  Read more

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