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After the Trump administration fired the CPSC’ s three Democratic commissioners, a federal court reinstated them, and the administration is pursuing a stay of that reinstatement. Meanwhile, the Trump admin. is hoping to abolish the CPSC and move its work inside the Department of Health and Human Services( HHS). Such a reorganization would require Congressional approval.
Jones urged OPEI meeting attendees( including the heads of several large equipment manufacturers) to continue working on product safety standards.“ Whether the CPSC is a 5-person independent agency or a two-person group or a one-person appointment under HHS, product safety rules and regulations will continue,” she said.
Robert DeFrancesco, a lawyer focusing on trade with the firm Wiley Rein LLP, did an admiral job of updating attendees on the tariff policies of the Trump administration. The fluidity of the policies, proposals and trade deals makes reporting on this difficult. DeFrancesco urged people to read the initial memo on Trump’ s“ America First Trade Policy” for guidance on where this could go.
OPEI staff members updated the group on its activities including continued work with the EPA and California. The OPEI’ s Greg Knott, SVP for standards and regulatory affairs, joined Britt Speyer Fleming, partner with Van- Ness Feldmann law firm, to talk specifically about the California Air Resources Board( CARB) and the current state of the SORE Amendment. That’ s for Small Off-Road Engines, and CARB now talks about its“ Transition to ZEE” amendment, for Zero-Exhaust and Evaporative emissions requirements for small off-road engines and equipment starting for model year 2024. This includes commercial- and high-use equipment.
Knott and Fleming discussed their
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work on behalf of the industry to make sure OEMs have ample time to comply with standards, that they’ re written to address current technology for power equipment engines, that they factor in current economic situations, and that they won’ t overly burden consumers and equipment users.
To give an overview of“ Extended Producer Responsibilities,” the OPEI’ s Brandon Martin, VP of battery electric
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products and industry affairs, pointed to an effort in OPEI Canada, specifically in British Columbia, outlining the complete product lifecycle – design to recycling – that improves sustainability and reduces waste and pollution from the outset of product creation. Leading with this idea is better than responding to it as a governmental mandate. And the EPA, said Martin,“ is considering a national EPR framework.”
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