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k - ---= CUNFID TIr75 Doc ENTIAL D ~NT IS SUBJECT TO A COURT ORDER AND T~S DIST~Rig Ni AND ITS CONTENTS SHALL NOT BE USED, ~D EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN TI-IE COURT,S OSD'ER OR June 18, 1987 MEMORANDUM ' 'TO: Susan Stuntz FROM: Carol HrycaJC4RE: CPSC-NCCIA Meeting -- May 29, 1987 John Topping and John Bond of the National Council for Clean Indoor Air (NCCIA) requested and subsequently met with Sandra Eberle, Office of Program Management and Budget, Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). In a telephone conversation this morning, Ms. Eberle discussed the May 29, 1987 meeting a'nd speculated as to NCCIA's intent. A copy of CPSC's public announcement of this meeting is attached. John Topping, while with the EPA, testified on ETS during the National Academy of Sciences January 29. 1986 hearing on passive smoking. For your reference, a copy of Topping's testimony is attached. In addition, attached is a recent article from National Wildlife which cites a NCCIA claim that involuntary tobacco smoke may cause 46,000 deaths a year. Ms. Eberle indicated that CPSC recently selected indoor air pollution as a "priority" in 1989 and plans to develop educational/informational booklets on the subject. The booklets will focus on consumer product sources of indoor air pollution and mitigation strategies, e.g., problems arising from formaldehyde in products found in the home and the use of kerosene lamps and wood burning stoves. Concerning the subject material to be included in the booklets, Ms. Eberle volunteered that because CPSC has no authority over tobacco, it is "staying away from" tobacco-related issues, including ETS. Ms. Eberle explained that Bond and Topping were interested in how CPSC plans to develop the booklets and specifically, how their organization might be funded by CPSC. Eberle said "basically, they're interested in the Commission's money." She added that in the past, NCCIA received funding from EPA for prolects including work on EPA's conferences. Currently, CPSC is in the early planning stages of its 1989 budget. Ms. Eberle stated CPSC plans to hold similar conferences in 1989 with parties interested in securing the booklet project contract. Those parties' drafts will be submitted for peer review before CPSC selects the project contractor. cc: Peter Sparber Robert J. Lewis Rita Walters TI DN 0010034