OPEI announces EPA, CPSC speakers for GIE+EXPO

The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI) announced Oct. 9 the featured speakers for presentations by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) at the Green Industry & Equipment Expo (GIE+EXPO), which is set to take place Wednesday, Oct. 24, through Friday, Oct. 26, at Louisville’s Kentucky Exposition Center. Both presentations will be free for GIE+EXPO attendees (with no registration required), and both will be held Friday.

Glenn Passavant and Philip Carlson from the EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality will be the featured speakers at a 10 a.m. workshop to be held in Room C-202. They will address topics of immediate interest and importance to the OPE industry. There will be time allowed for an open Q&A at the end of the presentation.

Janet Buyer, directorate for Engineering Sciences in the CPSC Division of Combustion and Fire Sciences, will be a featured speaker at a 1 pm workshop to be held in Room C-202. She will give a presentation on the CPSC’s recently released staff report titled, “Technology Demonstration of a Prototype Low Carbon Monoxide (CO) Emission Portable Generator.” This report fully documents staff’s research performed under the agency’s advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) to address the CO poisoning hazard associated with portable generators.

“We are pleased that the EPA and CPSC accepted our invitation to this year’s GIE+EXPO,” said Kris Kiser, president and CEO of OPEI, which is a GIE+EXPO sponsor. “We encourage interested attendees to attend this briefing in order to stay informed on important regulatory matters.”