[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 193 (Thursday, October 4, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60684-60685]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-24491]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
[Docket No. CPSC-2013-0002]
Proposed Extension of Approval of Information Collection; Comment
Request--Children's Sleepwear
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35), the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or
Commission) requests comments on a proposed extension of approval, for
a period of 3 years from the date of approval by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), of a collection of information from
manufacturers and importers of children's sleepwear. This collection of
information is in the Standard for the Flammability of Children's
Sleepwear: Sizes 0 through 6X and the Standard for the Flammability of
Children's Sleepwear: Sizes 7 through 14 and regulations implementing
those standards. See 16 CFR parts 1615 and 1616. The children's
sleepwear standards and implementing regulations establish requirements
for testing and recordkeeping by manufacturers and importers of
children's sleepwear.
The Commission will consider all comments received in response to
this notice, before requesting an extension of approval of this
collection of information from OMB.
DATES: The Office of the Secretary must receive comments not later than
December 3, 2012.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2013-
0002, by any of the following methods:
Electronic Submissions
Submit electronic comments in the following way:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
To ensure timely processing of comments, the Commission is no
longer accepting comments submitted by electronic mail (email), except
through www.regulations.gov.
Written Submissions
Submit written submissions in the following way:
Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for paper, disk, or CD-ROM
submissions), preferably in five copies, to: Office of the Secretary,
Consumer Product Safety Commission, Room 502, 4330 East West Highway,
Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301) 504-7923.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and docket number for this notice. All comments received may be posted
without change, including any personal identifiers, contact
information, or other personal information provided, to http://www.regulations.gov. Do not submit confidential business information,
trade secret information, or other sensitive or protected information
electronically. Such information should be submitted in writing.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information contact:
Robert H. Squibb, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West
Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; (301) 504-7815, or by email to:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. The Standards
Children's sleepwear in sizes 0 through 6X, manufactured for sale
in or imported into the United States, is subject to the Standard for
the Flammability of Children's Sleepwear: Sizes 0 through 6X (16 CFR
Part 1615). Children's sleepwear in sizes 7 through 14 is subject to
the Standard for the Flammability of Children's Sleepwear: Sizes 7
through 14 (16 CFR part 1616). The children's sleepwear flammability
standards require that fabrics, seams, and trim used in children's
sleepwear in sizes 0 through 14 must self-extinguish when exposed to a
small open-flame ignition source. The children's sleepwear standards
and implementing regulations also require manufacturers and importers
of children's sleepwear in sizes 0 through 14 to perform testing of
products and to maintain records of the results of that testing. 16 CFR
part 1615, subpart B; 16 CFR part 1616; subpart B. The Commission uses
the information compiled and maintained by manufacturers and importers
of children's sleepwear to help protect the public from risks of death
or burn injuries associated with children's sleepwear. More
specifically, the Commission reviews this information to determine
whether the products
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produced and imported by the firms comply with the applicable standard.
Additionally, the Commission uses this information to arrange
corrective actions if items of children's sleepwear fail to comply with
the applicable standard in a manner that creates a substantial risk of
injury to the public.
OMB approved the collection of information in the children's
sleepwear standards and implementing regulations under control number
3041-0027. OMB's most recent extension of approval will expire on
December 12, 2012. The Commission proposes to request an extension of
approval for the collection of information in the children's sleepwear
standards and implementing regulations.
B. Estimated Burden
Commission staff estimates that about 83 firms manufacture or
import products subject to the two children's sleepwear flammability
standards. These firms may perform an estimated 2,000 tests each, which
take up to 3 hours per test. Commission staff estimates that these
standards and implementing regulations will impose an average annual
burden of about 6,000 hours on each of those firms (2,000 tests x 3
hours). That burden will result from conducting the testing required by
the standards and maintaining records of the results of that testing
mandated by the implementing regulations. The total annual burden
imposed by the standards and regulations on all manufacturers and
importers of children's sleepwear will be about 498,000 hours (83 firms
x 6,000). The annual cost to the industry is estimated to be
$30,751,500, based on an hourly wage of $61.75 (Bureau of Labor
Statistics: total compensation for management, professional, and
related workers in goods-producing private industries: http://www.bls.gov/ncs) x 498,000 hours.
The Commission will expend approximately 3 months of professional
staff time annually, for examination of information in the records
maintained by manufacturers and importers of children's sleepwear
subject to the standards. The annual cost to the federal government of
the collection of information in the sleepwear standards and
implementing regulations is estimated to be $43,014. This estimate uses
an annual total compensation of $119,238 (the equivalent of a GS-14
step 5 employee with an additional 30.7 percent added for benefits.)
C. Request for Comments
The Commission solicits written comments from all interested
persons about the proposed collection of information. The Commission
specifically solicits information relevant to the following topics:
--Whether the collection of information described above is necessary
for the proper performance of the Commission's functions, including
whether the information would have practical utility;
--Whether the estimated burden of the proposed collection of
information is accurate;
--Whether the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be
collected could be enhanced; and
--Whether the burden imposed by the collection of information could be
minimized by use of automated, electronic or other technological
collection techniques, or other forms of information technology.
Dated: October 1, 2012.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2012-24491 Filed 10-3-12; 8:45 am]
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