[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 76 (Friday, April 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23544-23545]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-09226]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
[Docket No. CPSC-2009-0066]
Proposed Extension of Approval of Information Collection; Comment
Request: Recordkeeping Requirements Under the Safety Standard for
Infant Walkers
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 3-year extension of
approval of information collection for the recordkeeping requirements
in the safety standard for infant walkers, 16 CFR part 1216. The Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) previously approved the collection of
information under control number 3041-0141. OMB's most recent extension
of approval will expire on July 31, 2013. 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
June 18, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2009-
0066, 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 820, 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. Background
Section 104(B) of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of
2008 (CPSIA), requires the CPSC to promulgate consumer product safety
standards for durable infant or toddler products. On June 21, 2010, in
compliance with the CPSIA, the Commission published in the Federal
Register a safety standard for infant walkers that incorporated by
reference the voluntary standard for infant walkers issued by ASTM
International, ASTM F977-07, with some modifications to further reduce
the risk of injury associated with infant walkers. The rule became
effective on December 21, 2010.
B. Estimated Burden
Sections 8.1and 9.1 of the voluntary standard ASTM F977-07, which
is now a mandatory standard, contain requirements for marking,
labeling, and instructional literature that are disclosure
requirements, thus falling within the definition of ``collections of
information.'' 5 CFR 1320.3(c). Section 8.1 of ASTM F977-07 requires:
The name and the place of business (city, state, and
mailing address, including zip code) and/or telephone number of the
manufacturer, importer distributor, or seller; and
A code mark or other means that identifies the date (month
and year, as a minimum) of manufacture.
Section 9.1 of ASTM F977-07 requires infant walkers to be provided
with easy to read instructions regarding assembly, maintenance,
cleaning, and use.
There are 16 known firms supplying infant walkers to the U.S.
market. All 16 firms are assumed to already use labels on both their
products and their packaging, but they might need to make some
modifications to their existing labels. The estimated time required to
make these modifications is about 1 hour per model. Each of these firms
supplies an average of four different models of infant walkers;
therefore, the estimated burden hours associated with labels is 1 hour
x 16 firms x 4 models per firm = 64 annual hours.
Section 9.1 of ASTM F977-07 requires instructions to be supplied
with the product. This is a practice that is usual and customary with
infant walkers. These are products that generally require some
installation and maintenance instructions, and any products sold
without such information would not be able to successfully compete with
products that provide this information. Therefore, because the CPSC is
unaware of infant walkers that: (a) generally require some
installation, but (b) lack any instructions to the user about such
installation, there are no burden hours associated with the instruction
requirement in section 9.1 because any burden associated with supplying
instructions with infant walkers would be ``usual and customary'' and
not within the definition of ``burden'' under OMB's regulations.
CPSC staff estimates that hourly compensation for the time required
to create and update labels is $27.12 (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics,
``Employer
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Costs for Employee Compensation,'' December 2012, Table 9, total
compensation for all sales and office workers in goods-producing
private industries: http://www.bls.gov/ncs/). Therefore, the estimated
annual cost associated with the proposed requirements is $1,736 ($27.12
per hour x 64 hours = $1,736).
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: April 16, 2013.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2013-09226 Filed 4-18-13; 8:45 am]
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