[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 169 (Friday, August 30, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53734-53736]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-21214]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
[Docket No. CPSC-2009-0064]
Proposed Extension of Approval of Information Collection; Comment
Request--Infant Bath Seats
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
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Commission) requests comments on a proposed request for extension of
approval of a collection of information for the safety standard for
infant bath seats. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) previously
approved the collection of information under control number 3041-0145.
OMB's approval will expire on October 30, 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
October 29, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2009-
0064, by any of the following methods:
Electronic Submissions: Submit electronic comments to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments. The Commission does not accept
comments submitted by electronic mail (email), except through
www.regulations.gov. The Commission encourages you to submit electronic
comments by using the Federal eRulemaking Portal, as described above.
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
that you do not want to be available to the public. If furnished at
all, 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, and insert the
docket number, CPSC-2009-0064, into the ``Search'' box, and follow the
prompts.
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), Public Law 110-314, 122 Stat. 3016 (August 14, 2008),
requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) to
promulgate consumer product safety standards for durable infant or
toddler products. These standards are to be ``substantially the same
as'' applicable voluntary standards or more stringent than the
voluntary standard if the Commission concludes that more stringent
requirements would further reduce the risk of injury associated with
the product. On June 4, 2010, the Commission issued a safety standard
for infant bath seats that incorporated by reference the voluntary
standard for infant bath seats issued by ASTM International, ASTM
F1967-08a, with some modifications to further reduce the risk of injury
associated with infant bath seats. 75 FR 31691. On July 31, 2012, the
Commission adopted the revised ASTM standard for infant bath seats,
ASTM F1967-11a. 77 FR 45242. The requirements for infant bath seats are
set forth under 16 CFR part 1215.
Sections 8.6 and 9 of ASTM F1967-11a contain requirements for
marking, labeling, and instructional literature, which may be
considered to be collections of information. Section 8.6 of ASTM F1967-
11a requires:
The name of the manufacturer, distributor, or seller and
either the place of business (city, state, and mailing address,
including zip code), or telephone number, or both; and
a code mark or other means that identifies the date (month
and year, as a minimum) of manufacture.
Section 9 of ASTM F1967-11a requires infant bath seats to be
provided with instructions regarding assembly, maintenance, cleaning,
storage, and use, as well as warnings.
B. Burden Hours
There are seven known firms supplying infant bath seats to the U.S.
market. All seven firms are assumed to use labels on both their
products and their packaging; however, modifications to existing labels
may be required to comply with the ASTM standard. The estimated time
required to make these modifications is about one hour per model. On
the average, each of the seven firms supplies approximately two
different models of infant bath seats; therefore, the estimated burden
hours associated with modified labels is 1 hour x 7 firms x 2 models
per firm = 14 annual hours.
Section 9 of ASTM F1967-11a requires instructions to be supplied
with the product. This is a practice that is usual and customary with
infant bath seats. These are products that generally require some
installation and maintenance instructions, and any products sold
without such information would not be able to compete successfully with
products that provide this information. Any burden associated with
supplying instructions with infant bath seats would be ``usual and
customary'' and not within the definition of ``burden'' under OMB's
regulations. 5 CFR 1320.3(b)(2).
We estimate that hourly compensation for the time required to
create and update labels is $27.44, based on the assumption that sales
or office employees will be modifying the labels as required (U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, ``Employer Costs for Employee
Compensation,'' March 2013, 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 requirements is $384 ($27.44 per hour x 14 hours = $384).
The estimated annual cost of the information collection
requirements to the federal government is approximately $3,527, which
includes 60 CPSC staff hours to examine and evaluate the information,
as needed for monitoring and enforcement. This is based on a GS-12
level, salaried employee. The average hourly wage rate for a mid-level
salaried GS-12 employee in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area
(effective as of January 2011) is $40.80 (GS-12, step 5). This
represents 69.5 percent of total compensation (U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics, ``Employer Costs for Employee Compensation,'' March 2013,
Table 1, percentage of wages and salaries for all civilian management,
professional, and related employees, http://www.bls.gov/ncs/). Adding
an additional 30.5 percent for benefits brings average hourly
compensation for a mid-range salaried GS-12 employee to $58.78.
Assuming that approximately 60 hours of staff time will be required
annually, the total annual cost of CPSC staff time to examine and
evaluate the information is estimated at $3,527.
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:
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--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: August 27, 2013.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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