[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 24, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77660-77661]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-30644]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
[Docket No. CPSC-2010-0075]
Proposed Extension of Approval of Information Collection; Comment
Request--Safety Standards for Full-Size Baby Cribs and Non-Full-Size
Baby Cribs
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 request for extension of
approval of a collection of information for the safety standards for
full-size baby cribs and non-full-size baby cribs. The Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) previously approved the collection of
information under control number 3041-0147. OMB's approval will expire
on February 28, 2014. 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
February 24, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2010-
0075, 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-2010-0075, 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. The Commission issued safety standards for full-size and
non-full-size baby cribs in response to the direction contained in
section 104(b) of the CPSIA.
1. Full-Size Cribs
On December 28, 2010, the Commission published a final rule for
full-size cribs that incorporated by reference ASTM F1169-10, Standard
Consumer Safety Specification for Full-Size Baby Cribs, with
modifications. 75 FR 81766. On December 9, 2013, the Commission adopted
the revised ASTM standard for full-size cribs, ASTM F1169-13, which was
codified at 16 CFR part 1219. 78 FR 73692.
Sections 8 and 9 of the ASTM F1169-13 contain requirements for
marking, labeling, and instructional literature that fall within the
definition of ``collections of information'' at 5 C.F.R. Sec.
1320.3(c). Section 9 of ASTM F1169-13 also requires full-size cribs to
be provided with instructions regarding assembly, maintenance,
cleaning, storage, and use, an assembly drawing, a list and description
of all parts and tools required for assembly, and a full-size diagram
of the required bolts and other fasteners, as well as a variety of
warnings.
2. Non-Full-Size Cribs
On December 28, 2010, in the final rule on full-size cribs, the
Commission also addressed non-full-size cribs. The Commission
incorporated by reference ASTM F 406-10a, Standard Consumer Safety
Specification for Non-Full-Size Baby Cribs, with modifications, which
was codified at 16 CFR part 1220. 75 FR 81766.
Sections 9 and 10 of ASTM F406-10a, contain requirements for
marking, labeling, and instructional literature that
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fall within the definition of ``collections of information'' at 5
C.F.R. Sec. 1320.3(c). Section 10 of ASTM F406-10a also requires non-
full-size cribs to be provided with instructions regarding assembly,
maintenance, cleaning, storage, and use, as well as a variety of
warnings.
B. Total Burden Hours
1. Crib Suppliers
There are 78 known firms supplying full-size cribs to the U.S.
market and 24 supplying non-full-size cribs. All firms are assumed to
use compliant labels already on both their products and their
packaging. If firms needed to make some modifications to their existing
labels the estimated time required to make these modifications is about
one hour per model. Each firm supplies approximately 11 different
models of full-size cribs and four different models of non-full-size
cribs; therefore, the estimated burden hours associated with the labels
is ((1 hour x 78 firms x 11 models per firm) + (1 hour x 24 firms x 4
models per firm) = 954 annual hours.
Section 9 of ASTM F1169-11 and section 10 of ASTM F406-10a require
instructions to be supplied with the product. This is a practice that
is usual and customary with both full-size and non-full-size cribs.
Cribs 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 full-size cribs and non-full-size cribs 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 $27.66 (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics,
``Employer Costs for Employee Compensation,'' June 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 proposed requirements is $26,388
($27.66 per hour x 954 hours).
2. Federal Government
The estimated annual cost of the information collection
requirements to the federal government is approximately $3,527, which
includes 60 staff hours to examine and evaluate the information as
needed for Compliance activities. 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 69.4 percent of total compensation (U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics, ``Employer Costs for Employee Compensation,'' June 2013,
Table 1, percentage of wages and salaries for all civilian management,
professional, and related employees, http://www.bls.gov/ncs/). Adding
an additional 30.6 percent for benefits brings average hourly
compensation for a mid-range salaried GS-12 employee to $58.78.
Assuming that approximately 60 hours will be required annually, this
results in an annual cost of $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:
--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: December 19, 2013.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2013-30644 Filed 12-23-13; 8:45 am]
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