[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 118 (Monday, June 21, 2010)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-14466]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
[Docket No. CPSC-2009-0066]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Safety Standard for Infant Walkers
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is announcing an
opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain
information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the
Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information,
and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This
notice solicits comments on the burden estimates for the marking and
instructional literature requirements in the Safety Standard for Infant
walkers.
DATES: Submit written or electronic comments on the collection of
information by August 20, 2010.
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 (e-mail) except
through http://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: Patricia Edwards, Project Manager,
Directorate for Engineering Sciences, Consumer Product Safety
Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301)
504-7577; [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal
agencies must obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for each collection of information they conduct or sponsor.
``Collection of information'' is defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR
1320.3(c) and includes agency requests or requirements that members of
the public submit reports, keep records, or provide information to a
third party. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A))
requires Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal
Register concerning each proposed collection of information before
submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To comply with this
requirement, the CPSC is publishing notice of the proposed collection
of information set forth in this document.
With respect to the following collection of information, the CPSC
invites comments on these topics: (1) Whether the proposed collection
of information is necessary for the proper performance of CPSC's
functions, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of CPSC's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques, when
appropriate, and other forms of information technology.
Title: Safety Standard for Infant Walkers--16 CFR part 1216.
Description: The rule would require each infant walker to comply
with ASTM F 997-07, ``Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Infant
Walkers.'' Sections 8 and 9 of ASTM F 997-07 contain requirements for
marking and instructional literature.
We estimate the burden of this collection of information as
follows:
Table 1--Estimated Annual Reporting Burden
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Number of Frequency of Total annual Hours per Total burden
16 CFR Section respondents responses responses response hours
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1216.2(a).......................................................... 3 3 3 0.5 4.5
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There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs
associated with this collection of information.
Our estimates are based on the following:
16 CFR 1215.2(a) would require each infant walker to comply with
ASTM F 997-07. Sections 8 and 9 of ASTM F 997-07 contain requirements
for marking and instructional literature that are disclosure
requirements, thus falling within the definition of ``collections of
information'' at 5 CFR 1320.3(c).
Section 8.6.1 of ASTM F 997-07 requires that the name and ``either
the place of business (city, state, and mailing address, including zip
code) or telephone number, or both'' of the manufacturer, distributor,
or seller be clearly and legibly marked on ``each product and its
retail package.'' Section 8.6.2 of ASTM F 997-07 requires that ``a code
mark or other means that identifies the date (month and year as a
minimum) of manufacture'' be clearly and legibly marked on ``each
product and its retail package.'' In both cases, the information must
be placed on both the product and the retail package.
There are seven known firms supplying walkers to the United States
market. Four of the seven firms are known to already produce labels
that comply with sections 8.6.1 and 8.6.2 of the standard, so there
would be no additional burden on these firms. The remaining three firms
are assumed to already use labels on both their products and their
packaging, but might need to make some modifications to their existing
labels. The estimated time
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required to make these modifications is about 30 minutes per model.
Each of these firms supplies an average of three models of walkers,
therefore, the estimated burden hours associated with labels is 30
minutes x 3 firms x 3 models per firm = 270 minutes or 4.5 hours.
The Commission estimates that hourly compensation for the time
required to create and update labels is $27.78 (Bureau of Labor
Statistics, September 2009, all workers, goods-producing industries,
Sales and office, Table 9). Therefore, the estimated annual cost
associated with the Commission recommended labeling requirements is
approximately $125.00.
Section 9.1 of ASTM F 997-07 requires instructions to be supplied
with the product. Infant walkers are products that generally require
some installation and maintenance, and products sold without such
information would not be able to successfully compete with products
supplying this information. Under OMB's regulations (5 CFR
1320.3(b)(2)), the time, effort, and financial resources necessary to
comply with a collection of information that would be incurred by
persons in the ``normal course of their activities'' are excluded from
a burden estimate where an agency demonstrates that the disclosure
activities needed to comply are ``usual and customary.'' 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, we tentatively estimate that there are no
burden hours associated with the instruction requirement in section 9.1
of ASTM F 997-07 because any burden associated with supplying
instructions with an infant walker would be ``usual and customary'' and
not within the definition of ``burden'' under OMB's regulations.
Based on this analysis, the requirements of the infant walker rule
would impose a burden to industry of 4.5 hours at a one-time cost of
$125.00.
Dated: June 9, 2010.
Todd Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2010-14466 Filed 6-18-10; 8:45 am]
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