[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52777-52778]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-25808]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request--Flammability 
Standards for Carpets and Rugs

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In the Federal Register of January 19, 1996 (61 FR 1363), the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission published a notice in accordance 
with provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35) to announce the agency's intention to seek reinstatement of 
approval of collections of information in regulations implementing two 
flammability standards for carpets and rugs. The regulations are 
codified at 16 CFR Parts 1630 and 1631, and prescribe requirements for 
testing and recordkeeping by persons and firms issuing guaranties of 
products subject to the Standard for the Surface Flammability of 
Carpets and Rugs and the Standard for the Surface Flammability of Small 
Carpets and Rugs. No comments were received in response to that notice. 
By publication of this notice, the Commission announces that it has 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a request for 
reinstatement of approval of

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those collections of information without change through November 30, 
1999.

Additional Information About the Request for Reinstatement of Approval 
of Collections of Information

    Agency address: Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC 
20207.
    Title of information collection: Standard for the Surface 
Flammability of Carpets and Rugs, 16 CFR Part 1630; Standard for the 
Surface Flammability of Small Carpets and Rugs, 16 CFR Part 1631.
    Type of request: Reinstatement of approval without change.
    General description of respondents: Manufacturers and importers of 
products subject to the flammability standards for carpets and rugs.
    Estimated number of respondents: 120.
    Estimated average number of hours per respondent: 530 per year.
    Estimated number of hours for all respondents: 63,600 per year.
    Comments: Comments on this request for extension of approval of 
information collection requirements should be sent within 30 days of 
publication of this notice to Victoria Wassmer, Desk Officer, Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 
Washington, DC 20503; telephone: (202) 395-7340. Copies of the request 
for reinstatement of information collection requirements and supporting 
documentation are available from Carl Blechschmidt, Acting Director, 
Office of Planning and Evaluation, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 
Washington, DC 20207; telephone: (301) 504-0416, extension 2243.

    Dated: October 3, 1996.
Sadye E. Dunn,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 96-25808 Filed 10-7-96; 8:45 am]
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