[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 22 (Monday, February 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 4986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2613]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request--Safety Standard for 
Automatic Residential Garage Door Operators

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In the Federal Register of February 12, 1996 (61 FR 5537), 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 approval of the 
collection of information in the Safety Standard for Automatic 
Residential Garage Door Operators (16 CFR Part 1211). The Commission 
now announces that it has submitted to the Office of Management and 
Budget a request for approval of that collection of information without 
change through December 31, 1999.
    The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-
608, 104 Stat. 3110) requires all automatic residential garage door 
openers manufactured after January 1, 1993, to comply with the 
entrapment protection requirements of UL Standard 325 that were in 
effect on January 1, 1992. In 1992, the Commission codified the 
entrapment protection provisions of UL Standard 325 in effect on 
January 1, 1992, as the Safety Standard for Automatic Residential 
Garage Door Operators, 16 CFR Part 1211, Subpart A. Certification 
regulations implementing the standard require manufacturers, importers 
and private labelers of garage door operators subject to the standard 
to test their products for compliance with the standard, and to 
maintain records of that testing. Those regulations are codified at 16 
CFR Part 1211, Subparts B and C.
    The Commission uses the records of testing and other information 
required by the certification regulations to determine that automatic 
residential garage door operators subject to the standard comply with 
its requirements. The Commission also uses this information to obtain 
corrective actions if garage door operators fail to comply with the 
standard in a manner which creates a substantial risk of injury to the 
public.

Additional Information About the Request for Approval of a Collection 
of Information

    Agency address: Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC 
20207.
    Title of information collection: Safety Standard for Automatic 
Residential Garage Door Operators, 16 CFR Part 1211.
    Type of request: Approval of a collection of information.
    General description of respondents: Manufacturers, importers, and 
private labelers of automatic residential garage door operators.
    Estimated number of respondents: 14.
    Estimated average number of hours per respondent: 22 per year.
    Estimated number of hours for all respondents: 308 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 Robert Frye, Director, Office of 
Planning and Evaluation, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 
Washington, DC 20207; telephone: (301) 504-0416, extension 2243.

    Dated: January 28, 1997.
Sadye E. Dunn,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 97-2613 Filed 1-31-97; 8:45 am]
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