[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 193 (Wednesday, October 6, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54276-54277]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25893]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
Proposed Collection; Comment Request--Collection of Information
for Children's Sleepwear
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) requests
comments on a proposed extension of approval, for a period of three
years from the date of approval by the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), of a collection of information from manufacturers and importers
of children's sleepwear. This collection of information is in the
Standard for the Flammability of Children's Sleepwear: Sizes 0 through
6X and the Standard for the Flammability of Children's Sleepwear: Sizes
7 through 14 and regulations implementing those standards. See 16 CFR
Parts 1615 and 1616. The children's sleepwear standards and
implementing regulations establish requirements for testing and
recordkeeping by manufacturers and importers of children's sleepwear.
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 written comments not
later than December 6, 1999.
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ADDRESSES: Written comments should be captioned ``Children's Sleepwear,
Collection of Information'' and mailed to the Office of the Secretary,
Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, D.C. 20207, or
delivered to that office, room 502, 4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda,
Maryland 20814. Written comments may also be sent to the Office of the
Secretary by facsimile at (301) 504-0127 or by e-mail at cpsc-
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about the proposed
extension of approval of the collection of information, or to obtain a
copy of 16 CFR Parts 1615 and 1616, call or write Linda L. Glatz,
Office of Planning and Evaluation, Consumer Product Safety Commission,
Washington, D.C. 20207; telephone (301) 504-0416, extension 2226.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. The Standards
Children's sleepwear in sizes 0 through 6X manufactured for sale in
or imported into the United States is subject to the Standard for the
Flammability of Children's Sleepwear: Sizes 0 through 6X (16 CFR Part
1615). Children's sleepwear in sizes 7 through 14 is subject to the
Standard for the Flammability of Children's Sleepwear: Sizes 7 through
14 (16 CFR Part 1616). The children's sleepwear flammability standards
require that fabrics, seams, and trim used in children's sleepwear in
sizes 0 through 14 must self-extinguish when exposed to a small open-
flame ignition source. The children's sleepwear standards and
implementing regulations also require manufacturers and importers of
children's sleepwear in sizes 0 through 14 to perform testing of
products and to maintain records of the results of that testing. 16 CFR
Part 1615, Subpart B; 16 CFR Part 1616; Subpart B. The Commission uses
the information compiled and maintained by manufacturers and importers
of children's sleepwear to help protect the public from risks of death
or burn injuries associated with children's sleepwear. More
specifically, the Commission reviews this information to determine
whether the products produced and imported by the firms comply with the
applicable standard. Additionally, the Commission uses this information
to arrange corrective actions if items of children's sleepwear fail to
comply with the applicable standard in a manner that creates a
substantial risk of injury to the public.
OMB approved the collection of information in the children's
sleepwear standards and implementing regulations under control number
3041-0027. OMB's most recent extension of approval will expire on
December 31, 1999. The Commission proposes to request an extension of
approval without change for the collection of information in the
children's sleepwear standards and implementing regulations.
B. Estimated Burden
The Commission staff estimates that about 63 firms manufacture or
import products subject to the two children's sleepwear flammability
standards. The Commission staff estimates that these standards and
implementing regulations will impose an average annual burden of about
1,650 hours on each of those firms. That burden will result from
conducting the testing required by the standards and maintaining
records of the results of that testing required by the implementing
regulations. The total annual burden imposed by the standards and
regulations on all manufacturers and importers of children's sleepwear
will be about 103,950 hours. The hourly wage for the testing and
recordkeeping required by the standards and regulations is about $30,
for an annual cost to the industry of about $3,118,500.
The Commission will expend approximately three months of
professional staff time and travel costs annually for reviewing and
evaluating the records maintained by manufacturers and importers of
children's sleepwear subject to the standards. The annual cost to the
Federal government of the collection of information in the sleepwear
standards and implementing regulations is estimated to be $17,000.
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: September 29, 1999.
Sadye E. Dunn,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 99-25893 Filed 10-5-99; 8:45 am]
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