[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 145 (Friday, July 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 39151]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-18692]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION


Notification of Request for Extension of Approval of Information 
Collection Requirements--Testing and Recordkeeping Requirements Under 
the Standard for the Flammability of Mattresses and Mattress Pads

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In the April 30, 2001 Federal Register (66 FR 21375), 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 an extension of 
approval of information collection requirements in the Standard for the 
Flammability of Mattresses and Mattress Pads (16 CFR part 1632).
    The Commission now announces that it has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget a request for extension of approval of that 
collection of information.
    The standard is intended to reduce unreasonable risks of burn 
injuries and deaths from fires associated with mattresses and mattress 
pads. The standard prescribes a test to assure that a mattress or 
mattress pad will resist ignition from a smoldering cigarette. The 
standard requires manufacturers to perform prototype tests of each 
combination of materials and construction methods used to produce 
mattresses or mattress pads and to obtain acceptable results from such 
testing. Sale or distribution of mattresses without successful 
completion of the testing required by the standard violates section 3 
of the Flammable Fabrics Act (15 USC 1192). An enforcement rule 
implementing the standard requires manufacturers to maintain records of 
testing performed in accordance with the standard and other information 
about the mattress or mattress pads which they produce.

Additional Information About the Request for Extension of Approval 
of Information Collection Requirements

    Agency address: Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, 
D.C. 20207.
    Title of information collection: Testing and Recordkeeping 
Requirements Under the Standard for the Flammability of Mattresses and 
Mattress Pads, 16 CFR Part 1632.
    Type of request: Extension of approval.
    Frequency of collection: Varies, depending upon the number of 
individual combinations of materials and methods of construction used 
to produce mattresses.
    General description of respondents: Manufacturers and importers of 
mattresses and mattress pads.
    Estimated Number of respondents: 850.
    Estimated number of hours for all respondents: 22,100 per year.
    Estimated cost of collection for all respondents: $298,350.
    Comments: Comments on this request for extension of approval of 
information collection requirements should be submitted by August 27, 
2001 to (1) the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB 
Desk Officer for CPSC, Office of Management and Budget, Washington DC 
20503; telephone: (202) 395-7340, and (2) the Office of the Secretary, 
Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC 20207. Comments may 
also be sent to the Office of the Secretary by facsimile at (301) 504-
0416 or by e-mail at [email protected]
    Copies of this request for an extension of an information 
collection requirement are available from Linda L. Glatz, Office of 
Planning and Evaluation, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 
Washington, DC 20207; telephone: (301) 504-0416, extension 2243, or by 
e-mail to [email protected].

    Dated: July 23, 2001.
Todd Stevenson,
Acting Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 01-18692 Filed 7-26-01; 8:45 am]
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