[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 27, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 55005]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-21696]



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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION


Notification of Request for Extension of Approval of Information 
Collection Requirements--Sound Levels for Toy Caps

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In the June 13, 2002 Federal Register (67 FR 40689), the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission published a notice in accordance 
with provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), 
to announce the agency's intention to seek an extension of approval for 
a period of three years from the date of approval by the Office of 
Management and Budget of information collection requirements in a 
regulation exempting certain toy caps from a banning rule. One comment 
was received on the Federal Register notice of June 13, 2002. However, 
the comment related to the decibel level requirements of the rule and 
not the reporting requirement subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act. 
Therefore, 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.
    A regulation codified at 16 CFR 1500.18(a)(5) bans toy caps 
producing peak sound levels at or above 138 decibels (dB). Another 
regulation codified at 16 CFR 1500.86(a)(6) exempts toy caps producing 
sound levels between 138 and 158 dB from the banning rule if they bear 
a specified warning label and if firms intending to distribute such 
caps: (1) Notify the Commission of their intent to distribute such 
caps; (2) participate in a program to develop toy caps producing sound 
levels below 138 dB; and (3) report quarterly to the Commission 
concerning the status of their programs to develop caps with reduced 
sound levels.
    The Commission requests extension of approval of the information 
collection requirements in the rule codified at 16 CFR 1500.86(a)(6) to 
obtain current and periodically-updated information from all 
manufacturers concerning the status of programs to reduce sound levels 
of toy caps. The Commission will use this information to monitor 
industry efforts to reduce the sound levels of toy caps, and to 
ascertain which firms are currently manufacturing or importing toy caps 
with peak sound levels between 138 and 158 db.

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

    Agency address: Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC 
20207.
    Title of information collection: Information Collection 
Requirements for Sound Levels for Toy Caps; 16 CFR 1500.86(a)(6)(ii) 
and (iii).
    Type of request: Extension of approval.
    Frequency of collection: One-time notification before beginning 
distribution; status report four times each year.
    General description of respondents: Manufacturers and importers of 
toy caps.
    Estimated number of respondents: 10.
    Estimated average number of hours per respondent: 4 per year.
    Estimated number of hours for all respondents: 40 per year.
    Comments: Comments on this request for extension of approval of 
information collection requirements should be submitted by September 
26, 2002, to (1) 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. 
Written comments may also be sent to the Office of the Secretary by 
facsimile at (301) 504-0127 or by e-mail at [email protected]. Copies of 
this request for extension of approval of information collection 
requirements are available from Linda Glatz, management and program 
analyst, Office of Planning and Evaluation, Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, Washington, DC 20207; telephone: (301) 504-0416, extension 
2226.

    Dated: August 21, 2002.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 02-21696 Filed 8-26-02; 8:45 am]
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