[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 150 (Friday, August 4, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44263-44264]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-12667]


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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 May 15, 2006 (71 FR 28017), 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 extension of 
approval of the collection of information in the Safety Standard for 
Automatic Residential Garage Door Operators (16 CFR part 1211). One 
comment was received in response to that notice stating that reporting 
of problems with garage door operations should be mandatory and posted 
on the internet. Section 15(b) of the Consumer Product Safety Act, 15 
U.S.C. 2064(b), requires every manufacturer, importer, distributor and 
retailer of a consumer product distributed in commerce who obtains 
information which reasonably supports the conclusion that such product 
contains a defect which could create a substantial product hazard or 
creates an unreasonable risk of serious injury or death, to immediately 
inform the Commission. If a determination is made that a substantial 
hazard exists regarding garage doors or garage door operators, a recall 
of that product may be issued and posted on the CPSC Web site at http://www.cpsc.gov. In addition, product-related injuries treated in 
hospital emergency rooms are reported in the National Electronic Injury 
Surveillance System at http://www.cpsc.gov/LIBRARY/neiss.html.
    Accordingly, 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 without change for a period of three 
years from the date of approval.
    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 Extension of Approval of a 
Collection of Information

    Agency address: Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West 
Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814.
    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: 22.
    Estimated average number of hours per respondent: 40 per year.
    Estimated number of hours for all respondents: 880 per year.
    Estimated cost of collection for all respondents: $37,700.

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    Comments: Comments on this request for extension of approval of 
information collection requirements should be submitted by September 5, 
2006 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, 
4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814 by e-mail at [email protected] or sent to that address. Written comments may also be sent 
to the Office of the Secretary by facsimile at (301) 504-0127. Copies 
of this request for reinstatement of the information collection 
requirements and supporting documentation are available from Linda 
Glatz, Management and Program Analyst, Office of Planning and 
Evaluation, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, 
Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone: (301) 504-7671.

    Dated: August 1, 2006.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
 [FR Doc. E6-12667 Filed 8-3-06; 8:45 am]
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