[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 72 (Thursday, April 16, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17636-17637]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-8719]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION


Proposed Extension of Approval of Information Collection; Comment 
Request--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 (Commission) 
requests comments on a proposed extension of approval, for a period of 
three years from the date of approval by

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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 June 15, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be captioned ``Children's Sleepwear, 
Collection of Information'' and sent by e-mail to [email protected]. 
Comments may also be sent by facsimile to (301) 504-0127, or by mail to 
the Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 
East West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland 20814.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about the proposed 
collection of information call or write Linda Glatz, Division of Policy 
and Planning, Office of Information Technology and Technology Services, 
Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, 
MD 20814; telephone: (301) 504-7671 or by e-mail to [email protected].

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 June 
30, 2009. The Commission proposes to request an extension of approval 
for the collection of information in the children's sleepwear standards 
and implementing regulations.

B. Estimated Burden

    The Commission staff estimates that about 62 firms manufacture or 
import products subject to the two children's sleepwear flammability 
standards. These firms may perform an estimated 2,000 tests each that 
take up to three hours per test. The Commission staff estimates that 
these standards and implementing regulations will impose an average 
annual burden of about 6,000 hours on each of those firms (2,000 tests 
x 3 hours). 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 372,000 hours (62 
firms x 6,000). The annual cost to the industry is estimated to be 
$20,415,360 based on an hourly wage of $54.88 (Bureau of Labor 
Statistics: All workers, goods-producing industries, management, 
professional and related, September 2008) x 372,000 hours.
    The Commission will expend approximately three months of 
professional staff time annually for examination of information in 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 $41,516.

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: April 10, 2009.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
 [FR Doc. E9-8719 Filed 4-15-09; 8:45 am]
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