[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 186 (Monday, September 27, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 59234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-24131]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office 
of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Requirements for 
Full-Size Baby Cribs

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety Commission (``CPSC'' or 
``Commission'') is announcing that a proposed collection of information 
has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') for 
review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(``PRA'').

DATES: Fax written comments on the collection of information by October 
27, 2010.

ADDRESSES: To ensure that comments on the information collection are 
received, OMB recommends that written comments be faxed to the Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attn: CPSC Desk Officer, 
FAX: 202-395-6974, or e-mailed to [email protected]. All 
comments should be identified with the OMB control number 3041-0013. In 
addition, written comments also should be submitted by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail/hand delivery/courier (for paper, disk, or CD-
ROM submissions), preferably in five copies, to: Office of the 
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Room 820, 4330 East West 
Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301) 504-7923.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Glatz, Division of Policy and 
Planning, Office of Information Technology, Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814, 301-504-7671, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, the CPSC 
has submitted the following proposed collection of information to OMB 
for review and clearance: Requirements for Full-Size Baby Cribs--(OMB 
Control Number 3041-0013--Extension).
    The safety regulations for full-size baby cribs (also referred to 
as ``full-size cribs'') are codified at 16 CFR part 1508 and 16 CFR 
1500.18(a)(13). These regulations were issued to reduce hazards of 
strangulation, suffocation, pinching, bruising, laceration, and other 
injuries associated with full-size cribs. (Full-size cribs have 
specific interior dimensions, 28  \5/8\ inches (71  1.6 centimeters) wide by 52 \3/8\  \5/8\ inches (133 
 1.6 centimeters) long). The regulations prescribe 
performance, design, and labeling requirements for full-size cribs. 
They also require manufacturers and importers of those products to 
maintain sales records for a period of three years after the 
manufacture or importation of full-size cribs. If any full-size cribs 
subject to provisions of 16 CFR 1500.18(a)(13) and Part 1508 fail to 
comply in a manner to warrant a recall, the required records can be 
used by the manufacturer or importer and by the Commission to identify 
those persons and firms who should be notified of the recall. The 
Commission will consider all comments received in response to this 
notice before requesting approval of this collection of information 
from OMB.
    In the Federal Register of June 28, 2010 (75 FR 36638), the CPSC 
published a 60-day notice requesting public comment on the proposed 
collection of information. No comments were received.
    We estimate the burden of this collection of information as 
follows. Approximately 75 firms manufacture or import full-size baby 
cribs and are subject to the recordkeeping requirements. The Commission 
staff estimates that the recordkeeping will take five hours per firm 
for obtaining the information from existing sales and distribution 
data. The annualized cost to respondents for the burden for collection 
of information is $10,417.50 based on 375 hours (75 firms x 5 hours 
each) multiplied by a cost of $27.78 per hour (Bureau of Labor 
Statistics, Total Compensation, All workers, goods-producing 
industries, Sales and office, September 2009, Table 9).
    The cost to the government (wages and benefits) for 37.5 hours 
staff time to review the information (\1/2\ hour per firm) is 
approximately $3,071. Assuming that the employee reviewing the records 
will be a GS-14 level employee, the average hourly wage rate for a mid-
level GS-14 employee in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, effective 
as of January 2010, is $57.33. This represents 70 percent of total 
compensation (Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2010, percentage wages 
and salaries for all civilian management, professional, and related 
employees, Table 1). Adding an additional 30 percent for benefits 
brings average hourly compensation for a mid-range GS-14 employee to 
$81.89. Thus, 37.5 hours multiplied against an hourly compensation 
figure of $81.89 results in an estimated cost to the government of 
$3,070.87, which we have rounded up to $3,071.

    Dated: September 21, 2010.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2010-24131 Filed 9-24-10; 8:45 am]
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