[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 193 (Thursday, October 4, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60684-60685]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-24491]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

[Docket No. CPSC-2013-0002]


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 (CPSC or 
Commission) requests comments on a proposed extension of approval, for 
a period of 3 years from the date of approval by 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 comments not later than 
December 3, 2012.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2013-
0002, by any of the following methods:

Electronic Submissions

    Submit electronic comments in the following way:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
    To ensure timely processing of comments, the Commission is no 
longer accepting comments submitted by electronic mail (email), except 
through www.regulations.gov.

Written Submissions

    Submit written submissions in the following way:
    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 502, 4330 East West Highway, 
Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301) 504-7923.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and docket number for this notice. All comments received may be posted 
without change, including any personal identifiers, contact 
information, or other personal information provided, to http://www.regulations.gov. Do not submit confidential business information, 
trade secret information, or other sensitive or protected information 
electronically. Such information should be submitted in writing.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information contact: 
Robert H. Squibb, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West 
Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; (301) 504-7815, or by email 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

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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 
December 12, 2012. 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

    Commission staff estimates that about 83 firms manufacture or 
import products subject to the two children's sleepwear flammability 
standards. These firms may perform an estimated 2,000 tests each, which 
take up to 3 hours per test. 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 
mandated 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 498,000 hours (83 firms 
x 6,000). The annual cost to the industry is estimated to be 
$30,751,500, based on an hourly wage of $61.75 (Bureau of Labor 
Statistics: total compensation for management, professional, and 
related workers in goods-producing private industries: http://www.bls.gov/ncs) x 498,000 hours.
    The Commission will expend approximately 3 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 $43,014. This estimate uses 
an annual total compensation of $119,238 (the equivalent of a GS-14 
step 5 employee with an additional 30.7 percent added for benefits.)

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: October 1, 2012.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2012-24491 Filed 10-3-12; 8:45 am]
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