[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76004-76005]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-30993]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

[Docket No. CPSC-2012-0055]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request--Flammability 
Standards for Children's Sleepwear

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35), the Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or 
CPSC) announces that it has submitted to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) a request for extension of approval of a collection of 
information associated with the flammability standards for children's 
sleepwear and implementing regulations.

DATES: Written comments on this request for extension of approval of 
information collection requirements should be submitted by January 25, 
2013.

ADDRESSES: To ensure that comments on the information collection are 
received, the 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 emailed to [email protected]. 
All comments should be identified by Docket No. CPSC-2012-0055. In 
addition, written comments also should be submitted at http://www.regulations.gov, under Docket No. CPSC-2012-0055, or by mail/hand 
delivery/courier (for paper, disk, or CD-ROM submissions), preferably 
in five copies, to: Office of the Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product 
Safety Commission, Room 820, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 
20814; telephone (301) 504-7923. For access to the docket to read 
background documents or comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert H. Squibb, U.S. Consumer 
Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; 
Telephone: 301-504-7923 or by email to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of October 4, 2012, 
and October, 17, 2012, (77 FR 60684, 77 FR 63799) the Consumer Product 
Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) published a notice in accordance 
with provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35) to announce the CPSC's intention to seek extension of 
approval of collections of information in the flammability standards 
for children's sleepwear and implementing regulations. No comments were 
received in response to that notice. Therefore, by publication of this 
notice, the Commission announces that it has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) a request for extension of approval of that 
collection of information without change.
    The standards and regulations are codified as the Standard for the 
Flammability of Children's Sleepwear: Sizes 0 Through 6X, 16 CFR part 
1615; and the Standard for the Flammability of Children's Sleepwear: 
Sizes 7 Through 14, 16 CFR part 1616. The flammability standards and 
implementing regulations prescribe requirements for testing and 
recordkeeping by manufacturers and importers of children's sleepwear 
subject to the standards. The information in the records required by 
the regulations allows the Commission to determine if items of 
children's sleepwear comply with the applicable standard. This 
information also enables the Commission to obtain 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.
    We estimate 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. We estimate 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.


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    Dated: December 20, 2012.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2012-30993 Filed 12-21-12; 4:15 pm]
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