[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 76 (Friday, April 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23544-23545]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-09226]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

[Docket No. CPSC-2009-0066]


Proposed Extension of Approval of Information Collection; Comment 
Request: Recordkeeping Requirements Under the Safety Standard for 
Infant Walkers

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 3-year extension of 
approval of information collection for the recordkeeping requirements 
in the safety standard for infant walkers, 16 CFR part 1216. The Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) previously approved the collection of 
information under control number 3041-0141. OMB's most recent extension 
of approval will expire on July 31, 2013. 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 
June 18, 2013.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2009-
0066, 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 820, 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. Background

    Section 104(B) of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 
2008 (CPSIA), requires the CPSC to promulgate consumer product safety 
standards for durable infant or toddler products. On June 21, 2010, in 
compliance with the CPSIA, the Commission published in the Federal 
Register a safety standard for infant walkers that incorporated by 
reference the voluntary standard for infant walkers issued by ASTM 
International, ASTM F977-07, with some modifications to further reduce 
the risk of injury associated with infant walkers. The rule became 
effective on December 21, 2010.

B. Estimated Burden

    Sections 8.1and 9.1 of the voluntary standard ASTM F977-07, which 
is now a mandatory standard, contain requirements for marking, 
labeling, and instructional literature that are disclosure 
requirements, thus falling within the definition of ``collections of 
information.'' 5 CFR 1320.3(c). Section 8.1 of ASTM F977-07 requires:
     The name and the place of business (city, state, and 
mailing address, including zip code) and/or telephone number of the 
manufacturer, importer distributor, or seller; and
     A code mark or other means that identifies the date (month 
and year, as a minimum) of manufacture.
    Section 9.1 of ASTM F977-07 requires infant walkers to be provided 
with easy to read instructions regarding assembly, maintenance, 
cleaning, and use.
    There are 16 known firms supplying infant walkers to the U.S. 
market. All 16 firms are assumed to already use labels on both their 
products and their packaging, but they might need to make some 
modifications to their existing labels. The estimated time required to 
make these modifications is about 1 hour per model. Each of these firms 
supplies an average of four different models of infant walkers; 
therefore, the estimated burden hours associated with labels is 1 hour 
x 16 firms x 4 models per firm = 64 annual hours.
    Section 9.1 of ASTM F977-07 requires instructions to be supplied 
with the product. This is a practice that is usual and customary with 
infant walkers. These are products that generally require some 
installation and maintenance instructions, and any products sold 
without such information would not be able to successfully compete with 
products that provide this information. Therefore, because the CPSC is 
unaware of infant walkers that: (a) generally require some 
installation, but (b) lack any instructions to the user about such 
installation, there are no burden hours associated with the instruction 
requirement in section 9.1 because any burden associated with supplying 
instructions with infant walkers would be ``usual and customary'' and 
not within the definition of ``burden'' under OMB's regulations.
    CPSC staff estimates that hourly compensation for the time required 
to create and update labels is $27.12 (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 
``Employer

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Costs for Employee Compensation,'' December 2012, Table 9, total 
compensation for all sales and office workers in goods-producing 
private industries: http://www.bls.gov/ncs/). Therefore, the estimated 
annual cost associated with the proposed requirements is $1,736 ($27.12 
per hour x 64 hours = $1,736).

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 16, 2013.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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