[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 169 (Friday, August 30, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53734-53736]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-21214]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

[Docket No. CPSC-2009-0064]


Proposed Extension of Approval of Information Collection; Comment 
Request--Infant Bath Seats

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

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Commission) requests comments on a proposed request for extension of 
approval of a collection of information for the safety standard for 
infant bath seats. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) previously 
approved the collection of information under control number 3041-0145. 
OMB's approval will expire on October 30, 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 
October 29, 2013.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2009-
0064, by any of the following methods:
    Electronic Submissions: Submit electronic comments to the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal at: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments. The Commission does not accept 
comments submitted by electronic mail (email), except through 
www.regulations.gov. The Commission encourages you to submit electronic 
comments by using the Federal eRulemaking Portal, as described above.
    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 
that you do not want to be available to the public. If furnished at 
all, 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, and insert the 
docket number, CPSC-2009-0064, into the ``Search'' box, and follow the 
prompts.

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), Public Law 110-314, 122 Stat. 3016 (August 14, 2008), 
requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) to 
promulgate consumer product safety standards for durable infant or 
toddler products. These standards are to be ``substantially the same 
as'' applicable voluntary standards or more stringent than the 
voluntary standard if the Commission concludes that more stringent 
requirements would further reduce the risk of injury associated with 
the product. On June 4, 2010, the Commission issued a safety standard 
for infant bath seats that incorporated by reference the voluntary 
standard for infant bath seats issued by ASTM International, ASTM 
F1967-08a, with some modifications to further reduce the risk of injury 
associated with infant bath seats. 75 FR 31691. On July 31, 2012, the 
Commission adopted the revised ASTM standard for infant bath seats, 
ASTM F1967-11a. 77 FR 45242. The requirements for infant bath seats are 
set forth under 16 CFR part 1215.
    Sections 8.6 and 9 of ASTM F1967-11a contain requirements for 
marking, labeling, and instructional literature, which may be 
considered to be collections of information. Section 8.6 of ASTM F1967-
11a requires:
     The name of the manufacturer, distributor, or seller and 
either the place of business (city, state, and mailing address, 
including zip code), or telephone number, or both; and
     a code mark or other means that identifies the date (month 
and year, as a minimum) of manufacture.
    Section 9 of ASTM F1967-11a requires infant bath seats to be 
provided with instructions regarding assembly, maintenance, cleaning, 
storage, and use, as well as warnings.

B. Burden Hours

    There are seven known firms supplying infant bath seats to the U.S. 
market. All seven firms are assumed to use labels on both their 
products and their packaging; however, modifications to existing labels 
may be required to comply with the ASTM standard. The estimated time 
required to make these modifications is about one hour per model. On 
the average, each of the seven firms supplies approximately two 
different models of infant bath seats; therefore, the estimated burden 
hours associated with modified labels is 1 hour x 7 firms x 2 models 
per firm = 14 annual hours.
    Section 9 of ASTM F1967-11a requires instructions to be supplied 
with the product. This is a practice that is usual and customary with 
infant bath seats. These are products that generally require some 
installation and maintenance instructions, and any products sold 
without such information would not be able to compete successfully with 
products that provide this information. Any burden associated with 
supplying instructions with infant bath seats would be ``usual and 
customary'' and not within the definition of ``burden'' under OMB's 
regulations. 5 CFR 1320.3(b)(2).
    We estimate that hourly compensation for the time required to 
create and update labels is $27.44, based on the assumption that sales 
or office employees will be modifying the labels as required (U.S. 
Bureau of Labor Statistics, ``Employer Costs for Employee 
Compensation,'' March 2013, 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 requirements is $384 ($27.44 per hour x 14 hours = $384).
    The estimated annual cost of the information collection 
requirements to the federal government is approximately $3,527, which 
includes 60 CPSC staff hours to examine and evaluate the information, 
as needed for monitoring and enforcement. This is based on a GS-12 
level, salaried employee. The average hourly wage rate for a mid-level 
salaried GS-12 employee in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area 
(effective as of January 2011) is $40.80 (GS-12, step 5). This 
represents 69.5 percent of total compensation (U.S. Bureau of Labor 
Statistics, ``Employer Costs for Employee Compensation,'' March 2013, 
Table 1, percentage of wages and salaries for all civilian management, 
professional, and related employees, http://www.bls.gov/ncs/). Adding 
an additional 30.5 percent for benefits brings average hourly 
compensation for a mid-range salaried GS-12 employee to $58.78. 
Assuming that approximately 60 hours of staff time will be required 
annually, the total annual cost of CPSC staff time to examine and 
evaluate the information is estimated at $3,527.

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:


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--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: August 27, 2013.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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