[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 24, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77660-77661]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-30644]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

[Docket No. CPSC-2010-0075]


Proposed Extension of Approval of Information Collection; Comment 
Request--Safety Standards for Full-Size Baby Cribs and Non-Full-Size 
Baby Cribs

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 request for extension of 
approval of a collection of information for the safety standards for 
full-size baby cribs and non-full-size baby cribs. The Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) previously approved the collection of 
information under control number 3041-0147. OMB's approval will expire 
on February 28, 2014. 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 
February 24, 2014.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2010-
0075, 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-2010-0075, 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. The Commission issued safety standards for full-size and 
non-full-size baby cribs in response to the direction contained in 
section 104(b) of the CPSIA.

1. Full-Size Cribs

    On December 28, 2010, the Commission published a final rule for 
full-size cribs that incorporated by reference ASTM F1169-10, Standard 
Consumer Safety Specification for Full-Size Baby Cribs, with 
modifications. 75 FR 81766. On December 9, 2013, the Commission adopted 
the revised ASTM standard for full-size cribs, ASTM F1169-13, which was 
codified at 16 CFR part 1219. 78 FR 73692.
    Sections 8 and 9 of the ASTM F1169-13 contain requirements for 
marking, labeling, and instructional literature that fall within the 
definition of ``collections of information'' at 5 C.F.R. Sec.  
1320.3(c). Section 9 of ASTM F1169-13 also requires full-size cribs to 
be provided with instructions regarding assembly, maintenance, 
cleaning, storage, and use, an assembly drawing, a list and description 
of all parts and tools required for assembly, and a full-size diagram 
of the required bolts and other fasteners, as well as a variety of 
warnings.

2. Non-Full-Size Cribs

    On December 28, 2010, in the final rule on full-size cribs, the 
Commission also addressed non-full-size cribs. The Commission 
incorporated by reference ASTM F 406-10a, Standard Consumer Safety 
Specification for Non-Full-Size Baby Cribs, with modifications, which 
was codified at 16 CFR part 1220. 75 FR 81766.
    Sections 9 and 10 of ASTM F406-10a, contain requirements for 
marking, labeling, and instructional literature that

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fall within the definition of ``collections of information'' at 5 
C.F.R. Sec.  1320.3(c). Section 10 of ASTM F406-10a also requires non-
full-size cribs to be provided with instructions regarding assembly, 
maintenance, cleaning, storage, and use, as well as a variety of 
warnings.

B. Total Burden Hours

1. Crib Suppliers

    There are 78 known firms supplying full-size cribs to the U.S. 
market and 24 supplying non-full-size cribs. All firms are assumed to 
use compliant labels already on both their products and their 
packaging. If firms needed to make some modifications to their existing 
labels the estimated time required to make these modifications is about 
one hour per model. Each firm supplies approximately 11 different 
models of full-size cribs and four different models of non-full-size 
cribs; therefore, the estimated burden hours associated with the labels 
is ((1 hour x 78 firms x 11 models per firm) + (1 hour x 24 firms x 4 
models per firm) = 954 annual hours.
    Section 9 of ASTM F1169-11 and section 10 of ASTM F406-10a require 
instructions to be supplied with the product. This is a practice that 
is usual and customary with both full-size and non-full-size cribs. 
Cribs 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 full-size cribs and non-full-size cribs 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 $27.66 (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 
``Employer Costs for Employee Compensation,'' June 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 proposed requirements is $26,388 
($27.66 per hour x 954 hours).

2. Federal Government

    The estimated annual cost of the information collection 
requirements to the federal government is approximately $3,527, which 
includes 60 staff hours to examine and evaluate the information as 
needed for Compliance activities. 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 69.4 percent of total compensation (U.S. Bureau of Labor 
Statistics, ``Employer Costs for Employee Compensation,'' June 2013, 
Table 1, percentage of wages and salaries for all civilian management, 
professional, and related employees, http://www.bls.gov/ncs/). Adding 
an additional 30.6 percent for benefits brings average hourly 
compensation for a mid-range salaried GS-12 employee to $58.78. 
Assuming that approximately 60 hours will be required annually, this 
results in an annual cost of $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:

--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: December 19, 2013.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2013-30644 Filed 12-23-13; 8:45 am]
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