[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 50 (Thursday, March 14, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9310-9311]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-04687]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
[Docket No. CPSC-2012-0055]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Flammability Standards for Children's Sleepwear
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) requests comments on a
proposed extension of approval of a collection of information
associated with 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, approved previously under OMB
Control No. 3041-0027. The CPSC will consider all comments received in
response to this notice before requesting an extension of this
collection of information from the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB).
DATES: Submit written or electronic comments on the collection of
information by May 13, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2012-
0055, 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 CPSC does not accept comments
submitted by electronic mail (email), except through
www.regulations.gov. The CPSC encourages you to submit electronic
comments by using the Federal eRulemaking Portal, as described above.
Written Submissions: Submit written submissions by mail/hand
delivery/courier to: Division of the Secretariat, 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-2012-0055, into the ``Search'' box, and follow the
prompts.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bretford Griffin, Consumer Product
Safety Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; (301)
504-7037, or by email to: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CPSC seeks to renew the following currently
approved collection of information:
Title: 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.
OMB Number: 3041-0027.
Type of Review: Renewal of collection.
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Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Affected Public: Manufacturers and importers of children's
sleepwear.
Estimated Number of Respondents: Based on a review of past firm
inspections, and published industry information, staff estimates that
there could be as many as 981 domestic children's apparel manufacturers
in the U.S. subject to the rule. However, not all of these
manufacturers will produce children's sleepwear. Therefore, this figure
is likely an overestimate of the actual number of firms performing
tests and creating records in a given year. Furthermore, using the
Harmonized Tariff System (HTS) codes for children's sleepwear, staff
found approximately 3,037 importers that supply children's sleepwear to
the U.S. market. However, many of the 981 domestic manufacturers, along
with many large U.S. retailers, may be among the importers, and result
in an overstatement of firms subject to the rule. If all 981 U.S.
producers and all 3,037 importers introduced new children's sleepwear
garments each year, the total number of firms subject to the CPSC
recordkeeping requirements each year would be 4,018 (981 + 3,037).
Estimated Time per Response: Testing and recordkeeping of each item
is approximately 3 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: The 50 largest domestic
manufacturers and the 100 largest importers may each introduce an
average of 100 new children's sleepwear items annually. The annual
burden for the 50 large domestic manufacturers and the 100 largest
importers is estimated at 45,000 hours for testing and recordkeeping
(150 firms x 100 items x 3 hours). Staff estimates that the remaining
931 manufacturers and 2,937 importers may each introduce an average of
10 new children's sleepwear items, for a total testing and
recordkeeping burden of 116,040 hours (3,868 x 10 items x 3 hours.)
Therefore, the total estimated potential annual burden imposed by the
standard and regulations on all manufacturers and importers of
children's sleepwear will be about 161,040 hours (45,000 + 116,040).
Description of Collection: 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) address the fire hazard associated with small-
flame ignition sources for children's sleepwear manufactured for sale
in, or imported into, the United States. The standards also require
manufacturers and importers of children's sleepwear to collect
information resulting from product testing, and maintenance of the
testing records. 16 CFR part 1615, subpart B; 16 CFR part 1616; subpart
B.
Request for Comments
The CPSC solicits written comments from all interested persons
about the proposed collection of information. The CPSC specifically
solicits information relevant to the following topics:
--Whether the collection of information described above is necessary
for the proper performance of the CPSC'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.
Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2019-04687 Filed 3-13-19; 8:45 am]
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