[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 67 (Monday, April 8, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13912-13913]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-06840]



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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

[Docket No. CPSC-2019-0005]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Anchor It! Campaign Survey

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is announcing an 
opportunity for public comment on a new proposed collection of 
information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA), federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal 
Register for each proposed collection of information and to allow 60 
days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice solicits 
comments on a proposed survey that will evaluate consumer awareness or 
recognition of CPSC's ``Anchor It!'' campaign.

DATES: Submit written or electronic comments on the collection of 
information by June 7, 2019.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2019-
0005, 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. CPSC does not accept comments 
submitted by electronic mail (email), except through 
www.regulations.gov. CPSC 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 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-2019-0005, into the ``Search'' box, and follow the 
prompts. A copy of the draft proposed survey is available at: http://www.regulations.gov under Docket No. CPSC-2019-0005, Supporting and 
Related Material.

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: Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), federal 
agencies must obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for each collection of information they conduct or sponsor. 
``Collection of information'' is defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 
1320.3(c) and includes agency proposed surveys. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) 
of the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) requires federal agencies to 
provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register concerning each 
proposed collection of information before submitting the collection to 
OMB for approval. Accordingly, CPSC is publishing notice of the 
proposed collection of information set forth in this document.

A. Anchor It! Campaign Proposed Survey

    CPSC is authorized under section 5(a) of the Consumer Product 
Safety Act (CPSA), 15 U.S.C. 2054(a), to conduct studies and 
investigations relating to the causes and prevention of deaths, 
accidents, injuries, illnesses, other health impairments, and economic 
losses associated with consumer products. Section 5(b) of the CPSA, 15 
U.S.C. 2054(b), further provides that CPSC may conduct research, 
studies, and investigations on the safety of consumer products or test 
consumer products and develop product safety test methods and testing 
devices.
    In October 2018, CPSC issued a report ``Product Instability or Tip-
Over Injuries and Fatalities Associated with Televisions, Furniture, 
and Appliances'' (2018 Report), which showed that emergency departments 
across the United States treated an estimated 27,300 television- or 
furniture stability-related injuries annually in 2015-2017 (8,200 
involved televisions or both televisions and furniture and 19,100 
involved only furniture).\1\ The 2018 Report also reviewed death 
incidents from 2000 through 2017, and found 507 fatalities (342 
involved televisions or both televisions and furniture and 165 involved 
only furniture.) The 2018 Report showed that children account for the 
vast majority of both fatalities (83%), as well as the majority of 
estimated non-fatal emergency department-treated injuries (50%) caused 
by TV/furniture instability. Of child fatalities, 72 percent involved 
TV tip-over, and 24 percent furniture tip-over.
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    To address the hazard associated with TV/furniture tip-overs, as 
early as 2015, CPSC implemented an information and education campaign 
called, ``Anchor It!'' that stressed the importance of safely and 
securely mounting TVs and furniture to walls with a goal of reducing 
the number of injuries and deaths due to TV/furniture tip-over.\2\ CPSC 
seeks, through the proposed survey, to evaluate consumer awareness or 
recognition of the ``Anchor It!'' campaign, consumer comprehension of 
the risks and remedies of TV/furniture tip over and anchoring, and 
consumer behavior and attitude change from the ``Anchor It!'' campaign.
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    The proposed survey will collect data from a sample of 
approximately 600 parent and non-parent caregivers of children ages 0-5 
years to assess their current behaviors about anchoring furniture and/
or televisions in homes, their attitudes and beliefs about anchoring, 
their knowledge of the CPSC and the ``Anchor It!'' campaign, and their 
intentions about anchoring in the future. The proposed survey consists 
of a highly varied national sample. The proposed survey data will 
enable CPSC to assess individuals' existing knowledge of anchoring 
furniture and televisions, and inform recommendations on how to modify 
the ``Anchor It!'' campaign to better target and educate parents and 
non-parent caregivers. Findings that arise from the proposed survey may 
also be used by CPSC in designing future studies.
    CPSC has entered into a contract with Fors Marsh Group (FMG) to 
conduct the proposed survey and collect the data. The National Opinion 
Research Center (NORC) will program and administer the final survey 
over the internet. NORC will contact participants electronically via 
email. The proposed survey will be administered using a secure online 
platform and the results from the proposed survey will be accessible 
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to authorized personnel. Following data collection, FMG will summarize 
the results and provide a final report along with the dataset to CPSC 
staff.

B. Burden Hours

    The proposed survey will take approximately 20 minutes to complete. 
We estimate the number of respondents to be 600. We estimate the total 
annual burden hours for respondents to be 200 hours. The monetized 
hourly cost is $36.22, as defined by the average total hourly cost to 
employers for employee compensation for employees across all 
occupations as of June 2018, reported by the Bureau of Labor 
Statistics. The total cost burden is estimated to be $7,244 (200 hours 
x $36.22). The total cost to the federal government for the contract to 
design and conduct the proposed survey is $210,112.

C. Request for Comments

    CPSC invites comments on these topics:
     Whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of CPSC's functions, including 
whether the information will have practical utility;
     The accuracy of CPSC's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
     Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
     Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection techniques, when appropriate, and other forms of information 
technology.

Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2019-06840 Filed 4-5-19; 8:45 am]
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