[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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\2\ https://www.cpsc.gov/Safety-Education/Safety-Education-Centers/Tipover-Information-Center/.
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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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