[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 158 (Thursday, August 15, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 41706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-17493]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

[Docket No. CPSC-2009-0044]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request--Safety Standard for Cigarette Lighters

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) announces a submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), requesting an extension of 
approval for a collection of information associated with testing and 
recordkeeping requirements in regulations implementing the Safety 
Standard for Cigarette Lighters, approved previously under OMB Control 
No. 3041-0116. On June 5, 2019, CPSC published a notice announcing the 
agency's intent to seek an extension of approval of this collection of 
informations. CPSC received no comments in response to that notice.

DATES: Written comments on this request for extension of approval of 
information collection requirements should be submitted by September 
16, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments about this request by email: 
[email protected] or fax: 202-395-6881. Comments by mail 
should be sent to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the CPSC, Office of Management and Budget, 
Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503. In addition, 
written comments that are sent to OMB also should be submitted 
electronically at: https://www.regulations.gov, under Docket No. CPSC-
2009-0044.

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: The CPSC seeks to renew the following 
currently approved collection of information. CPSC previously published 
a notice announcing the agency's intent to seek an extension of 
approval of this collection of information (84 FR 26079), and did not 
receive any comments. Accordingly, the information collection has been 
submitted to OMB without change.
    Title: Safety Standard for Cigarette Lighters.
    OMB Number: 3041-0116.
    Type of Review: Renewal of collection.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Manufacturers and importers of cigarette lighters.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: In 2018, 42 firms submitted 
information to the CPSC on 231 lighter models. There were four new 
lighter models and 227 lighters that were comparable to models 
previously tested (comparison lighters).
    Estimated Time per Response: The burden associated with the 
standard includes the time and cost spent testing and maintaining the 
test records, either by the firm or by outside contractors. If tests 
are conducted in-house, staff expects that testing new lighter models 
would take about 90 hours per model. The total testing time for the 
four models would be 360 hours. Recordkeeping consists of two separate 
components: Recordkeeping for new lighter models, and recordkeeping for 
comparison lighters.
    New Lighter Models--Staff estimates the time burden for 
recordkeeping for new lighter models to be 20 hours per model. Staff 
expects the total time for recordkeeping to be 80 hours (20 hours x 4 
models). If tests are conducted in-house for each new model, product 
testing for each firm would take approximately 90 hours per model, for 
a total of 360 hours (90 hours x 4 models).
    Comparison Lighters--Firms may also submit comparison lighters to 
demonstrate compliance with the standard. In 2018, 227 comparison 
lighters were reported to the CPSC. Although firms bear no testing 
costs for comparison lighters, staff estimates the burden hours for 
recordkeeping to be 3 hours per model. Thus, staff estimates 
recordkeeping for comparison lighters would take 681 hours (227 models 
x 3 hours).
    Reporting Requirements--Firms will require approximately 1 hour per 
model to submit forms to CPSC, for a total annual reporting burden of 
231 hours (231 models x 1 hour).
    Total Estimated Annual Burden: The annual total number of hours 
could be as high as 1,352 hours (360 testing + 761 recordkeeping hours 
+ 231 reporting hours) per year. If some firms elect to outsource 
testing of new models, the burden could be less. The CPSC estimates the 
total cost for firms to test, and prepare, maintain, and submit records 
to the CPSC in compliance with the lighter regulation would be in the 
range of $59,064 to $115,929, depending upon the test method chosen.
    General Description of Collection: In 1993, the CPSC issued the 
Safety Standard for Cigarette Lighters (16 CFR part 1210) under the 
Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA) (15 U.S.C. 2051 et seq.) to 
eliminate or reduce risks of death and burn injury from fires 
accidentally started by children playing with cigarette lighters. The 
standard requires certain test protocols, as well as recordkeeping and 
reporting requirements. 16 CFR part 1210, subpart B. In addition, 
section 14(a) of the CPSA (15 U.S.C. 2063(a)) requires manufacturers, 
importers, and private labelers of a consumer product subject to a 
consumer product safety standard to issue a certificate stating that 
the product complies with all applicable consumer product safety 
standards. Section 14(a) of the CPSA also requires that the certificate 
of compliance must be based on a test of each product or upon a 
reasonable testing program.

Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2019-17493 Filed 8-14-19; 8:45 am]
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