[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 169 (Friday, August 30, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45736-45737]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-18747]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

[Docket No. CPSC-2009-0073]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request--Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act; 
Compliance Form

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 regarding a form used to verify whether pools 
and spas are in compliance with the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa 
Safety Act. In the Federal Register of June 14, 2019, the CPSC 
published a notice to announce the agency's intention to seek extension 
of approval of the collection of information. CPSC received one 
comment, and that comment supported the information collection. 
Therefore, by publication of this notice, CPSC announces that it has 
submitted to the OMB a request for extension of approval of that 
collection of information, without change.

DATES: Written comments on this request for extension of approval of 
information collection requirements should be submitted by September 
30, 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 http://www.regulations.gov, under Docket No. CPSC-
2009-0073.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bretford Griffin, Consumer Product

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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. CPSC previously published a notice 
announcing the agency's intention to seek extension of approval of the 
collection of information. 84 FR 27772 (June 14, 2019). CPSC received 
only one comment, and it supported the information collection.
    Title: Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act Verification 
of Compliance Form.
    OMB Number: 3041-0142.
    Type of Review: Renewal of collection.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Public pools and spa facilities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 100 pools or facilities.
    Estimated Time per Response: 3 hours to inspect a pool or spa 
facility.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden: The total testing burden hours are 
300 (100 inspections x 3 hours per inspection). The total annual cost 
of time to inspect all facilities is estimated at $17,500.
    General Description of Collection: On December 19, 2008, the 
Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (Act) became effective 
(Pub. L. 110-140). The Act applies to public swimming pools and spas, 
and it requires that each swimming pool and spa drain cover 
manufactured, distributed, or entered into commerce in the United 
States shall conform to the entrapment protection standards of the 
ASME/ANSI A112.19.8 performance standard or any successor standard 
regulating such swimming pool or drain cover under section 1404(b) of 
the Act.
    On August 5, 2011, the CPSC published a final rule incorporating by 
reference ANSI/APSP-16 2011 as the successor standard, effective 
September 6, 2011. 76 FR 47436. On May 24, 2019, the CPSC published a 
direct final rule incorporating by reference ANSI/APSP-16 2017 as the 
next successor standard. ANSI/APSP-16 2017 will become effective 
November 24, 2020. 84 FR 24021. The Act requires that, in addition to 
having the anti-entrapment devices or systems, each public pool and spa 
in the United States with a single main drain other than an unblockable 
drain shall be equipped with one or more of the following devices or 
systems designed to prevent entrapment by pool or spa drains including 
a safety vacuum release system, suction-limiting vent system, gravity 
drainage system, automatic pump shut-off system or drain disablement. 
The CPSC will collect information through the verification of 
compliance form to identify drain covers, pools, and spas that do not 
meet the performance requirements in ANSI/APSP-16 2011 (or, after 
November 24, 2020, its successor standard, ANSI/APSP-16 2017) and the 
Act.

Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2019-18747 Filed 8-29-19; 8:45 am]
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