[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 245 (Monday, December 21, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83066-83067]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-28078]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

[Docket No. CPSC-2020-0027]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Warning Label Comprehension and Interpretation by 
Consumers for Children's Sleep Environments

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 to evaluate consumer awareness of infant 
sleep product warning labels. The Commission will consider all comments 
received in response to this notice before submitting this collection 
of information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
approval.

DATES: Submit written or electronic comments on the collection of 
information by February 19, 2021.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2020-
0027, by any of the following methods:
    Electronic Submissions: Submit electronic comments to the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal at: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments. CPSC does not accept comments 
submitted by electronic mail (email), except through https://www.regulations.gov. CPSC encourages you to submit electronic comments 
by using the Federal eRulemaking Portal, as described above.
    Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier Written Submissions: Submit comments 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) 504-7479; email: [email protected].
    Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and 
docket number for this notice. CPSC may post all comments received 
without change, including any personal identifiers, contact 
information, or other personal information provided, to: https://www.regulations.gov. Do not submit electronically: Confidential 
business information, trade secret information, or other sensitive or 
protected information that you do not want to be available to the 
public. If you wish to submit such information, please submit it 
according to the instructions for mail/hand delivery/courier written 
submissions.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to: https://www.regulations.gov, insert Docket 
No. CPSC-2020-0027 into the ``Search'' box, and follow the prompts. A 
copy of the proposed survey is available at http://www.regulations.gov 
under Docket No. CPSC-2020-0027, Supporting and Related Material.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia Gillham, Consumer Product 
Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; (301) 
504-7991, 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. Warning Label Comprehension 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

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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 2019, the CPSC published the 2019 Nursery Product Annual Report, 
which reported injuries and deaths associated with nursery products 
among children younger than age 5.\1\ That report identified 320 deaths 
related to nursery products from 2014 through 2016. Infant sleep 
products were associated with the most deaths: cribs/mattresses (33%), 
cradles/bassinets (18%), and playpens/play yards (20%). Also, in 2019, 
CPSC conducted a focus group of 48 participants to gather feedback from 
parents and grandparents (caregivers) on their beliefs, experience, and 
perceptions about infant sleeping practices and caregivers' compliance 
with safety messaging on nursery products. Caregiver responses in the 
focus group study indicated limited adherence to infant sleep safety 
warning messaging.\2\ Some of the reasons for lack of adherence to 
safety warnings include caregiver perceptions that warning labels 
contain repetitive, non-specific information that fails to target the 
safety hazard. Additionally, caregivers are inundated with safety 
messaging that changes constantly, resulting in ambiguity about what 
messages are most relevant and current. Product marketing and the 
proliferation of new products may confuse caregivers as well. 
Caregivers often end up listening to friends and family, or relying on 
past experience, to decide what behaviors are safe for their child, 
rather than following the current guidelines recommended by experts. If 
caregivers are not attuned to the safety messaging on new products, 
they are more likely to use the products incorrectly.
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    Accordingly, CPSC seeks to learn more about consumers' 
understanding of specific warning labels related to products that may 
be used as a sleeping environment for infants and how those labels 
influence caregivers' behavior. In the proposed information collection, 
CPSC seeks to survey 650 caregivers to obtain information regarding the 
gap in consumer knowledge about product warning labels and consumer 
adherence to, and behaviors associated with, warning labels. The online 
survey will be conducted with caregivers age 18 and above, who are a 
parent or grandparent with a child/grandchild between 2 months to 11 
months old.
    CPSC has contracted with Fors Marsh Group, LLC, to develop and 
execute this project for CPSC. If CPSC can obtain information about 
caregiver perceptions and comprehension of warning label language 
through the survey, CPSC will be able to identify better which types of 
safety warning labels and safety messaging are unclear to the target 
audience, and that potentially serve as a barrier to safe sleep. 
Information obtained through this survey is not intended to be 
considered nationally representative. CPSC intends to use findings from 
this survey, in conjunction with findings from other research and 
activities, to assist with providing recommendations for refining and 
enhancing warning labels in the future.

B. Burden Hours

    We estimate the number of respondents to the survey to be 650. The 
online survey for the proposed study will take approximately 15 minutes 
(0.25 hours) to complete. We estimate the total annual burden hours for 
respondents to be 162.50 hours. The monetized hourly cost is $36.22, as 
defined by total compensation for all civilian workers, U.S. Bureau of 
Labor Statistics, Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, as of March 
2020. Accordingly, we estimate the total cost burden to be $5,885.75 
(162.50 hours multi; $36.22). The total cost to the federal government 
for the contract to design and conduct the proposed survey is $150,987.

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. 2020-28078 Filed 12-18-20; 8:45 am]
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