[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 140 (Monday, July 26, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40018-40019]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-15841]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

[Docket No. CPSC-2021-0020]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Hazard Warning Communication 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 to assess how hazard warnings are 
communicated to consumers. 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 September 24, 2021.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2021-
0020, 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 and as described below. CPSC encourages you to 
submit electronic comments by using the Federal eRulemaking Portal.
    Mail/hand delivery/courier Written Submissions: Submit comments by 
mail/hand delivery/courier to: Division of the Secretariat, Consumer 
Product Safety Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; 
telephone: (301) 504-7479. Alternatively, as a temporary option during 
the COVID-19 pandemic, you may email such submissions to: [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-2021-0020 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-2021-0020, 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 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. Hazard Warning Communication 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, and 
develop product safety test methods and testing devices.
    CPSC proposes to conduct an online survey to gather data on 
consumer risk perception and response to hazard communications from 
5,000 respondents. The study population will be comprised of 
individuals age 18 and over from across the United States. In this 
proposed survey, CPSC seeks information about consumer product use, 
including, but not limited to, the following topics:
     Consumers' beliefs, experiences, and tendencies regarding 
product safety;
     whether consumers pay attention to instructions that come 
with products;
     whether consumers read safety information and labels;
     to what extent consumers comply with safety messages;
     how product type influences consumers' attitude and 
behavior;
     what information resources consumers rely on before buying 
a product;
     how product safety ranks among other factors consumers 
consider;
     reasons consumers comply or do not comply with the safety 
messages; and
     how consumers respond if they encounter a safety recall of 
the product they own.
    CPSC has contracted with Carahsoft/Qualtrics, to develop and 
execute this project for CPSC. Information obtained through this survey 
is not intended to be considered nationally representative.

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The panel provider will monitor respondents, and if a particular 
demographic is trending highly, the panel provider will slow down the 
sample for that segment and will focus on obtaining responses from 
others to ensure recruitment for U.S. census-matched survey 
participants from the Midwest, Northeast, South, and West regions. The 
panel provider will also monitor respondents to ensure that underserved 
populations are represented in the sample and that insights are 
collected from a diverse population.
    CPSC intends to use the study findings to develop a better 
understanding of the mechanisms and types of safety messages that 
consumers receive, how they respond, and what affects their response. 
Specifically, responses to the items in this survey will provide CPSC 
staff with information on whether consumers read and comply with 
various types of safety information that comes with products they use; 
the causes of consumer noncompliance with product safety information; 
whether consumers share product safety information with other users of 
their products; what sources of information they rely on to decide if a 
product is safe to use; whether safety is a priority in their 
purchasing decisions; how they responded to safety notices and recalls 
in the past; reasons for noncompliance with safety notices and recalls; 
and if and how the product type affects their risk perception and 
behaviors. Findings from this survey will provide CPSC with information 
on ways to increase consumer understanding of, and adherence to, safety 
messaging and help CPSC develop more effective messaging that will 
convey critical information about product hazards.

B. Burden Hours

    We estimate the number of respondents to the survey to be 5,000. 
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 1,250 hours. The monetized hourly cost is 
$38.60, as defined by total compensation for all civilian workers, U.S. 
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, 
as of December 2020. Accordingly, we estimate the total cost burden to 
be $48,250 (1,250 hours x $38.60). The total cost to the federal 
government for the contract to design and conduct the proposed survey 
is $150,978.

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. 2021-15841 Filed 7-23-21; 8:45 am]
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