[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 213 (Monday, November 8, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61758-61759]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24358]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

[Docket No. CPSC-2021-0020]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Hazard Warning Communication Survey

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 or Commission) announces that 
the Commission has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) a request for extension of approval for an information collection 
on a proposed survey to assess how hazard warnings are communicated to 
consumers. On July 26, 2021, the CPSC published a notice in the Federal 
Register announcing the agency's intent to seek approval of this 
collection of information. The Commission received no comments. 
Therefore, by publication of this notice, the Commission announces that 
CPSC has submitted to the OMB a request for extension of approval of 
this collection of information, without change.

DATES: Submit written or electronic comments on the collection of 
information by December 8, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to: www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. In 
addition, written comments that are sent to OMB also should be 
submitted electronically at: http://www.regulations.gov, under Docket 
No. CPSC-2021-0020.

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: On July 26, 2021, the Commission published 
notice of the proposed collection on the hazard warning communication 
survey. 86 FR 40018. The Commission did not receive any comments. 
Accordingly, the Commission announces that it has submitted to the OMB 
a request for approval of this collection, without change.

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. 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

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government for the contract to design and conduct the proposed survey 
is $150,978.

Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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