[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 91 (Wednesday, May 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28817-28818]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-10070]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

[Docket No. CPSC-2012-0055]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Flammability Standards for Children's Sleepwear

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Consumer 
Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) requests comment on a 
proposed extension of approval for the information collection 
requirements associated with the Standard for the Flammability of 
Children's Sleepwear: Sizes 0 Through 6X and the Standard for the 
Flammability of Children's Sleepwear: Sizes 7 Through 14, approved 
previously under OMB Control No. 3041-0027. CPSC will consider all 
comments received in response to this notice before requesting an 
extension of this collection of information from the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB).

DATES: Submit written or electronic comments on the collection of 
information by July 11, 2022.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2012-
0055, 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 typically does not accept 
comments submitted by electronic mail (email), except as described 
below. CPSC encourages you to submit electronic comments by using the 
Federal eRulemaking Portal, as described above.
    Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier/Confidential Written Submissions: Submit 
comments by mail, hand delivery, or courier to: Division of the 
Secretariat, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East-West 
Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone: (301) 504-7479. If you wish to 
submit confidential business information, trade secret information, or 
other sensitive or protected information that you do not want to be 
available to the public, you may submit such comments by mail, hand 
delivery, or courier, or you may email them to: [email protected].
    Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and 
docket number. CPSC may post all comments without change, including any 
personal identifiers, contact information, or other personal 
information provided, to: https://www.regulations.gov. Do not submit 
through this website: 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/confidential written submissions.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to: https://www.regulations.gov, and insert the 
docket number, CPSC-2012-0055, into the ``Search'' box, and follow the 
prompts.

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: CPSC seeks to renew the following currently 
approved collection of information:
    Title: Standard for the Flammability of Children's Sleepwear: Sizes 
0 Through 6X; and the Standard for the Flammability of Children's 
Sleepwear: Sizes 7 Through 14.
    OMB Number: 3041-0027.
    Type of Review: Renewal of collection.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Manufacturers and importers of children's 
sleepwear.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: Based on a review of past 
inspections and published industry information, CPSC staff estimates 
that there could be as many as 866 domestic children's apparel 
manufacturers in the United States subject to the rule. However, not 
all these manufacturers will produce children's sleepwear. Therefore, 
this figure is likely an overestimate of the actual number of firms 
performing tests and creating records in any given year. Furthermore, 
using the Harmonized Tariff System (HTS) codes for children's 
sleepwear, CPSC staff found approximately 3,641 importers that supply 
children's sleepwear to the U.S. market. Many of the 866 domestic 
manufacturers, along with many large

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U.S. retailers, may be among the importers. However, if all 866 U.S. 
producers and, in addition, all 3,641 importers did introduce new 
children's sleepwear garments each year, the total number of firms 
subject to the CPSC recordkeeping requirements each year would be 4,507 
(866 + 3,641). As noted, the actual number of firms is likely lower.
    Estimated Time per Response: Testing and recordkeeping of each 
sleepwear item is approximately 3 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden: The 50 largest domestic 
manufacturers and the 100 largest importers may each introduce an 
average of 100 new children's sleepwear items annually. The annual 
burden for the 50 large domestic manufacturers and the 100 largest 
importers is estimated at 45,000 hours for testing and recordkeeping 
(150 firms x 100 items x 3 hours). Without adjusting for possible 
double-counting, CPSC staff estimates that the remaining 816 
manufacturers and 3,541 importers may each introduce an average of 10 
new children's sleepwear items, for a total testing and recordkeeping 
burden of 130,710 hours (4,357 x 10 items x 3 hours.) Therefore, the 
total estimated potential annual burden imposed by the standard and 
regulations on all manufacturers and importers of children's sleepwear 
will be about 175,710 hours (45,000 + 130,710). The annual cost to the 
industry is estimated to be $12,369,984 based on an hourly wage of 
$70.40 x 175,710 hours.\1\
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    \1\ U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, ``Employer Costs for 
Employee Compensation,'' December 2021, Table 4, total compensation 
for management, professional, and related workers in goods-producing 
private industries: http://www.bls.gov/ncs.
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    Description of Collection: The Standard for the Flammability of 
Children's Sleepwear: Sizes 0 through 6X (16 CFR part 1615) and the 
Standard for the Flammability of Children's Sleepwear: Sizes 7 through 
14 (16 CFR part 1616) address the fire hazard associated with small-
flame ignition sources for children's sleepwear manufactured for sale 
in, or imported into, the United States. The standards also require 
manufacturers and importers of children's sleepwear to collect 
information resulting from product testing, and maintenance of the 
testing records. 16 CFR part 1615, subpart B; 16 CFR part 1616; subpart 
B.

Request for Comments

    CPSC solicits written comments from all interested persons about 
the proposed collection of information. CPSC specifically solicits 
information relevant to the following topics:

--Whether the collection of information described above is necessary 
for the proper performance of the CPSC's functions, including whether 
the information would have practical utility;
--Whether the estimated burden of the proposed collection of 
information is accurate;
--Whether the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected could be enhanced; and
--Whether the burden imposed by the collection of information could be 
minimized by use of automated, electronic or other technological 
collection techniques, or other forms of information technology.

Brenda C. Rouse,
Acting Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2022-10070 Filed 5-10-22; 8:45 am]
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