[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34862-34863]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12323]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

[Docket No. CPSC-2012-0058]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Safety Standard for Walk-Behind Power Lawn Mowers

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 comments on a 
proposed extension of approval of a collection of information relating 
to testing and recordkeeping requirements in the Safety Standard for 
Walk-Behind Power Lawn Mowers, approved previously under OMB Control 
No. 3041-0091. 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 August 8, 2022.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2012-
0058, by any of the following methods:

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    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: couscous;cpsc.gov.
    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-2012-0058, 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: cpsc.gov">cgillham@cpsc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CPSC seeks to renew the following currently 
approved collection of information:
    Title: Safety Standard for Walk-Behind Power Lawn Mowers.
    OMB Number: 3041-0091.
    Type of Review: Renewal of collection.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Manufacturers and importers of walk-behind power 
lawn mowers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: Approximately 29 manufacturers and 
importers of walk-behind power lawn mowers.
    Estimated Time per Response: Walk-behind power lawn mowers are 
manufactured seasonally to meet demand. They are manufactured during an 
estimated 130 days out of the year. When they are manufactured, firms 
are required to test and maintain records of those tests. Staff 
estimates three hours daily for testing and recordkeeping per firm 
totaling 390 hours per firm (3 hours x 130 days). In addition, to 
produce labels and apply labels on the newly manufactured lawn mowers, 
staff estimates one hour daily for each firm during the production 
cycle for a total of 130 hours per firm (1 hour x 130 days).
    Total Estimated Annual Burden: Staff estimates 11,310 hours on 
testing and recordkeeping (29 firms x 390 hours) and 3,770 hours for 
labeling (29 firms x 130 hours). Aggregate annual burden hours related 
to testing, recordkeeping, and labeling are estimated to be 520 hours 
(390 + 130) per firm and 15,080 hours (11,310 + 3,770) for the 
industry. Annual testing, reporting and recordkeeping costs burden is 
estimated to be $796,224 based on 11,310 hours x $70.40 (total 
compensation for management, professional, and related workers in 
goods-producing industries) and annual cost burden related to labeling 
is estimated to be $132,628.60 based on 3,770 hours x $35.18 (total 
compensation for all sales and office workers in goods-producing 
industries).\1\ Aggregate annual burden costs related to testing, 
recordkeeping, and labeling are estimated to be $928,852.60 ($796,224 + 
$132,628.60) for the industry.
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    \1\ U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, ``Employer Costs for 
Employee Compensation,'' December 2021, Table 4. Private industry 
workers by occupational and industry group--2021 Q04 Results 
(bls.gov).
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    General Description of Collection: In 1979, the Commission issued 
the Safety Standard for Walk-Behind Power Lawn Mowers (16 CFR part 
1205) to address blade contact injuries. Subpart B of the standard sets 
forth regulations prescribing requirements for a reasonable testing 
program to support certificates of compliance with the standard for 
walk-behind power lawn mowers. 16 CFR part 1205, subpart B.
    In addition, section 14(a) of the CPSA (15 U.S.C. 2063(a)) requires 
manufacturers, importers, and private labelers of a consumer product 
subject to a consumer product safety standard to issue a certificate 
stating that the product complies with all applicable consumer product 
safety standards. Section 14(a) of the CPSA also requires that the 
certificate of compliance must be based on a test of each product or 
upon a reasonable testing program. The information collection is 
necessary because these regulations require manufacturers and importers 
to establish and maintain records to demonstrate compliance with the 
requirements for testing and labeling to support the certification of 
compliance.

Request for Comments

    The CPSC solicits written comments from all interested persons 
about the proposed collection of information. The 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.

Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2022-12323 Filed 6-7-22; 8:45 am]
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