[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 158 (Wednesday, August 17, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50612-50613]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17655]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

[Docket No. CPSC-2009-0073]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act; 
Compliance Form

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) requests comments on a 
proposed extension of approval of a collection of information regarding 
a form used to verify whether pools and spas are in compliance with the 
Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act. The Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) previously approved the collection of information 
under OMB Control No. 3041-0142. CPSC will consider all comments 
received in response to this notice before requesting an extension of 
approval of this collection of information from OMB.

DATES: Submit written or electronic comments on the collection of 
information by October 17, 2022.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2009-
0073, 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. 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. CPSC typically does not accept comments 
submitted by electronic mail (email), except as described below.
    Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier Written Submissions: CPSC encourages you 
to submit electronic comments by using the Federal eRulemaking Portal. 
You may, however, submit comments by mail, hand delivery, or courier 
to: Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 
East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301) 504-7479.
    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. 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 must submit such comments by mail, hand 
delivery, or courier, or by email to: [email protected].
    Docket: For access to the docket to view the verification of 
compliance form ``2022 VGBA Form'', or the comments received, go to: 
https://www.regulations.gov, and insert the docket number, CPSC-2009-
0073, into the ``Search'' box, and follow the prompts.
    Electronic Submissions: Submit electronic comments to the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal at: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments. The CPSC does not accept comments 
submitted by electronic mail (email), except through 
www.regulations.gov. The CPSC encourages you to submit electronic 
comments by using the Federal eRulemaking Portal, as described above.

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: Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act Verification 
of Compliance Form
    OMB Number: 3041-0142
    Type of Review: Renewal of collection
    Frequency of Response: On occasion
    Affected Public: Public pools and spa facilities
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 50 pools or facilities
    Estimated Time per Response: 3 hours to inspect a pool or spa 
facility
    Total Estimated Annual Burden: The total testing burden hours are 
150 (50 inspections x 3 hours per inspection). We estimate there will 
be 50 inspections conducted throughout the fiscal year based on CPSC 
plans for inspections, past compliance rates and trends, as well as 
available staff resources. We estimate that hourly compensation for the 
time required for inspecting is $64.02 (U.S. Bureau of Labor 
Statistics, ``Employer Costs for Employee Compensation,'' March 2022, 
Table 4, total compensation for management, professional, and related 
workers in private service-producing industries: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.t04.htm). The total annual cost of time to inspect 
all facilities is estimated to be $9,603 ($64.02 x 150).

General Description of Collection

    The Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (Act), 15 U.S.C. 
Ch. 106, applies to public swimming pools and spas, and it requires 
that each swimming pool and spa drain cover manufactured, distributed, 
or entered into commerce in the United States shall conform to the 
entrapment protection standards of the ASME/ANSI A112.19.8 performance 
standard or any successor standard regulating such swimming pool or 
drain cover under section 1404(b) of the Act.
    On August 5, 2011, the CPSC published a final rule incorporating by 
reference ANSI/APSP-16 2011 as the successor standard, effective 
September 6, 2011. 76 FR 47436. On May 24, 2019, the CPSC published a 
direct final rule incorporating by reference ANSI/APSP-16 2017 as the 
next successor standard. 84 FR 24021. The Act requires that, in 
addition to having the anti-entrapment devices or systems, each public 
pool and spa in the United States with a single main drain other than 
an unblockable drain shall be equipped with one or more of the 
following devices or systems designed to prevent entrapment by pool or 
spa drains: a safety vacuum release system, suction-limiting vent 
system, gravity drainage system, automatic pump shut-off system or 
drain disablement. The CPSC will collect information through the 
verification of compliance form to identify drain covers, pools, and 
spas that do not meet the performance requirements in ANSI/APSP-16 2017 
and the Act. CPSC staff or the designated State or local government 
official will take approximately 3 hours to inspect the pool and fill 
out the checklist on the verification of compliance form. The 2022 VGBA 
Form they will use is available for viewing at https://www.regulations.gov under docket number, CPSC-2009-0073, ``Supporting 
and Related Material.''

Request for Comments

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

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CPSC specifically solicits information relevant to the following 
topics:

--Whether the collection of information described above is necessary 
for the proper performance of the Commission'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.

Abioye Mosheim,
Acting Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2022-17655 Filed 8-16-22; 8:45 am]
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