[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 177 (Wednesday, September 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56407-56410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-19881]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

[Docket No. CPSC-2022-0020]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Beta Pilot Test for eFiling Certificates of Compliance

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In the Federal Register of June 10, 2022, the U.S. Consumer 
Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC), together with U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (CBP), published a notice announcing a 
joint intent to conduct a second test (a Beta Pilot) to assess the 
electronic filing of data from a certificate of compliance 
(certificate) for regulated consumer products under CPSC's jurisdiction 
(June 10 Notice). The June 10 Notice requested volunteers for the Beta 
Pilot Test, and also stated the intent to seek approval of a collection 
of information for the Beta Pilot Test, requesting comment on the 
proposed collection. The Commission did not receive any comments on the 
burden estimate for

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the proposed collection of information. In accordance with the 
requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, CPSC 
submitted information collection requirements for the Beta Pilot Test 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval of the new 
collection of information, without change.

DATES: Submit comments on the proposed collection of information by 
October 14, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments about this request by email: 
OIRA[email protected] or fax: 202-395-6881. Comments by mail 
should be sent to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the CPSC, Office of Management and Budget, 
Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503. In addition, 
written comments that are sent to OMB, also should be submitted 
electronically at: http://www.regulations.gov, under Docket No. CPSC-
2022-0020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bretford Griffin, Consumer Product 
Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; (301) 
504-7037, or by email to: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The June 10 Notice sought comment on CPSC's 
burden estimate for the Beta Pilot Test. 87 FR 35513, 35518-20. CPSC 
received no comment on the burden estimates provided. CPSC now seeks 
approval of a new collection of information for the Beta Pilot test, 
which contains information collection requirements that are subject to 
public comment and review by OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521).\1\ In this document, pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 
3507(a)(1)(D), we set forth:
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    \1\ The Commission voted 5-0 to issue this notice.
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    [ssquf] a title for the collection of information;
    [ssquf] a summary of the collection of information;
    [ssquf] a brief description of the need for the information and the 
proposed use of the information;
    [ssquf] a description of the likely respondents and proposed 
frequency of response to the collection of information;
    [ssquf] an estimate of the burden that shall result from the 
collection of information; and
    [ssquf] notice that comments may be submitted to the OMB.
    Title: Beta Pilot Test for eFiling Certificates of Compliance.
    Description: During the Beta Pilot test of CBP's Partner Government 
Agency (PGA) Message Set abilities through the Automated Commercial 
Environment (ACE), up to 50 participating importers of regulated 
consumer products will electronically file the requested certificate 
data, comprised of seven data elements, at the time of entry filing, or 
entry summary filing, if both entry and entry summary are filed 
together. Participants will have two ways to file certificate data 
during the Beta Pilot test: (1) filing certificate data in a CPSC-
maintained Product Registry, and filing a reference number in ACE to 
this data set, through the Automated Broker Interface (ABI), each time 
the product is imported thereafter (Reference PGA Message Set), or (2) 
filing all certificate data elements directly through ABI each time the 
product is imported (Full PGA Message Set). CPSC will receive the 
information from CBP through a real-time transfer of import data, and 
risk score the information in CPSC's Risk Assessment Methodology (RAM) 
system, to assist in the interdiction of noncompliant consumer 
products.
    As set forth in section VI.B of the June 10 Notice, the requirement 
to create and maintain certificates, including the data elements, is 
set forth in section 14 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA). 
Section 14(a) of the CPSA requires manufacturers (including importers) 
and private labelers of certain regulated consumer products 
manufactured outside the United States to test and issue a certificate 
certifying such products as compliant with applicable laws and 
regulations before importation. 15 U.S.C. 2063(a). Section 14(g)(1) of 
the CPSA describes the data required on a certificate. Section 14(g)(3) 
requires a certificate to accompany the applicable product or shipment 
of products covered by the certificate, and that certifiers furnish the 
certificate to each distributor or retailer of the product. Upon 
request, certificates must also be furnished to CPSC and CBP. Section 
14(g)(4) provides that ``[i]n consultation with the Commissioner of 
Customs, the Commission may, by rule, provide for the electronic filing 
of certificates under this section up to 24 hours before arrival of an 
imported product.'' The Beta Pilot test described in this collection of 
information is in preparation for a rulemaking to implement section 
14(g)(4) of the CPSA. 15 U.S.C. 2063(g)(4).
    Because certificates are required by statute, this analysis focuses 
on the burden for CPSC to accept, and importers to provide, certificate 
data elements electronically at the time of entry filing, and not to 
collect and maintain certificate data more generally. Importer 
requirements in the Beta Pilot test for providing certificate data 
electronically at the time of entry filing fall within the definition 
of ``collection of information,'' as defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3).
    Description of Respondents: Up to 50 importer participants who 
import regulated consumer products within CPSC's jurisdiction under the 
approximately 300 HTS codes included in the Beta Pilot test.
    Estimated Burden: We estimate the burden of this collection of 
information as follows:
    CPSC used information provided by the previous Alpha Pilot test 
participants to inform the estimated burden for the Beta Pilot test. 
The burden from participating in the eFiling Beta Pilot test can be 
broken down into the burden of preparing for participation in the 
Pilot, the burden of maintaining the data elements separately, and, as 
compared to the Alpha Pilot test, the additional burden of including 
the dates of manufacturing and lab testing. Based on feedback from the 
Alpha Pilot test participants, we also assume that if we have 50 Beta 
Pilot test participants, approximately 90 percent of them, or 45 
respondents, will opt to use the Product Registry and Reference PGA 
Message Set exclusively, while 5 participants will opt to use the Full 
PGA Message Set exclusively.
    For the 45 participants opting to use the Product Registry and 
Reference PGA Message Set, we estimate that there will be approximately 
8,764 burden hours to complete the information collection burden 
associated with Beta Pilot test participation, and maintain the data 
elements, including the dates of manufacturing and lab testing. Based 
on feedback from Alpha Pilot test participants, participant staff costs 
for this burden will be about $383,000 or approximately $44 per hour 
($382,990/8,764).

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                                                        Table 1--Beta Pilot Test Burden Estimates
                                                     Product Registry and Reference PGA Message Set
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                                                                                              Average
                                             Number of       Number of       Number of      burden per     Total annual    Average cost    Total annual
           Type of respondent               respondents    responses per     responses     response  (in    burden  (in    per response     respondent
                                                            respondent                        hours)          hours)                           cost
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Product registry only                                  A               B        C (=AxB)               D        E (=CxD)               F        G (=CxF)
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Pilot Participation.....................              45               1              45              91           4,095          $4,929        $221,805
Gathering and Submitting Data Elements..              45               1              45              27           1,195             946          42,579
Survey..................................              45               1              45             2.2              99           34.68           1,561
Filing Entry-Line.......................              45          25,000       1,125,000           0.003           3,375            0.10         117,045
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    Total...............................  ..............  ..............       1,125,135  ..............           8,764  ..............         382,990
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Assumption:
Appx. 10% of the 50 respondents will elect to use only the Full PGA message set.
Estimated response costs based on costs information from Alpha Pilot test participants.
Wage data for survey and filing entry-line data comes from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, ``Employer Costs for Employee Compensation,'' September
  2021, Table 4, total compensation for all sales and office workers in goods-producing private industries: http://www.bls.gov/ncs/).

    For the 5 participants opting to use the Full PGA Message Set, we 
estimate 452 hours to complete the pilot and maintain the data 
elements, including for each product the dates of manufacture and lab 
testing. The estimated associated participant staff costs will be about 
$21,800, or approximately $48 per hour ($21,774/452 hours).

                                                        Table 2--Beta Pilot Test Burden Estimates
                                                                  Full PGA Message Set
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                                                                                              Average
                                             Number of       Number of       Number of      burden per     Total annual    Average  cost   Total annual
           Type of respondent               respondents    responses per     responses     response  (in    burden  (in    per  response    respondent
                                                            respondent                        hours)          hours)                           cost
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Full PGA Message set Only                              A               B        C (=AxB)               D        E (=CxD)               F        G (=CxF)
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Pilot Participation.....................               5               1               5              30             150          $2,245         $11,225
Gathering and Submitting Data Elements..               5               1               5              13              66             515           2,573
Survey..................................               5               1               5             2.2              11           34.68             173
Filing Entry-Line.......................               5           1,500           7,500           0.030             225            1.04           7,803
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    Total...............................  ..............  ..............           7,515  ..............             452  ..............          21,774
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Assumptions:
Appx. 10% of the 50 respondents will elect to use the Full PGA message set.
Estimated response cost for based on cost information from the Alpha Pilot test participants.
Wage data for survey and filing entry-line data comes from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, ``Employer Costs for Employee Compensation,'' September
  2021, Table 4, total compensation for all sales and office workers in goods-producing private industries: http://www.bls.gov/ncs/).

    The estimated total burden for participation in the Beta Pilot test 
is 9,217 hours, with an estimated cost of $404,800, or $44 per hour 
($404,764/9,217).

                                                   Table 3--Total Estimated Burden or Beta Pilot Test
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                                                                                              Average
                                             Number of       Number of       Number of     burden per ,    Total annual    Average  cost   Total annual
           Type of respondent               respondents    responses per     responses     response  (in    burden  (in    per  response    respondent
                                                            respondent                        hours)          hours)                           cost
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Product registry only                                (A)             (B)      (C) (=AxB)             (D)      (E) (=CxD)             (F)      (G) (=CxF)
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Pilot Participation.....................              50               1              50              85           4,245          $4,661        $233,030
Gathering and Submitting Data Elements..              50               1              50              25           1,262             903          45,152
Survey..................................              50               1              50               2             110              35           1,734
Filing Entry-Line.......................              50          22,650       1,132,500           0.003           3,600            0.11         124,848
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    Total...............................  ..............  ..............       1,132,650  ..............           9,217  ..............         404,764
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    In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3507(d)), we have submitted the information collection requirements to 
the OMB for review.

Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2022-19881 Filed 9-13-22; 8:45 am]
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